Luiz Octávio Barros was asking about scripts we feed ChatGPT the opposite day. I discussed this:
Which is a really boring instance of an (over the phrase depend) kind IGCSE ESL textual content I generate for correction observe. I’m not *massively* into correction duties like this, however my learners do want observe and reminding of widespread errors to look out for when self-correcting.
Anyway, I’m nonetheless not a large ChatGPTer. I’m attempting to work out the best way to finest use (or get learners to make use of) the instrument productively/effectively/purposefully/and so on. Thought I’d begin documenting a few of my ChatGPT makes use of, nevertheless off-the-cuff/unpolished, and replicate on their worth (if any).
Right now’s lesson was a springboard to our new unit on meals (Cambridge IGCSE ESL, Half 1, Unit 3…). My hour-long primer / vocab evaluate / diagnostic kind factor concerned actions similar to:
- One minute problem! What number of phrases have you learnt associated to: cooking verbs, adjectives associated to meals prep, tastes/flavours, cuisines, sorts of eating regimen, and so on.
- Listing three dishes out of your nation. Make notes on the dish title, when it’s historically/sometimes eaten, substances, the way it’s ready, what it tastes like. Describe every dish to classmates – which dish sounds weirdest/scrumptious/like personal delicacies/and so on
- Pupil A: you’re bringing your mate from one other nation to an area restaurant. The entire menu is in your language and so they can’t learn it! Hearken to their questions on dietary necessities, preferences, and so on. Clarify and suggest dishes. Pupil B: you may’t learn the menu, you’re fussy. Ask for suggestions. And so on. (That is like my lesson for Onestop English right here)
- Dialogue matters on meals, like ‘my meals heaven/my meals hell’
So, how did I add ChatGPT into proceedings? Was it useful? Did it get in the way in which?
One minute problem:
After learners reviewed present vocab and performed a bit phrase tennis, we requested ChatGPT to record 10 widespread gadgets for every matter. Learners (only for enjoyable) noticed what number of gadgets matched their very own guesses. Then they reviewed the opposite phrases to see what they already knew. They fed ChatGPT directions to supply a translation in brackets after every merchandise, then I requested them to narrate new phrases from ChatGPT output to their very own delicacies (which meals out of your nation is [taste/preparation method/etc]?)
Verdict: It was a little bit of a vocab improve. ‘marinated’ and ‘fermented’ got here up, each being helpful vocab for Koreans describing their delicacies. It didn’t provide a lot, but it surely was fast, generated some chat, 5 minutes properly spent. Liable to much less helpful vocab off-the-cuff although so not that principled.
Describing dishes out of your tradition:
I requested learners to notice down information about dishes from their delicacies in a desk underneath these headings: title, when is it historically eaten, substances, preparation, style. They struggled to generate concepts and there have been vocab gaps. So, we requested ChatGPT to supply examples, and accomplish that in notice/bullet level kind. That was good help and helped with exercise movement, but it surely took out a little bit of impartial analysis from learners. Nonetheless, it gave learners a number of the key vocab to work with and to retailer for future observe:
Verdict: That is an IGCSE ESL speaking-type query (‘Are you able to describe a typical dish out of your nation?’), The mannequin from ChatGPT did assist with some particular vocabulary. Learners might use ChatGPT to assist with planning for talking duties, however you’ve received to inform it to be concise, and possibly solely get *some* help (like two examples per field) or help for sure information solely.
I feel this may be higher used as the premise for a desk completion process first. I’ll adapt subsequent time. It did give me an concept to shortly make barrier video games although, which was cool and appears apparent now.
Mock menu for a roleplay:
So, each time I’ve finished this exercise earlier than I simply get learners to seek for an genuine menu in their very own language on-line. This proved a bit faffy, so I simply requested them to get ChatGPT to create one. It didn’t look the most effective, but it surely served a goal.
Verdict: meh, nothing a lot actually, only a fast immediate.
Talking/vocab duties
We used 6×6 dice-roll grids of duties/questions in our Pearson IGCSE ESL e book to evaluate prior information. You roll twice to get coordinates on your query or problem. You can make them fairly simply utilizing ChatGPT:
This was fairly helpful really, as chats utilizing this introduced up some good vocab and dialogue. And with some you may find yourself springboarding to off-the-cuff duties, like how ‘describe a time you tried a brand new meals’ turning into a mini stage on telling higher anecdotes.
On an apart from the fairly generic ‘meals’ matter, I can see how I can use that kind of grid for a information evaluate in a weeks’ time of Boy Overboard with the 12 months 7s (though based mostly on the examples under I’ll should verify it’s all related to Chapters 1-5!):
Total:
A couple of good experiments. In all probability the help for notetaking was my favorite. I can see how I can use any such help earlier within the 12 months then scale back it, get learners so as to add extra concepts, and so on. Very fast to create. As was the information hole based mostly on it, so I’ll bear that in thoughts.
Nothing ground-breaking and principally within the ‘time-saver’ class I assume. And ideal for these start-of-a-topic get them chatting kind actions.
Let’s see what the subsequent experiments convey.
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