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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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More sailing idioms

Written by Hugh Dellar on . Posted in Chunk of the day, Chunks, Lexis. 2 Comments on More sailing idioms

This is the second in a short series of posts looking at sailing idioms and idioms connected to the UK’s long history as a maritime nation. It’s a reflection of the way in which our 8000-mile coastline has shaped the language and the way we process the world – and by the way, you can read the first post here, if you missed it. Today, I’ll explain the literal meanings of some boat-related words and then look at these link to our sailing idioms and phrases. All aboard! Sailing Idioms on deck The deck of a boat is the flat area you can walk on that’s built...

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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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