Tumlare wrote:I've noticed that the upcoming Super Challenge is have a temporary demotivating effect on my studying the past two weeks: when I want to watch a Swedish movie or show I'll find myself thinking 'wait for the Super Challenge it starts so soon!'.
You’re not alone here: I’ve put off starting a new book for the last week or so for the exact same reason! I mean, why do the thing for its own sake when I can count it towards some sort of streak?!
Tumlare wrote:I recorded myself speaking extemporaneously. And then listened to it. Without dying from cringe. On the positive side, my flow was good. There weren't any long pauses while I searched for things to say even though I hadn't given myself a topic or prepared in any way. Things that need improving: I definitely need to round my lips more for rounded vowels. This is one of those things that is easy to do if I am thinking about it but flies out the window as soon as I am focusing on what I want to say instead of how it should be pronounced. And of course the prosody was off. It was a good exercise so I think I am going to try and record myself once a week to judge my progress.
I don’t know how much work you want to turn this into, but are you familiar with
chorusing? It’s definitely work, but it can be fun too, depending on what one considers fun at least