How I Use ChatGPT to Create Fun and Effective Language Learning Materials

A Step-by-Step Guide for Teachers

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We always seem to talk about how ChatGPT and AI, in general, are detrimental to creativity, education, and learning — not to mention the great apocalypse of job losses! How there’s so much AI-generated content lurking on the internet, affecting real creators and denting their profits. Or how AI is accused of stealing other people’s work. Yeah, I’ve always known AI isn’t some alive thing, born from someone’s conventional womb. It’s a machine that needs humans to train it.

Of course, it’s not right for people to use AI to write whole articles or novels and then publish them under their name — unless they’re upfront and admit it’s AI-generated. Fair enough in that case.

But despite all the negative noise, I’ve found some genuinely useful ways to use AI. I use it to check grammar, give me prompts for writing, or break down grammar rules into bite-sized pieces of information. I even explain this to my students: “Don’t rely on it to edit your work because its editing can be terrible.” What makes human writing beautiful is everyone’s unique voice and style — something that gets lost with AI.

Like everything in life, AI has its pros and cons. Take the car, for example: it gets you from A to B…