I use ChatGPT mainly to produce or rewrite written texts, sometimes asking it to add exercises which I then edit as necessary. I have so far experimented with gap-fill, questions in the target language or English, and multiple-choice questions. Exercises are satisfactory, though lack the subtlety a teacher can bring in terms of tailoring to the specific class and what they already know. But there is no doubt that ChatGPT is a great time-saver. Having watched a Joe Dale screencast on resource creation with ChatGPT, I thought I would see how good it is at designing a lesson plan . Teachers in training should find these examples interesting and a useful source of discussion, notably when considering the PPP approach (Presentation-Practce-Production) and communicative methodology. I used the free version of ChatGPT, but was invited to try out ChatGPT4 during my conversation. So below is the first prompt I used. Note that ChatGPT understands CEFR levels and ACTFL levels for US teachers. Wr
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