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Re: Learning Subtle Sound Differences . . . . . (was: Re: [tlug] Re: austart.sh for Openbox in Ubuntu)



On Friday 10 August 2007 00:18:53 jep200404 wrote:
> What I find useful are _pairs_ of words or phrases,
> where the only difference between them,
> is the one that the student does not hear.

Here are a few that are particularly  "fun" for native Japanese speakers:

row | low
raw | law

> I need to write a program to automate this,
> preferably for Linux, or a live-CD.

Automate the randomization, flash card style?  If you want students to use it, 
you may want to consider writing a program that is cross platform.  I think 
most people would be weary of booting a whole operating system just to run a 
flash card program...

Cheers,

Travis


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