👏Welcome back to my blog!
Today, I want to introduce you to a chatbot that has gained 1 million users in less than a week. Have you guessed what it is?
If not, 👀 look at this picture 👇
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Still not? One more hint💡, its developer is OpenAI.
Yes, the software I’m going to introduce is ChatGPT. When I enjoy asking it questions and receiving answers from it, some questions suddenly flash into my mind: Does the world still need English teachers? Can ChatGPT replace English teachers? Therefore, I asked the question to ChatGPT, and it was answered as follows:
"As an AI language model, I do not have the ability to replace English teachers in the traditional sense. While I can generate text and provide information, I do not possess the same human qualities, such as empathy, intuition, and real-time adaptation, that are critical to effective language instruction." 👻(ChatGPT, 2023)👻
So, if it can’t replace us, can we take advantage of ChatGPT? My answer is YES! In the following, I’ll tell you what it is and how to use it.
📍What is ChatGPT?
Essentially, ChatGPT is a language model designed to interact with users by generating natural language text, similar to having a conversation with a human. As it is based on deep learning techniques and trained on large-scale text data, it is able to generate fluent and coherent text responses.
It is worth noting that it does not have the real-world consciousness, emotions and perceptions that humans have.
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📍How can we use ChatGPT?
- Idea Generation: I think all of us have experienced running out of ideas and this is the time to consider asking ChatGPT for help. It can save teachers time and effort in creating content such as lesson plan and activity materials.
- Language Practice: Obviously, we cannot respond to students’ needs 24 hours a day, but ChatGPT can. Therefore, we can advise our students to treat ChatGPT as a conversation partner to practice their English.
- Professional Development: ChatGPT is a tool that teachers may utilize for their own professional growth. We may keep current on the most recent pedagogical practices and trends by using ChatGPT, which can give access to tools, research articles, or instructional content.
📍Any limitations?
- Before using ChatGPT, as English teachers, we should remember that we cannot apply the lesson plans/activities/materials it gives directly to our teaching. The reason is obvious. No one knows your students and the context in which you teach better than you do.
- Even while the advantages of ChatGPT is recognized, we should be aware of the risks associated with relying on such work without evaluation. In other words, the answers provided by ChatGPT are not 100% correct. We need to check all ChatGPT-produced information for accuracy and usefulness before it reaches students.
📍Conclusion
Instead of speculating on whether ChatGPT will replace English teachers, I am more concerned about the potential gap it may create among teachers. 🧑🏫 Those who can effectively leverage ChatGPT may advance faster and achieve more significant progress.
