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       Speaking challenge:did you ever participate in one?
       By: Aliph Date: January 27, 2019, 10:12 am
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       I was thinking to find a new challenge in my language learning
       journey and try to record myself to see if I make any progress.
       Did anyone among you all participate to a challenge of this
       kind?
       If yes , where? Was it strenuous ?
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       Re: Speaking challenge:did you ever participate in one?
       By: Alharacas Date: January 27, 2019, 12:48 pm
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       I never have. Not yet, at any rate. Not enough discipline,
       maybe? (sigh)
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       Re: Speaking challenge:did you ever participate in one?
       By: Sudeep Date: January 27, 2019, 1:41 pm
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       Yes, once I tried it on itlaki and it was opened by a
       teacher(sorry,I don't remember his name.) but I couldn't do it
       for 30 days. 15 days or so was the best I could give it a go. I
       think writing challenge is more successful than the speaking
       one.
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       Re: Speaking challenge:did you ever participate in one?
       By: Aliph Date: January 27, 2019, 2:29 pm
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       [quote author=Sudeep link=topic=796.msg11770#msg11770
       date=1548618064]
       Yes, once I tried it on itlaki and it was opened by a teacher
       [/quote]
       How interesting I didn’t get that, when I was on Italki, I just
       made the writing challenge in May 2018. Did you get any
       feedback? Today I was memorizing a poem in my target language
       and thought that I could try to memorize a poem in every
       language I know or simply studied but without any feedback,
       however, I doubt that I can keep up my motivation.
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       Re: Speaking challenge:did you ever participate in one?
       By: Sudeep Date: January 27, 2019, 11:53 pm
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       [quote author=Sofia link=topic=796.msg11771#msg11771
       date=1548620996]
       [quote author=Sudeep link=topic=796.msg11770#msg11770
       date=1548618064]
       Yes, once I tried it on itlaki and it was opened by a teacher
       [/quote]
       How interesting I didn’t get that, when I was on Italki, I just
       made the writing challenge in May 2018. Did you get any
       feedback?
       [/quote]
       Unfortunately No, I didn't get any feedback as there were many
       English learners and It was kinda challenging for people
       there(especially the few Native English speakers who
       participated in that challange) to give feedback to all.
       BTW, this speaking challenge along with the writing challenge
       was once organized by a lady from Germany but alas, we didn't
       have many enthusiastic participant then.
       #Post#: 11778--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Speaking challenge:did you ever participate in one?
       By: Kseniia Date: January 28, 2019, 10:06 am
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       Yeah, I think I remember that speaking challenge Sudeep is
       talking about. It's perfect if you need some motivation and
       encouragement. If you need corrections, however... that's
       another story. I remember that people were extremely nice and
       the most popular type of feedback was "you speak very well, keep
       up the good work" without any criticism whatsoever. Though,
       again, for some people that's just what the doctor ordered so
       who am I to judge?
       On the bright side, there were audio recordings of people
       speaking Russian as a second language (hopefully someone found
       my corrections and explanations useful), and they were very
       helpful for my understanding of the problems non-native Russian
       speakers face. So if you're curious what people from all over
       the world sound like in your native language, it might be a good
       idea to join this challenge even if you don't want to record
       anything by yourself.
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