A Language Learning Tale

Podcast on YouTube: Link to YouTube Podcast on Spotify: Link to Spotify Benvenuti, Bienvenue, Bienvenidos, Croeso and Welcome. Hi, I’m Juliet. Join me on my language learning journey and discover my thoughts on different aspects of language learning with the A Language Learning Tale Podcast. Today I’m talking about… When I Wouldn’t Use a Large Language Model Recently, I talked about using ChatGPT as a conversational tool and how I thought that was probably an acceptable use of a Large Language Model. However, my thoughts on using it to learn grammar are somewhat different. Why? Isn’t it just the same as speaking? Well, no, it isn’t. Now, I’m not talking about translating a phrase or a word using Google Translate or Reverso Context, or even Microsoft Word’s language tools. Yes, those involve grammar, and what we call AI to some extent, but they’re not questions. That’s more like proofreading. What I mean is something like, “Please explain to me how to use direct and indirect pronouns in...

YouTube Link: Link on YouTube Spotify Link: Link on Spotify Benvenuti, Bienvenue, Bienvenidos, Croeso and Welcome. Hi, I’m Juliet. Join me on my language learning journey and discover my thoughts on different aspects of language learning with the A Language Learning Tale Podcast. Today I’m talking about… Should I Chat with an AI? Using AI in language learning is all the rage right now. How do you feel about that? In general, I dislike the use of AI in creative pursuits, because one, it’s been trained on the work of artists, writers, composers, lyricists, I’m sure there are others, who spent a lot of time creating something that people would want to buy. Oh, yes, photographers and videographers, as well. All this without their permission or any compensation, although there are some moves to change that. However, there are many uses of AI that will actually enhance lives. In medicine, for example. Languages might also be one of those uses, because learning a language, ingesting a languag...

Listen on Spotify: Spotify Link Listen on YouTube: YouTube Link Benvenuti, Bienvenue, Croeso and Welcome. Hi, I’m Juliet. Join me on my language learning journey and discover my thoughts on different aspects of language learning with the A Language Learning Tale Podcast. Today, the subject is … Will AI Kill Language Learning in 2024? We all know that the AI language models, now constantly in our midst, are capable of a lot and that includes generating information in many languages, possibly all by now, but does that mean that there is no longer any need to learn languages, at all, because AI can do it for us? Honestly, I think the answer to that question depends on you. Learning languages will continue if people want to continue to do it. But let’s take a step back first. At this point in time, the AI models all have a significant number of flaws. Not least the fact that they can hallucinate. Yes, that’s what people are calling it. In other words, sometimes they literally make things u...