What do we need? We need word use examples. We need them current. We need them tailored. We need them now. ‘Artificial’ once meant skilled creation. Did you know? The Ancient Greeks divided knowledge into two types: episteme (the theory,…
Editable dialogues, audio & gap-fills in minutes, while keeping your choices front and centre Looking for a faster way to create scripted conversations or model dialogues for your students? The updated Conversation Generator helps generate scripted conversations that can be…
Fancy trying Task Tweaker – my new tool for language teachers? Repetition is boring. No? Here’s a quick experiment: say repetition. Now say over and over, time and time again, day after day, again and again, on and on, round…
Or Feedback as a Learning Activity So, it’s that time of the year again – revision and wrap-up time. Time to review (check out my 12 Five-Minute Vocabulary Revision Activities if you’re looking for some ideas) and make those final…
Or critical thinking for language learners Paraphrasing the infamous song: What’s {socks} got to do with it? At first glance, nothing. Look again, and socks turn out to be the perfect way to help learners spot and reflect on their…
Poetry, synthetic voices, and what makes us human This is just to say I made a video for students to guess – human or AI? It went well,so fun,so full of surprise. I’ve already shared a few activities based on…
Hot Off the Press: AI Literacy Training Cards, Anthropomorphism, iSpring, and learning never stops I created this course as part of the iSpring Challenge 2025, and honestly, the timing couldn’t have been better. I had the idea, iSpring provided the…
24 January 2025, 16:00 (UK time): Personalisation 2.0, or AI for Effective Learning Experiences Fancy joining me for a session on how AI can help personalise language learning? I’m happy to invite you to the masterclass I’ll be delivering this…
Making Authentic Input More Accessible: Elaborated Input Cheers to 2025 and the thrill of new experiments! All experiments begin with good ideas. I’ve never been a huge fan of adapted versions. Authentic language? Gone. Nuance? Bye-bye. That said, I can…
Designing multimodal activities for language students Busy? Same here. I was working on a new set of multimodal tasks for assessment, but, as usually happens, I came up with something extra – a new idea to add to my favourite…