I achieved Shadowing 1000 hours

Hi! Good morning, this is けん@Osaka
I began shadowing September 1, 2006.
And I got 1000 hours yesterday.
It took 1319 days and average time was 45 minutes per day.

When I began shadowing at first time, I felt often it was difficult to run after what I heard. And I wondered I could continue it.
But I tried to find interesting things in the sound materials, and I found a lot of fun in it.

Eventually I had several times when I felt my listening ability improved.
They were not something like climbing stairs one by one step, but they gave me the power to continue the shadowing.

By the way, my shadowing is mumbling. It was mainly performed during commuting time. So I couldn't pronounce my voice loudly.
But I believe mumbling shadowing 1 hour each day has an enough effect and is comparable to 3 hours listening a day.

I recommend podcast very much. It has a lot of good materials, i.e. fast and slow, many genres. Please try them.

Happy shadowing everyone. Bye!