{"id":9878,"date":"2026-03-01T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=9878"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:36:49","slug":"chinese-speaking-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/chinese-speaking-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese speaking challenge, March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/chinese-speaking-challenge\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7960 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/talk-300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese speaking ability\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>For many students, speaking Chinese well is the main goal of learning the language. Speaking is the visible tip of the iceberg; the part that other people notice and use to gauge how much Chinese you know. Let&#8217;s have a Chinese speaking challenge and improve together!<\/p>\n<p>Most students spend too little time on the receptive skills of listening and reading, which make up the much bigger part of the iceberg below the surface; the time you need to invest, but which is rarely visible to outsiders.<\/p>\n<p>This is why there are many more listening and reading challenges than there are speaking challenges. However, focusing on speaking occasionally is not a bad idea.\u00a0No matter how much you listen, you do need to practice speaking to become good at it. This includes fluency practice, pronunciation, grammar and more.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge starts on the 10th and lasts until the end of the month. Enrol in the challenge, set a goal for the period and start practising! Below, I will provide some suggestions for what to focus on and how to practise.<\/p>\n<h3>Get my pronunciation course with private tutoring and coaching (limited offer)<\/h3>\n<p>For the duration of the speaking challenge, I am offering an additional tier of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/courses\/mandarin-chinese-pronunciation-course\/\">my pronunciation course<\/a>. It includes the full video course, professional feedback on your pronunciation from me, and five 40-minute 1-to-1 tutoring or coaching sessions to make your pronunciation clear and natural.<\/p>\n<p>This option, and the course itself, suits complete beginners through to advanced learners. This offer is limited to three students!\u00a0Learn more about the course here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/courses\/mandarin-chinese-pronunciation-course\/\">Hacking Chinese Pronunciation: Speaking with Confidence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/courses\/mandarin-chinese-pronunciation-course\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13751 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pronunciation-mockup-782.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pronunciation-mockup-782.png 782w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pronunciation-mockup-782-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pronunciation-mockup-782-768x537.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Hacking Chinese speaking challenge, March 10-31<\/h3>\n<p>Hacking Chinese Challenges is about building language skills through daily practice and friendly competition. By focusing on one specific area of learning over a limited period, you will be able to learn more!<\/p>\n<p><em>Tune in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\">the Hacking Chinese Podcast<\/a> to learn more about Hacking Chinese Challenges:<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/hackingchinese\/embed\/episodes\/31---Hacking-Chinese-Challenges---Building-language-skills-through-daily-practice-and-friendly-competition-es14ka\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hacking-chinese-podcast\/id1536284827\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5iCRv1jg3j3yJZGJlYVYaO\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/HackingChinese\">YouTube<\/a> and many other platforms!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is how you sign up and join the challenge:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/challenges.hackingchinese.com\/users\/sign_up\"><strong>Sign up<\/strong><\/a> (using your e-mail, Facebook or Twitter)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/challenges.hackingchinese.com\/\"><strong>View current and upcoming challenges<\/strong><\/a> on the front page<\/li>\n<li><strong>Join the speaking challenge<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Set a reasonable goal<\/strong> (20-40 minutes per day, depending on your situation)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Create a plan for what to improve<\/strong>\u00a0(see below)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Report your progress<\/strong> on your computer or mobile device<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check the graph to see if you\u2019re on track<\/strong> to reach your goal<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check the leaderboard<\/strong> to see how you compare to others<\/li>\n<li><strong>Share progress, tips and resources with fellow students<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Please note: The challenge starts on the 10th, so even if you can join now, you won\u2019t be able to report progress until then.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>How to improve your speaking ability<\/h3>\n<p>Improving speaking ability is a complex task, and it&#8217;s difficult for me to know what you need the most. Here are some useful activities I would recommend that you try out during the challenge. Pick one or two (some are possible to combine).<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Speak more &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>If you want to become fluent in Mandarin, you need to speak more. If you already live in a Chinese-speaking environment and speak Chinese daily, you shouldn&#8217;t focus on pure quantity, but for people studying Chinese in their home countries, increasing volume is especially important.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fix a known problem &#8211;<\/strong> If you have studied Chinese for a while and pay attention, you will probably have a number of problem areas you know you should work on. It could be pronunciation, word order, modal particles or something. This is the time to work on <em>one\u00a0<\/em>of these problems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Find a problem<\/strong> &#8211; It&#8217;s very unlikely that your spoken Chinese is problem-free. If you don&#8217;t know of any problems, you just haven&#8217;t found them yet. Work with a native speaker, record yourself and try to find systematic errors in your speaking. Then fix them.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/mimicking-native-speakers-way-learning-chinese\/\">Mimic a native speaker<\/a> &#8211; <\/strong>If you don&#8217;t know what to do and just want an awesome way of improving speaking ability that works for all levels, find a short audio or video clip of a native speaker and try to record your own version. It should be as close to the original as possible. Focus on each phrase until you get it perfectly, then record. This can take a long time, so select a short clip, perhaps just a minute long.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Start a voice diary in Chinese &#8211;<\/strong> This could be with or without video, public or private, depending on what you prefer. It&#8217;s like blogging in Chinese, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/start-blogging-in-chinese\/\">many of the same benefits apply, except you do it in speaking<\/a>. If you want to focus on quality, make sure you share the result with at least one person who can give you feedback. If you just want to speak more, this matters much less.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/using-voice-messaging-practise-speaking-listening\/\">Use voice messaging instead of chatting in text<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> This is not a method to practice; it&#8217;s just a useful way of turning typing into speaking. Most modern messaging apps support voice messages, which are awesome for language learning. It gives you more time to think, a record of what you and the other person are saying, as well as flexibility because you can speak with someone who isn&#8217;t online at the same time as you.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/improving-your-spoken-and-written-chinese-by-focusing-on-the-process\/\">Process speaking<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> If your overall goal is to improve quality rather than quantity, focusing on the process is key. By working with the same content over a period with cycles of feedback, you can improve a lot. This is particularly good for expanding into areas you don&#8217;t feel comfortable with but need to be able to handle.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There are, of course, many more things you can do, some of which are explored in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/archive-2\/speaking\/\">the speaking category here on Hacking Chinese<\/a>. Feel free to share your plan in the comments below!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/challenges.hackingchinese.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13274 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/banner_hacking-chinese-challenges-1024x187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/banner_hacking-chinese-challenges-1024x187.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/banner_hacking-chinese-challenges-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/banner_hacking-chinese-challenges-768x140.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/banner_hacking-chinese-challenges-1536x280.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/banner_hacking-chinese-challenges.png 1967w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Preliminary challenge schedule for 2026<\/h3>\n<p>Here is a preliminary list of challenges for 2026, but I\u2019m always open to ideas. Based on user participation, surveys, as well as my own opinion, reading and listening challenges are particularly helpful for a large number of people, followed by those focusing on vocabulary. These will recur more often throughout the year, with other, more specific challenges in between.<\/p>\n<p>Challenges last for roughly three weeks. They always start on the 10th of each month and last until the end of that month. Three weeks is enough to get a significant amount of studying, but not so long that people lose focus. This also leaves ten days of breathing space between challenges.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>January: <\/strong>Writing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feb<\/strong><strong>ruary:<\/strong> Listening<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>March: <\/strong>Speaking<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>April: <\/strong>Reading<\/li>\n<li><strong>May:<\/strong> Vocabulary<\/li>\n<li><strong>June: <\/strong>Listening<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>July: <\/strong>Writing<\/li>\n<li><strong>August: <\/strong>Reading<\/li>\n<li><strong>September: <\/strong>Speaking<\/li>\n<li><strong>October:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Listening<\/li>\n<li><strong>November: <\/strong>Vocabulary<\/li>\n<li><strong>December:<\/strong> Reading<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for a speaking challenge! It starts on March 10th, so enrol, set your goal and improve your speaking ability as much as you can before the end of the month. 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