Language Teaching with AI: Enhancing Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing

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Introduction:

Join independent languages consultant Joe Dale for an exciting, brand-new four-part webinar series that delves into how AI tools can transform language teaching. With over 4,700 members in his popular Facebook group, Language Teaching with AI, Joe has a wealth of experience in integrating AI into modern foreign language classrooms.

This series builds on the success of Joe’s previous four-part webinar series, Resource Creation with ChatGPT, which was completed by nearly 300 language teachers worldwide. In this new series, Joe introduces fresh content focused on listening, speaking, reading, and writing, providing practical strategies for using AI to support grammar, vocabulary, phonics, and the intercultural dimension in your language lessons.

Why attend?

• Incorporate AI tools into listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities.
• Gain skills in prompt engineering for targeted content creation, unlocking AI’s potential without wasting time.
• Align AI tools to enrich student learning

Webinar Outline:

21.30-23.00 GMT (UTC) 4th November 2024 - Webinar 1: Language Teaching with AI: Enhancing Listening (Recording available to purchase as part of the Session 1-4 ticket or as an individual ticket)

• LLM Prompting Tool & Google Docs Prompting Tool with drop-down menus: Create customised listening prompts tailored to your students.
• Magic Padlet: Combine sentences, images, and IPA for phonics-focused slideshows; use “Talk for me” TTS for listening activities with audio comments.
• Turboscribe: Transcribe audio/video content into text for listening exercises.
• Brisk Teaching: Convert Padlet activities and YouTube transcripts into interactive quizzes.
• Immersive Reader: Convert text to speech with adjustable settings for accessibility.
• Conclusion and Q&A

12.30-14.00 GMT (UTC) 11th November 2024 - Webinar 2: Language Teaching with AI: Enhancing Speaking

• Magic Padlet: Set up teacher columns for audio prompts; use Post Fields to limit students to the Audio Recorder for focused speaking practice.
• Google Translate + Natural Reader: Create personalised phrasebooks and model pronunciation.
• TTSmp3: Convert text into downloadable MP3s for additional pronunciation practice.
• Mizou: Create multilingual chatbots for role-play scenarios with transcription and feedback features.
• Google Docs Voice Typing / Microsoft Word Dictation / AudioPen: Enable hands-free dictation and real-time transcription.
• Conclusion and Q&A

21.30-23.00 GMT (UTC) 18th November 2024 - Webinar 3: Language Teaching with AI: Enhancing Reading

• Diffit: Create graded texts, transforming YouTube clips and PDFs into reading activities.
• MultilingProfiler: Check vocabulary alignment with exam board lists
• Quizizz AI: Develop interactive, self-marking quizzes from articles or videos.
• QuestionWell: Automate comprehension questions for Quizizz, Kahoot, and Blooket etc.
• Magic Padlet’s Poll Option: Use polls to engage students in grammar exercises
• Mapping Ideas: Use Google My Maps, Google Earth Projects, and ChatGPT + OpenStreetMap for interactive cultural learning.
• Conclusion and Q&A

21.30-23.00 GMT (UTC) 25th November 2024 - Webinar 4: Language Teaching with AI: Enhancing Writing

• Brisk Teaching: Create self-marking quizzes from student writing; adapt content for Google and Microsoft Forms.
• ChatGPT’s Vision Feature: Upload sentence builder images to generate model sentences and texts.
• Emoji Scaffold Idea: Use emojis to scaffold vocabulary practice in writing tasks.
• Magic Padlet’s ‘I Can’t Draw’ & Discussion Board: Use Post Fields to limit students to the ‘I can’t draw’ feature for personalised images; use discussion boards for peer feedback.
• Image Accessibility Creator: Generate image descriptions as prompts for writing and speaking activities.
• Conclusion and Q&A

In this series, you will learn how to:

• Use AI tool to create engaging listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities.
• Develop customised resources using prompt engineering.
• Incorporate AI-driven tools like Magic Padlet, ChatGPT, Brisk Teaching, and more to support grammar, vocabulary, phonics, and intercultural learning.
• Leverage interactive demonstrations to enhance student engagement with cutting-edge technology.

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the latest AI tools and discover how they can revolutionise your language teaching!

The webinars will be recorded, and links will be shared with registrants. Please note, presentation and recording links are intended for registrants only and should not be shared privately or publicly.

Special Offer:

Purchase the whole series and get 4 webinars for the price of 3! That’s one webinar for FREE (plus the Eventbrite booking fee). If you miss any of the live sessions, you can still access the recordings and participate in the upcoming webinars.

Registrants can request a certificate of attendance for each individual webinar or for the entire series. These certificates will indicate the number of professional development hours completed. To request a certificate, please complete the Google Form provided at the end of each webinar.

Time Slots for Your Convenience:

To accommodate language teachers worldwide, Joe Dale has created four separate Eventbrite registration pages for the series. Select the slot that best suits your time zone:

Register now for the slot that works best for you and learn how to use AI tools to enhance your language teaching skills.

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The Middle East

Europe

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Presenter’s bio:

Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant from the UK who works with a range of organisations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft and The Guardian. He was host of the TES MFL forum for six years, former SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner, a regular conference speaker and recognised expert on technology and language learning. He has spoken at conferences and run training courses in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, the Far East and Australasia. He was a member of the Ministerial Steering Group on languages for the UK coalition government and advised on the Linguanet Worldwide project for The Language Company. He created ICT activities for the new Institut Français, ALL and Network for Languages Primary French Project Niveau Bleu, Blanc and Rouge courses and was short-listed for a NAACE Impact Award in 2013 too. Joe supported the Erasmus Plus project Conflict to Cooperation with 5 European countries and the Erasmus Plus Project Learning to think and live outside the box. He recently organised and co-hosted a 10 part series of webinars Saturday Tech-Talk in collaboration with the British Council in Indonesia and iTELL and worked on the Nusantara Go project for the British Council in Indonesia and PearTree Languages in 2022. He also worked on the Supporting Schools Reform in Algeria project through the British Council 2019-2020. He was recently described in a Guardian article as an 'MFL guru' and 'the man behind the #mfltwitterati.'. Joe’s new Facebook group ‘Language Teaching with AI already has over 4700 members!

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