The AE Minimal Pairs Deck
A downloadable Anki deck of Australian English minimal pairs, plus a tutorial on how to use it.
Taught by Peter Smissen
or
- 7 min of content
- 2 lessons
- Certificate of completion
- Full lifetime access
$67.00
Course Content
2 sections · 2 lessons
What you'll be able to do
- Install Anki and import the AE Minimal Pairs Deck without getting stuck
- Hear the sound distinctions that separate similar Australian English words
- Train the vowel contrasts that most often change a word's meaning
- Build a short daily pronunciation habit that fits around everything else
- Use spaced repetition so difficult pairs come back until they stick
Who is this for?
Anyone working on their Australian English pronunciation. You'll need Anki installed on your computer or phone — it's free, and the tutorial walks you through it, so no technical experience is needed.
About this course
Hello and welcome!
This is more of a single downloadable product than a course, but I've set it up this way so you can log in and get to the tutorial video easily.
What you're getting
The AE Minimal Pairs Deck — a flashcard deck of minimal pairs for Anki. Minimal pairs are two words that differ by exactly one sound, and they're the fastest way to train your ear on the distinctions that matter in Australian English: the pairs where getting the vowel slightly wrong turns one word into a completely different one.
What to do
- Watch the tutorial first. It covers how to download and install Anki, how to open it, and how to import the deck — worth doing even if you've used flashcards before, because importing a deck trips people up.
- Then go to "Download the Deck" and grab it.
Pretty simple, huh?
Anki handles the scheduling for you, so the pairs you keep getting wrong come back more often and the ones you've mastered fade out. A few minutes a day is genuinely enough.
All the best!
-Pete
Up next
Recommended next
Effortless Phrasal Verbs Course
Beginner