Questions tagged [sound-contrast]
For questions related to comparing and identifying similar sounds
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Is it possible for an adult to learn sounds of completely unrelated languages they have never heard before?
I once spent nearly an hour trying to show five Korean and Japanese adults the difference between English… British… European, come to that… “L” and “R” and not one of them could hear it, though we ...
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How to train yourself to contrast heard sounds
When trying to learn new languages, I have often encountered a problem when hearing sounds that don't exist in the Polish language (my native language). In my mind they "become" other, more familiar ...
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