Last year, I took it upon myself to create an AI chatbot for people to practise their spoken English. If you have read the post previous to this one, you’ll see that I am more than happy that AI has entered the arena of tools for language learners but I am fairly confident that inContinue reading “Free AI Chatbot – see below for details!”
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Learning tools
When, quite a few years ago, I started my first language teaching course, the tools available to us were limited compared to what is available to the language learner and teacher nowadays. I had to prepare my own OHP slides – something so old that most of you reading this won’t even know what I’mContinue reading “Learning tools”
Making monumental mistakes
I remember way back in the late 20th century, I was in a French language lesson doing a dictation, which was one element of our lessons I particularly despised. I did my best and handed in my written interpretation of the sounds I’d heard. The total number of words was about the same as thisContinue reading “Making monumental mistakes”
The Babel fish
“The Babel Fish is small, yellow and leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe.” So begins the description of this strange creature in the classic 1979 book ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ Douglas Adams, the author of the book, described a fantastic creature that you place in your ear and which allowsContinue reading “The Babel fish”
“Language learning is like cooking”
I heard this statement many years ago. The simple premise is that you could have the most expensive pots and pans, the best kitchen utensils, the most exquisite oven but if you can’t actually cook anything with this collection, you’ve got a problem. Almost all of us learn foreign languages using methodology that hasn’t fundamentallyContinue reading ““Language learning is like cooking””
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