1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,560 Welcome back to this episode of the to Fluency podcast. 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:09,680 If you are new here, my name is Jack from To Fluency and this is 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,280 a place where you can listen to natural English in a relaxing 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:17,200 way and learn all about the English language, how best to 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:22,680 learn grammar, etcetera. Today's episode is really 6 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:27,880 exciting for me because if you follow what I'm going to discuss 7 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:32,759 in this lesson, you're going to find the way you learn English 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,560 changes dramatically for the best. 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:40,040 So you're going to find new ways to learn English, to understand 10 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,840 English, and to improve your English in a way that is fun, 11 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,800 interactive, and highly effective. 12 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,400 Today's topic is all about how to learn English with AI. 13 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,640 To start with, it's important to go through some of these key 14 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:00,480 terms quickly. So AI means artificial 15 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:06,800 intelligence AI so you'll hear the word AIA lot now. 16 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:12,600 There are different AI tools like ChatGPT now. 17 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:19,960 This was always difficult for me to say at first, ChatGPT, but I 18 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:22,640 am used to it now. And I'm sure you've heard this 19 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,640 in your own language and also in English before ChatGPT. 20 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:31,680 There are other tools like Claude from Anthropic or Google 21 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,200 Gemini. So what I talk about today can 22 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:40,760 be applied to any AI chat bot. And I believe these tools are a 23 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:45,120 powerful way to learn English if you use them correctly. 24 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,640 And in today's episode, we're going to look at 4 powerful ways 25 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:53,120 you can use ChatGPT or other tools to boost your fluency. 26 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,160 We're going to give you 2 bonus tips to get more out of these 27 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,160 tools to use them effectively. And then I'm going to have a 28 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,480 little bit of fun at the end with some predictions or 29 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:10,320 thoughts about the future of AI. Be sure to stay until the end of 30 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,200 this episode because you're going to get a lot out of it, 31 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,480 especially if you start applying what I talk about. 32 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:21,920 So let's just start with the first way you can use ChatGPT to 33 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:25,760 learn English. And it's this asking language 34 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,120 questions. Now, this means you open up 35 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,440 ChatGPT and you say something like what's the difference 36 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:39,520 between much and many? Or when do I use much and many? 37 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,280 Why do we say I enjoy swimming instead of I enjoy to swim? 38 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:50,400 What's the best way to say this word in British English for 39 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:55,800 example? Now this has 2 main advantages 40 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,400 over the old way of doing things. 41 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,960 Firstly, you can get instant explanations without needing to 42 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,240 search through textbooks or websites. 43 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,840 So instead of using Google and go into a forum, go into a 44 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:14,800 website, etcetera, you can get an instant answer right to you. 45 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:20,560 And the second thing about it is that ChatGPT, from my experience 46 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,000 learning languages and in general is accurate. 47 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,560 So it's going to give you the accurate response. 48 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,040 Additionally, you can ask follow up questions. 49 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:36,160 So if something isn't clear, you can ask more questions to really 50 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,920 understand what it's saying. Could you explain this again in 51 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,720 simple terms? And one thing I've always said 52 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,160 is that in order to internalise the language and be confident 53 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:52,560 with it, you need to be clear on how to use it and when to use 54 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,400 it. So how to use a present perfect, 55 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:00,640 you need to be clear in your mind about, oh, OK, I understand 56 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,320 that. And then that means you'll be 57 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:08,600 able to use it in conversations. Now the second way to use it is 58 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:13,320 to generate examples. So you can ask chat CPT to 59 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:18,240 provide multiple examples for words, phrases, or grammar 60 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,279 structures. You're learning an example 61 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:23,760 prompt. Now this is another word to know 62 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,000 a prompt. A prompt is what you ask 63 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,360 ChatGPT. So an example prompt could be, 64 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,240 can you give me 10 example of sentences using the present 65 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:38,040 perfect tense? You can even say things like, 66 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,520 can you give me 10 simple example of using the present 67 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,960 perfect tense? Can you give me 10 sentences 68 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,760 using much and many? This is helpful. 69 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:54,160 This is useful because seeing different types of examples 70 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,680 helps you understand how to use a word or structure in different 71 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,960 contexts, so it gives you the confidence to know exactly how 72 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,920 to use it. You see the variations of the 73 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,800 way it is used and that gives you the ability to truly 74 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,000 understand how it's used. Another example prompt is give 75 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:20,360 me 5 sentences using the phrasal verb pick up and it's going to 76 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,440 give you 5 sentences for you. Now later I'm going to talk a 77 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,400 little bit more about how you can get the correct sentences 78 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,960 for you in the bonus tip. Now the third way to use it is 79 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:37,240 getting writing feedback. Now, when I first started 80 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,760 language teaching and started my channel, a lot of people ask me, 81 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,040 can you correct my writing? They sent me emails and they 82 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,440 asked me to correct their writing. 83 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,120 And there used to be tools where you could upload your writing 84 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,720 and a teacher would correct it for you. 85 00:05:54,440 --> 00:06:00,840 But now we have this instant feedback, instant corrections on 86 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:06,120 your writing using ChatGPT. So an example prompt here. 87 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,520 What you can ask ChatGPT is this. 88 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,680 Can you correct this paragraph and explain my mistakes? 89 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,840 Or I'm going to write 5 sentences in the present 90 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:21,080 perfect. Could you correct and explain my 91 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,560 mistakes? So chat 2 BT will identify 92 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:30,640 grammar errors. Chat 2 BT will identify grammar 93 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:36,040 errors, awkward phrasing or strange not correct phrasing, 94 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:41,240 and sentence structure issues. And then it's going to give you 95 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:46,600 explanations to help you understand the corrections so 96 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:51,120 you can learn for the future. And this is incredibly useful. 97 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:57,000 In fact, you can start thinking about, firstly ask ChatGPT to 98 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,440 explain something you don't understand, then for it to give 99 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:05,080 you more example sentences, and then for you to practice these 100 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,160 writing sentences to get feedback. 101 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,120 Because in order to improve in a language, you have to use it. 102 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:17,200 You have to be able to produce it, whether this is writing or 103 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,360 whether this is speaking. And we'll talk about speaking in 104 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,440 a second. But I think the first stage to 105 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,760 practice in a language is writing because you can take 106 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,960 your time. You're not rushed. 107 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,800 You don't have to think about the way you say things. 108 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:37,200 Instead, it's all about getting it correct and taking your time 109 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,880 to do that. So the third way is to get 110 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:44,320 feedback on your writing. Now the fourth way is to 111 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:49,080 practice conversations. To practice conversations. 112 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,440 You can do this with writing or you can do this in a two 113 00:07:55,440 --> 00:08:03,000 different ways with your voice. So let's say you have ChatGPT 114 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,240 thread open, especially if you're on your phone, it's 115 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,160 easier. But you can do this on your 116 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,880 computer too. You can use the voice mode and 117 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,080 speak, and it's going to create the text for you. 118 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,440 So you can ask ChatGPT the following for the prompt. 119 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,040 Again, we're using the word prompt. 120 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:26,040 Let's role play. You are a waiter and I'm 121 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:31,960 ordering food in a restaurant. So you're asking ChatGPT to play 122 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:36,320 the role of a waiter or a server, and you're going to 123 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,760 order food in a restaurant. You can make this more specific. 124 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:46,040 You can say, for example, in a fish and chip shop, or at a pub 125 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,080 in London or at a sushi restaurant. 126 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,560 But this is useful because it's going to give you the 127 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:56,720 opportunity to practice common scenarios without the pressure 128 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,360 of a real conversation. And just like the writing one, 129 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:06,720 you can ask for corrections if your responses are awkward, 130 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:10,840 unclear, or incorrect. And you can think about all the 131 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,080 different role plays. You can use this with, for 132 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:18,120 example, you've just met somebody for the first time at a 133 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,760 language exchange, and they're going to ask you questions about 134 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,920 your life. Or you can think about business 135 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,360 scenarios too, where you're in a business meeting and you're 136 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,960 asking questions or they're asking you questions about 137 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,640 things. It could also be a job interview 138 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,200 too. The second way to do this is 139 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:42,280 accessing the voice mode and ChatGPT app, where you can speak 140 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:47,480 into the microphone and then receive spoken responses from 141 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,800 the AI in the language you choose. 142 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:56,160 Now, at the moment, this isn't as good as speaking to a regular 143 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,480 person in real life, a teacher or somebody at a language 144 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,920 exchange, but it's getting better and better, and I'll talk 145 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,760 more about that later. And this is also a great way 146 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,240 just to get that speaking practice and to find yourself 147 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:15,840 getting more practice for free at home and also in a way where 148 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,400 you're just feeling comfortable about doing it. 149 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,680 So those are the four ways we can use ChatGPT in order to 150 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:24,680 practice and improve our English. 151 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,200 So we can do it for explanations, for examples, 152 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,360 writing feedback and real life conversations. 153 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,080 Next, we're going to talk about some bonus tips. 154 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:42,360 Now, the first one is to personalize ChatGPT so it knows 155 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,680 who you are. Personalize. 156 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:51,240 Set up ChatGPT in a way so it knows who you are, so you can 157 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:57,080 give ChatGPT context about your learning goals, levels, 158 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:02,680 interests, and who you are. This is really useful because 159 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:09,480 then ChatGPT is going to respond to you in a way that is personal 160 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,320 to you. It's going to make the lessons 161 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:18,600 and the chats more effective and relevant to you because when it 162 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:23,040 comes to speaking a language, you're going to be saying the 163 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,080 same things over and over again. You're going to talk about 164 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,440 yourself, you're going to talk about your interests, but also 165 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:36,160 you can tell ChatGPT your level. So then it can give you example 166 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:41,760 sentences matched to your level. So be sure to tell it as much 167 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,920 information as you're comfortable with when you are 168 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:50,640 starting chats with ChatGPT. Now the second bonus tip is to 169 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:56,080 take the notes from ChatGPT and practice them. 170 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,840 So let's say it's example sentences from ChatGPT. 171 00:12:01,560 --> 00:12:05,280 What you can do is after using a thread for a while, you can say 172 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,400 summarise all the sentences that you've given me and put them 173 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:14,480 into a table. What it's going to do then is 174 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:21,760 create a table, an Excel table, or a Numbers table, and then you 175 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,280 can take that table and the sentences and practice them. 176 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:30,120 You can also ask it to export it as a text file if you prefer. 177 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,680 But the idea here is that you're not just seeing the sentences 178 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,000 and then that's it. Instead, you are taking those 179 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,920 sentences and using the methods that I've talked about on this 180 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:48,320 channel in order to improve your retention of the sentences and 181 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,040 also to get the practice you need in order to improve your 182 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,440 English in general. So the bonus tips are 183 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:58,760 personalized ChatGPT and then also take the sentences that 184 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,520 you've learnt and use a method in order to improve your 185 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,600 English. Now let's talk about the future 186 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:10,960 of AI and learning because I think this is fascinating and AI 187 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:15,400 in general I find fascinating, just so interesting. 188 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:19,200 And if you've been following it like I have, you'll know that it 189 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:24,200 is advancing very quickly. It's becoming better and better 190 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,360 all the time. And the new tools now, I think 191 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:32,480 the future of AI and language learning is going to be the 192 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:36,520 following. Firstly, advanced conversation 193 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,800 agents. So think about an AI language 194 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:46,200 teacher who is always there for you, who knows who you are, who 195 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,080 can constantly teach you English. 196 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,280 It's going to be paid, there's going to be free versions, but 197 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,840 the idea is that you're going to have a language teacher in the 198 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,280 future who is always going to be there for you. 199 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:02,880 Now, whether this is good or bad for the industry, whether this 200 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:07,680 is bad for teachers, that's a different conversation, but 201 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,400 that's where I think it is going to go. 202 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:17,960 And what's more is I can see it where the integration of AI or 203 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:24,720 the combination of AI with virtual reality or augmented 204 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,360 reality, I think that these two are going to come together. 205 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:35,320 So as a learner, you can imagine putting on some goggles and you 206 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:42,440 are in a realistic scenario, having conversations with AI 207 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:47,840 characters and in a way where you can make this specific to 208 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,360 you and your learning goals. So you can think about putting 209 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:56,040 on your goggles and you see yourself in, or you see the 210 00:14:56,040 --> 00:15:02,080 scene of a train station or a pub in Manchester. 211 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,320 You go into the pub in Manchester and you can just go 212 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:11,000 around and have conversations with people in English and you 213 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:15,520 can have things where you see language analysis, giving you 214 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,600 tips. Someone is helping you through 215 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,520 this, You have a teacher helping you through it. 216 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,000 I think this is what's going to happen in the future in terms of 217 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,120 language learning. But with these two things and 218 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:33,120 ChatGPT right now, it's important to still immerse 219 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:38,360 yourself in English, internalise words and phrases and learn in 220 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,800 the most effective way. Now, I'm going to leave links to 221 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:45,640 videos that talk through this, and what I've talked about in 222 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:53,320 the past is still relevant today in terms of AI, but I see AI at 223 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:58,080 the moment as a way to help you learn more effectively. 224 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:05,120 So my question to you is, how are you using AI today in order 225 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,400 to learn English? And if you haven't tried these 226 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,840 methods I've talked about, I highly recommend trying them out 227 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,960 and I'll list them in the description so you can really 228 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,800 follow them in a way that you can apply them. 229 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:23,000 And then watch more of my videos, especially on how to 230 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,760 internalize languages and how to learn languages in order to use 231 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,080 these even more effectively. So share this video with a 232 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,680 friend. Thank you so much for watching 233 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,800 and I'll speak to you soon. Bye for now.