Mike in Japan  +  6954 Thu, 04 Sep 03 01:29 PM Does anyone know of any software for randomly generating words? I would love to get my hands on a program that could do this! It would be great in class. I sometimes make lists of idioms and then get students to create a story. Each student must make a sentence which continues the development of the story and includes the next idiom on the list. If there is software that can generate random words or idioms, I would love to know. Mike in Japan Joined on Tue, Aug 19 2003 Senior Member 4,371 I do like to be beside the seaside Idioms

	Woodward  +  7011 Thu, 04 Sep 03 09:02 PM Maybe there is but I don't know where. It would be interesting to have and it wouldn't be too difficult to make (if you know programming which I don't know much at all). If all else fails, there is always drawing pieces of paper out of a hat. Woodward Joined on Tue, Jun 24 2003 A New Zealander in Chile Senior Member 2,747 Don't let schooling interfere with your education. www.grammar.cl - www.vocabulary.cl Idioms

	Mike in Japan  +  7026 Fri, 05 Sep 03 02:12 AM Yeah, I'm also lousy at program writing. I tried years ago (many, many years ago) in basic, but nothing ever worked. Maybe the cats were secretly tampering with my code! Yeah, pulling strips from a hat would work, but it would be pretty time consuming to make the strips. Using a program it might also be possible to grade the difficulty level, for example; Level B (basic) - 1500 word base vocab. I (interm.) 3000 A (adv.) 4500 Mike in Japan Idioms

	Mike in Japan  +  7037 Fri, 05 Sep 03 07:11 AM Thanks Maj, but if you see my art you may change your mind. I have never been good at drawing programs (computer software), much less writing them. Mike in Japan Idioms

	Mike in Japan  +  7077 Fri, 05 Sep 03 10:54 AM Thanks Maj, I'm flattered. Have you seen any of my pictures, or are you uncannily gifted? Mike in Japan

	Mike in Japan  +  7096 Fri, 05 Sep 03 02:23 PM Oh oh, I'd best be careful Blushing Mike in Japan