Category Archives: Pronunciation Tutorials

How to learn a language’s sound system with Anki

Posted on January 7, 2013 by gwyner

I’ve been fielding questions about my methods for Hungarian and how they might work for a less phonetic language like French, with multiple ways of spelling a single sound. Today, I made a 44-card sample deck for French, which you’re … Continue reading →

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Survey Results (The Difficult Sounds of German for English speakers)

Posted on November 1, 2012 by gwyner

Thanks to all who participated.  Here are the (most important) word pairs that caused problems: Scale: 1 – Sound the same (mit/mit).  2 – Very Similar (drücken/drucken).  3 – Similar (Pfüte, Pföte).  4 – Different (Pfeet/Pfit).  5 – Completely different … Continue reading →

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A Two/Seven minute quiz for *non*-German speakers (and a much overdue update)

Posted on October 31, 2012 by gwyner

First, the update: The book is chugging along, and will take substantially longer than I had predicted (and will be much better for it!).  So far, I’ve gotten my thoughts, theories and research down on Memory, Pronunciation, Word Learning, Grammar, … Continue reading →

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