How to generate your own personalised tongue twisters with AI

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Today, I'm going to talk through a really simple method that you can use to use AI to generate your very own Mandarin tongue twisters .

Recently, I started using a method with my students where we would create our own tongue twisters centered around their specific pronunciation problems.

Today, I'm going to explain in three simple stages how I've been creating these tongue twisters with my students and how they use them to improve their pronunciation.

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I'm Learning Mandarin

How to generate your own personalised tongue twisters with AI

I'm Learning Mandarin

published about a year ago

MP3•Episode home

Today, I'm going to talk through a really simple method that you can use to use AI to generate your very own Mandarin tongue twisters .

Recently, I started using a method with my students where we would create our own tongue twisters centered around their specific pronunciation problems.

Today, I'm going to explain in three simple stages how I've been creating these tongue twisters with my students and how they use them to improve their pronunciation.

92 episodes

#Podcasting Education #Mi Kai

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