Lesson #91

School essays, social media posts, IT code, emails, poems, songs, short stories, books for children – you name it 🙂  In our final video, you’ll learn about the new AI program that can do all that. Enjoy 🙂

Our word #1 is creepy

adjective, informal 

: causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or slight horror: 

It feels a bit creepy in here.

Reference: Definition of creepy adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

Please take a look at this example and repeat it out loud:

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Our phrase #2 is to go viral

phrase

If a video, image, or story goes viral, it spreads quickly and widely on the internet through social media and email.

Their amazing video of the project has now gone viral with millions of views. 

Reference: Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Please take a look at this example and repeat it out loud:

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Our phrase #3 is to crank something out

phrasal verb, informal

: to produce something with no special care or effort:

He cranks out a new book every year.

Reference: Definition of crank something out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press

Please take a look at this example and repeat it out loud:

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Please fill in the blanks out loud with our word/phrase #1, 2, or 3:

Now it’s time for our final clip. Watch the clip first, and then fill in the blanks out loud.

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Reference: “Artificial intelligence program ChatGPT goes viral for generating entire essays in seconds.” CBS News. YouTube, https://youtu.be/kr5DqQmcztw. Accessed 13 January 2023.

So I couldn’t help myself and asked ChatGPT to write a poem about Saturday Morning Lessons. Here’s what it cranked out:

“Saturday Morning Lessons, a time to grow,

With grammar and vocabulary to know.

A steaming cup of morning coffee in hand,

We’ll start the day, in an English-speaking land.

The sun shines bright, a new day is here,

A time for learning, to conquer all fear.

From words to idioms, we’ll cover it all,

So you can communicate, big and small.”

Thank you 🙂

Questions for a Coffee Session:

(Just copy the questions and paste them into the Zoom chat, so you and your partner can see them.)

1. Ask your partner questions with the following words:

  • creepy
  • to go viral
  • to crank something out

2. Discuss in pairs the following questions:

  • Will humans lose the ability to write?
  • Is ChatGPT creepy and potentially dangerous or is it fascinating?
  • Are some jobs/industries in danger?
  • Do you think ChatGPT could help you in your daily life/work life?
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