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As a French language learner, one thing I’d love to see is more interesting ways of practicing a specific area/skill (eg in French that might be the passé compo
by technotarek 3y ago
As a French language learner, one thing I’d love to see is more interesting ways of practicing a specific area/skill (eg in French that might be the passé composé or l’imparfait). There are tons of lessons on line, but they’re boring and uninteresting. They don’t motivate you like a short story or short film where you get both practice and pleasure. It seems very doable to use LLM technologies to transform a given short story to focus on specific language skills (eg rewrite to utilize mostly a specific tense). I know it’s possible because one of my first play experiments with ChatGPT was to have it write a letter to Santa using only specific tenses. In the end you get to reinforce your comprehension and recognition of specific facets of a language. I wish this was more widely available in language learning offerings Hint, hint Duolingo, please consider allowing me to choose the skill I want to learn at a given time, at least in some way. This might apply more to intermediate and advanced learners.
- technotarek 3y agoTo elaborate on my Duolingo critique… I find it too linear and strict. I can’t really get it to focus on the skills that I’m struggling with or most want to focus upon at a given time. This is especially true when you’re learning using a combined, multifaceted approach (eg YouTube videos + kindle stories + Duolingo + classroom instruction).
- bavarianbob 3y agoThis comment is chefs kiss. Amen. This is what I'm building a solution for.