Jan Finster Posted October 20, 2022 at 05:51 PM Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 at 05:51 PM On 10/20/2022 at 7:58 AM, phills said: I can't do it. I can barely motivate myself to stick to my gym routine, if I added language practice as well, I'd probably do less of each. On 10/20/2022 at 4:52 PM, PerpetualChange said: I'm a terrible multitasker Wow. I did not expect this. I pretty much listen to Chinese every minute I do someting that does not require particular forebrain activity. My main problem is boredom and zoning out when I listen only to Chinese. So I listen to Chinese Youtube content while I do chores, drive my car, walk on the treadmill, clean, or queue at the supermarket checkout. In sum those are hundreds or even thousand hours per year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest realmayo Posted October 21, 2022 at 07:02 AM Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 at 07:02 AM If it's broadly comprehensible even though you're not paying attention, that's great. If it's not broadly comprehensible without paying attention, then I used to wonder - following Imron's rule that you should train what you want to achieve - whether I was training myself to 'hear without paying attention', training myself to 'not bother listening closely', to 'tune out' when hearing Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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