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So I noticedthatduringthefirstlockdownofspring 2020 I wasdoing a lotofthesewackyvideodiaries, sortofvlogsfromjustmybedroomwhere I wasjustdocumentingwhat I wasdoing.
Sohereitisandtoday I thought I'd tellyouguys a littlestoryandyeah, I'm goingtodoitinmypajamasbecausethatwaskindof, youknow, that's what's upjusttogeteverythingstraight.
今日は皆さんにちょっとしたお話をしようと思い、パジャマ姿でお話をします。
Whatexactlydo I meanwhen I saythat I learnedchinesein 10 monthsintheschoolyear 2018 to 2019 I did a study a branchinBeijingchinaforyouguessedit 10 months.
私は2018年から2019年にかけて、中国の北京で10ヶ月間、中国語を学びました。
Andattheendofmyexchange I achievedtheHsk A fivelevelofchinese, whichisthesecondhighestlevelofchinesethatonecanachieve.
そして、交換留学の最後には、中国語の2番目に高いレベルであるHsk A5レベルを達成しました。
And I'm notclaimingthatmychinesewaseveronthatlevel.
また、私の中国語がそのようなレベルにあったと主張しているわけではありません。
I think I passedtheexamwithmyslightlyhigherHsk a fourlevelofchineseand a lotofkindofrelyingonmysixthsenseofwhatanswercouldberightbasedonwhat I alreadyknow, but I guessthatcountsaswell.
私は、中国語のHsk a 4レベルを少し高めに設定し、すでに知っていることに基づいてどのような答えが正しいかという第六感に頼って試験に合格したと思いますが、これも数に入れていいと思います。
Sohere's how I didit.
そこで、私はこうしました。
It's safetosaythat I wouldn't beabletoachieveitwithouttwomainthings.
それを実現できたのは、大きく分けて2つのことがあったからだと言っていいでしょう。
Firstofall, physicallybeinginchina, livingwith a hostfamilyandspendingmy, youknow, daytodaylifeamongstonlyalmostonlychinesepeopleseeingsignsandmandarinonthestreeteverydayhasalreadyhelpedmesomuchbecauseit's immersionwhenyou'resurroundedby a foreignlanguageeverywhere, youkindofhavenootheroptionthantostartlearningitbecausewellinstinctivelyyoualwayswanttomakeyourqualityoflifebettereasier.
Soyeahofcourseofcourseyou'regoingtolearnthelanguageandsecondofall I hadsuchgoodteachers, theywereabsoluteangelswhenitcametoexplainingthoroughlysentencestructure, differentgrammarpoints, itwasjustamazing.
また、私には優れた先生がいて、文の構造や文法のポイントを徹底的に説明してくれました。
SoshoutouttolilleAsherandyellowshirtbecausetheytaughtmeeverything, everythingthat I know.
私が知っているすべてのことを教えてくれた、リル・アッシャーとイエロー・シャツに拍手を送ります。
Soforthefirstfivemonths I wasintheInternationalDepartmentofmyhighschoolinBeijingwhichalsobytheway I shouldmentionwasoneofthetop 10 highschoolsinallBeijing.
Soitwasquite a bigdealthattheyletusdoourexchangetherethereintheinternationaldepartment, I wouldlearnchineseonaverageeverydayforsixhours, sixhours a dayofpurechinese, thiswasourschedule.
I thinkitwasalsotheclassthatwasthemostfocusedongrammaroverallandagain, ourteacherleelasher, shewassogoodatexplaininggrammarquicklythebluesquareswerefiandacaormorechilledoutreadingclasseswherewecoversomemorenotthatimportantreadingexercises, Theyellowsquaresweretoasiaorreadingandwritingclasses, where I thinktheclasswasjustallaboutus, perfectingour, youknow, orientationinchinesecharactersability.
Um, alsotheteacherwassuperbadassbecauseshehad a highproficiencyinchinesejapanesekoreanandsheknewbasicsinenglish.
また、先生は中国語、日本語、韓国語に精通していて、英語の基本も知っているという、超ヤバい人でした。
Solikethat's badass.
だから、それは悪いことなんだ。
Okaythenthepinksquaresthisyearwhereselfstudyclassesorclasseswithout a t shirtwherewewouldeitherjustlikedoourhomeworkthatwedidn't wanttodoathomeorstraightupjustsleepbecausesomedayswerereallyjustexhaustingthatitwouldjustsleepforthose 15 minutesoftheclass.
Yeah, I thinkactuallytheyknewthatselfstudywasthebestclass, thebestfixfor a mandarinstudentssleepdeprivationandthentherestwasjustpeorsomeartorcultureclasses, Hsuehshanwhichwaslearningmath, vocabularyandmathitselfinchinese, which I didnotenjoy a bitandif I'm correctfromthatclass, I stillrememberPoundland, whichismultiplechoiceandthenkingkongwhichisfillintheblank, I think I reallyliketheinternationaldepartmentbecausealltheteachers, thereweresuperkindandtheyhadthedeterminationtoteachusasmuchchineseaspossible, butalsotomakeusallcomfortableinthisnewcountry, thisnewenvironmentwhereeverybodywasalonewithoutanybodythattheyknewpriortotheexchange, therewerekoreanpeople, japanesepeoplethaipeopletogirlsfromSudanmeandotherpeoplefromeuropeandwiththatkindof, youknow, intensivelearningas I saidsixhours a dayfrommondaytofriday, I wasabletostartfeelingcomfortableindailyconversationsinmandarinaftermyfirstfourmonths.
Now I'm gonnashowyouguysthetextbooksthat I myselfhaveusedduringthose 10 months.
それでは、私自身がその10ヶ月間に使用した教科書を皆さんにお見せします。
Now, I can't reallytellyouthatthesearethebooksthatyouknow, I canthinktoformysuccess.
今、私はこれらの本が私の成功のために考えられる本であるとは言えません。
Nobecause I don't reallyknowifwhat I learnedwhat I achievedinthose 10 monthswasthankstothosetextbooksorthankstomyteachersthatwereabletoapplytheexercisesinthetextbooksintothere, youknow, overallcurriculumbut I knowthatpeoplearegoingtobeinterested.
EspeciallybeforeourHskexamwhichwashardtimeforbothofus, meandJacobbutthat's I guesstheharshtruthoflearning a foreignlanguage, youneedtoputanimmenseamountsofworkbecauseevenifyouareinthatcountry, beinginthatcountryon a studentexchangethat's onepart.
ToomanythingswerehelpfulduringthatexamandthatwasthisofficialHsk a vocabularybook.
その試験の時に役に立ったものが多すぎて、それがこの公式Hsk a vocabulary bookでした。
Uhthatissogood.
それはとても良いことです。
Soforexampleyouhavethisrightsonewwordthiswordrighthereoritmeansoncein a whileoroccasionallyandthenimmediatelyhereyouhaveexamplesentenceshowtousethatwordindifferentscenariobrilliantthisbook.
Sometipsthatmaybeyourteachersortextbookswon't putemphasisonrightaway a lotoftimesinmandarinwhenforeignerswanttoexpressthattheydidn't understandsomethingortheywantthepersontorepeat.
How is while mating thing to or you can say uh that's really please say again or you can combine it uh How is while mating sing two tunes actually being and then everybody is gonna want to talk to, everybody is let you practice your chinese with them.
There's a waytocountinchinesefrom 1 to 10 onlyononehand.
中国語で1から10まで片手でしか数えられない方法があります。
And I knowitmightsoundsleepbutitactuallycomesinhandy.