[ExI] gpt as a language teacher

[William Flynn Wallace]

Mark Twain - 'The Awful German Language'

https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/texts/twain.german.html    bill w

On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 1:28 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> ...> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat
> Subject: Re: [ExI] gpt as a language teacher
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> On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 at 18:46, spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > I can see that ChatGPT is quite competent at creating grammatically
> > correct sentences and uses good vocabulary.  You can even get it to
> > respond in dialect of sorts, such as by asking it to use Scottish
> > terms or in the style of a 30s mob boss or 50s hipster for instance
> > (it’s a hoot!)
> >
> > OK then, does ChatGPT have a Spanish language version?  Does it work
> well?  It occurred to me that ChatGPT could become the most effective
> language teacher available.
> >
> > spike
> > _______________________________________________
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> >...Not really much need to learn languages these days.
> There are many translation apps available for smartphones.
> Google Translate lets two people with phones speak in their own language
> to each other and get instant translations.
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> BillK
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> Agreed BillK, and I have been using them to communicate with some scout
> parents who speak very little English.  They are Mandarin speakers.  The
> phones don't work well between Mandarin and English, but it can be used to
> some extent.
>
> Where I was going with it is this: many of us dual-purpose our time by
> making personal phone calls while we are out and about doing errands.  So
> what if... we could use that time to pick up another language, but
> specifically talk about areas that interest us?  I don't know or care about
> sports, Hollywood stars, none of the usual nonsense that preoccupies and
> distracts modern society from stuff that matters, but I would like to learn
> another language while talking about something interesting.  I choose
> German.
>
> spike
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