Super excited to finally to have the new HSK 5 level online.
One very exciting new part are the Listening and Writing Classes, where we listen to the audio and see th epicture to write a paragraph. This is a very new and different class concept to how usually online classes are taught, but something that many people have been asking for a long time. Very much looking forward to feedback on those classes.
Thank you
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Lovely stuff Rosie. I will try to attend some in between work over the coming month!
Super happy to have these live 
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Congratulations on releasing the new level! The classes are exciting!
Is there a reason why there is such a limited number of available classes? Is it because not enough teachers have been trained to teach HSK 5 yet? It’s very difficult for me to schedule something that’s not in the middle of the night here.
I had wondered this too, my perfect time would be 12 or 1 Taipei time (lunch) or 7/8/9pm after work, but seems they are mostly in the morning at the moment, occasionally in the evening
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There will be more soon
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So… is it time for me and @Ben-Mandarin-HSK_5 to start pestering you about HSK 5+? 
I am on ~50% complete and have booked a ton of lessons this week so I should be finished with the main curriculum by then. Then will be focusing on the review & speaking/listening ones.
Just interested in the timeline - will you guys keep continuing on upwards?
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Haha, reminding us of what you want it is not a bad idea. We do take suggestions made in this forum very seriously.
Lets see how many votes for HSK 5+ we get on here 
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Everybody, please 
@Andreas_Admin_Flexi’s comment if you ever want to be able to take HSK5 classes!
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It is great that there is a HSK 3+ and 4+. It gives me a good feeling that there is more than just going through the curriculum once. I like it that in LTL some grammar points re-appear, with an extension or in another context, and I like it that LTL is not strictly HSK but quite a bit ahead. But as every lesson is a unit in itself this is never a problem.
I had a look into the first lesson of HSK 5, and I already know some of the “new words” like 建筑，单身, and can read some sentences “except some words, haha”。(So stupid, but I feel proud 
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As the layout of the lesson looks so familiar I can imagine being able to do it some time. The higher numbers of HSK don’t scare me anymore.
LTL will really look perfect if HSK 5+ will come soon, and even 6, (or however you will deal with the new HSK levels up to 9). It will look good even for newbies how far one can get with the LTL system.
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I am still working on HSK4 and plan on moving soon to HSK4+. It would be great to have HSK5+ also made available. While I have a bit of work before getting there, I love knowing that the next lessons are there and I can continue my learning!
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Well done @Rosie-Cao on keeping up with new levels! We all appreciate the work you do! I’m still happily (or usually happily) working through HSK3 classes, but it’s good to see other students working through your HSK5 lessons. I really understand why LTL moves more to 1:1 classes as students get to higher levels. I currently pull a lot of funny faces on camera as I try to improve my pronunciation. Got to love a westerner saying 出去 (!)
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Great to see HSK5+ is in the works. I’m definitely interested in seeing this develop, but I still have 250 lessons to work through before I get there. 
HackChinese says I have 25% of the HSK5+ vocab so far. I’m about to start HSK3 on LTL, about 60% through HSK4.0 in HackChinese, almost finished New Practical Chinese Reader vol. 2 and soon to start vol. 3 in my uni diploma, but still on HSK1 in Skritter! All over the place…
Personally, I’d love to explore Chinese literature and history. I noticed there were a couple of topics like that in HSK5.0 like Lu Xun, the Monkey King.
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We’re going to make HSK5+ as many of you are getting advanced in Chinese.
We will have the class called “Talk to the native” where you are able to talk freely about one designed topic with native Chinese teachers.
We do not know what to do for the other regular topics. Is there any suggestion? we can tailor-make the topics that you like.
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Here are a few ideas:
- Hand-writing / calligraphy. I think hand-writing is a really important skill because it helps with hanzi familiarisation. But student and teacher’s webcams would need to point down at their desks. Maybe both would need two cameras, so there would be “four” people attending (two Zoom identities each)?
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Deep-dive into grammar This is the main grammar textbook for my university diploma: https://ia801903.us.archive.org/13/items/modern-mandarin-chinese-grammar-textbook/ModernMandarinChineseGrammar_Textbook.pdf
Any grammar points not yet covered in the LTL Mandarin course perhaps could be included in the new 5+ course? - Translation Advice This would be an interesting way to study literature or improve translation skills. Students could present a text they’ve chosen to translate and see what the teacher thinks. It could be an ongoing project.
P.S. I noticed the “list” option doesn’t work as expected. One has to click the list icon each time to add a new list item, but it keeps saying “1”.
Kelly
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Thanks. Which List functionality are you referring to? Could you send me a screenshot or URL?
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@Andreas_Admin_Flexi
Sorry, my fault. I was looking at the editor text rather than the “wysiwyg” graphic on the right side of the editor. The List feature doesn’t work as I am used to, where [Enter] creates the second list item. Here, [Enter] creates a new line. Clicking the [list] button does create a 1. List item, but it actually appears as the second item in the list at the right hand side. My bad.
Using HTML tags works as expected though, so I can use as well.
- Hello, this is the first item
- Hi again, this is the second item.
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Oh thanks so much for the explanation. I hadnt even used that List feature yet. And now I know how it works too. Thanks a lot!
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Hi Kelly,
to1. hand writing - I once had hand writing tasks in my LTL lesson. I simply wrote on paper and held it to my camera. Of course the teacher couldn’t see whether my directions and order of strokes were well done.
I now normally use an extra camera put on top of my laptop and not the laptop’s own camera. So I could always take this “eye” and show whatever I like to.
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That’s a great idea, @Sonja-Mandarin-HSK_3. Do you mean, you move your portable webcam’s perspective back and forth, to show the teacher your hand-writing or back to your face? Or is it stationary, and you use the integrated webcam as well?
I have two webcams for my laptop, too: a portable wired webcam and the integrated webcam. So I could have a Zoom lesson with two identities to use both cameras. I can clip the portable webcam to my shirt pocket to show my writing. I might try this for a future lesson.
Hugs (can’t find a suitable emoji)… Please keep well and take care of yourself. Thinking of you!
You don’t need two identities, simply switch the camera with Alt+N in zoom. I used to have my second camera on an extra stand to show my hands on the piano (and the laptop built-in camera only for my hopefully encouraging looking face. 
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I don’t have many online lessons now, and only with older students. Now I only use my portable camera clipped on my laptop (it is much better than the built-in), and show things quickly if needed, a hand on the keys, but also something in books or inside the piano or the weather outside, haha.
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