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Prompts for developing vocabulary materials with AI

Written by Andrew Walkley on . Posted in Developing materials, Lexis, Resources, Revision. 1 Comment on Prompts for developing vocabulary materials with AI

Writing good AI prompts for developing vocabulary materials was the focus of Elif Atali’s presentation at IATEFL this year. Elif is a teacher at Bursa Technical University in Turkey and was the winner of our Lexical Lab scholarship. Here she outlines her presentation and relates her wider experiences. Over to Elif Writing vocabulary materials with AI My presentation explored innovative ways to enhance writing instruction through AI-driven task design, with a particular emphasis on lexical development. The session focused on how teachers can benefit from the potential of AI given...

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Boat Idioms

Written by Hugh Dellar on . Posted in Chunk of the day, Chunks, Lexis. 5 Comments on Boat Idioms

There are a lot of boat idioms in English perhaps as a result of the history and geography of UK itself. The United Kingdom has almost 8000 miles of coastline and a long history as a seafaring nation, so it’s no surprise that many words and phrases that were originally used on boats and at sea have found their way into our everyday vocabulary. Last year, I wrote a post about the ways that we use water metaphors to talk about the movement of people and so here’s the first of what will be several posts exploring some of the intermediate and advanced sailing and nautical idioms. Let’s get...

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Everyday English drawn from Greek mythology

Written by Hugh Dellar on . Posted in Chunks, Phrase of the day. 4 Comments on Everyday English drawn from Greek mythology

A while back, I wrote a blog post about words and expressions that come from literature, but have passed into everyday use. Today, inspired by a recent conversation with my daughter, who’s currently obsessed with Greek mythology, I wanted to dig a bit deeper into the way the ideas from old myths and stories become embedded in the language and understood even by those unfamiliar with their origins. One morning, I was having breakfast with my kids and the news was on the radio. My daughter heard the newsreader claim that ‘the NHS (the National Health Service) will be the...

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