I'm not sure about you guys, but a slight dose of competitiveness can help me become motivated. That's why I've created a Google spreadsheet! Simply track the amount of news articles you've read in a given week and compare it to your previous week's, as well as the stats of others.
In attempting to increase my listening comprehension I've decided I just need to suck it up and go read some NHK articles and watch some videos. I like NHK the most but you can use whatever. They have one of the better video players on their sites. What I do is I watch and listen to the article to see what I grasp, then watch it again but follow along with the text, then kind of rinse and repeat to keep comprehending more. I do this until I'm satisfied with how well I can follow along and not need the text.
You can use whatever news sites you want, no matter the difficulty. Just remember this is to improve yourself and give you a little push if you see others are putting in a lot more effort. I remember we were doing this a few years ago with primarily NHK articles. This is an attempt at creating a more generalized version. If nobody else uses it I'll just be here competing with my self.
In attempting to increase my listening comprehension I've decided I just need to suck it up and go read some NHK articles and watch some videos. I like NHK the most but you can use whatever. They have one of the better video players on their sites. What I do is I watch and listen to the article to see what I grasp, then watch it again but follow along with the text, then kind of rinse and repeat to keep comprehending more. I do this until I'm satisfied with how well I can follow along and not need the text.
You can use whatever news sites you want, no matter the difficulty. Just remember this is to improve yourself and give you a little push if you see others are putting in a lot more effort. I remember we were doing this a few years ago with primarily NHK articles. This is an attempt at creating a more generalized version. If nobody else uses it I'll just be here competing with my self.
Edited: 2014-09-14, 10:55 am
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