Good luck on your TEFL course, keep going, it's so worth it in the end. I've never met a teacher that didn't feel the TEFL course was harder than they thought, so you're not alone.
Hope the stories go well with your niece, they should be fun to try!
OMG! Thank you so much. This is a game changer! My Ukrainian pre-beginner learners have really been struggling with vocabulary and I can’t wait to try this method. I just used ChatGPT to create a short story about making borsch.
Only one question: I could not prevent the chat bot from inserting the English translation of the Ukrainian food words parenthetically after each lexical item. This is not how you describe the procedure, and I am curious about your thoughts on having translations embedded in the story.
Hi Pam! I'm happy you like the method, I'm sure it'll work well for you.
For your question, I'd do a quick edit of the text and remove the translation. Students will get the best benefit if they work out the meaning from context. Having a translation after the L2 word will rob them of that (and the satisfaction of doing it themselves!).
This is interesting and inspiring, thank you so much!
I'm trudging through a Tefl course - it's much harder going than I expected - and this technique is fun and obviously effective.
I'm going to try this with my four year old niece - her L1 is Spanish, which I'm learning, so excellent for both of us.
Thanks Anna, you're welcome!
Good luck on your TEFL course, keep going, it's so worth it in the end. I've never met a teacher that didn't feel the TEFL course was harder than they thought, so you're not alone.
Hope the stories go well with your niece, they should be fun to try!
OMG! Thank you so much. This is a game changer! My Ukrainian pre-beginner learners have really been struggling with vocabulary and I can’t wait to try this method. I just used ChatGPT to create a short story about making borsch.
Only one question: I could not prevent the chat bot from inserting the English translation of the Ukrainian food words parenthetically after each lexical item. This is not how you describe the procedure, and I am curious about your thoughts on having translations embedded in the story.
Hi Pam! I'm happy you like the method, I'm sure it'll work well for you.
For your question, I'd do a quick edit of the text and remove the translation. Students will get the best benefit if they work out the meaning from context. Having a translation after the L2 word will rob them of that (and the satisfaction of doing it themselves!).