Pete Smissen

Now, this is where AI becomes incredibly powerful because it can act as your personal teacher and give you instant feedback.

So, here's what you can do.

After you've done some speaking, you can take what you've said and you can ask AI to correct it.

In fact, if you have the same chat open, you can just ask AI to read back over the text you said and correct it for you.

For example, you could say something like, And what you'll get back is your corrected version, an explanation of what you did wrong and a more natural way of saying it.

And this is where a lot of learners make a mistake.

They read the correction and then they move on.

Don't do that.

This is where the learning actually happens.

You need to slow down, look at your mistakes and understand what did I say?

What should I have said?

Why is this better?

And then, this is the key, say the corrected version out loud.

Repeat it.

Use it again.

That's how you actually improve.

Now, you can also take this further.

You can ask AI to give you a more natural version, a more advanced version, or even a simpler version, so you can see how the same idea changes depending on your level.

And again, this is where you can bring in Aussie English.

You can use prompts like, make it sound more Australian, or make it sound like something an Aussie would actually say.