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AI chatbots will revolutionize education, but can we trust them in Taiwan’s education? A dialog with ChatGPT 

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Published in the News Lens, Feb 22, 2023 (English: https://international.thenewslens.com/article/181539) and Feb 28, 2023 (Chinese: https://www.thenewslens.com/article/181670) Taiwan will soon need to brace itself for the AI tsunami that will soon flood its schools–or at least the homes of its students. Various school boards in the US have already banned Open AI’s ChatGPT since its release […]

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 AI 聊天機器人將打造一個全球溝通公平競爭的環境 

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AI chatbots will level the global communicative playing field; printed in Commercial Times, Feb 23, 2023 (https://view.ctee.com.tw/technology/48662.html   ) AI 聊天機器人已經到來，我們將永不相同。 AI 聊天機器人 ChatGPT 可以用如此驚人的細節和無可挑剔的語言回答問題，這給整個教育業及創意產業投下了震撼彈，這些產業擔心學生會因此作弊猖獗，而文案人員及記者將因此流離失所。比較少被提及的是，這種人工智慧工具擁有前所未有的潛力，那就是在以英語為主的研究和商業領域中，打造一個全球平起平坐溝通交流的環境。  2023 年將被銘記為  AI 聊天機器人之年。去年 11月，總部位於舊金山的 OpenAI 發布了 ChatGPT，而 AI  聊天機器人的技術因而大躍進。該產品已經獲得了超過 一億位的活躍用戶，成為歷史上成長最快的商業應用軟體 [1]。微軟已向 Open AI 投資 100 億美元 [2]，並且近期才剛剛將 ChatGPT 整合到其 Edge 瀏覽器中 [3]。對此，谷歌的 Sundar Pichai 拉響了「紅色警戒」以加速發布他們自己的人工智慧工具，如 LaMDA 和一個名為 Bard 的聊天機器人 [4,5]，它們將在未來幾週內與百度自己的人工智慧聊天機器人 ERNIE

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AI chatbots will level the global communicative playing field 

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ChatGPT can be used to write emails, wirte summaries for research, and even write reports. It can help EFL or ESL or ELF speakers kill three birds with one stone: 1. It will naturally rewite a text and remove any incorrect English; 2. It will replace awkward phrases with natural sounding ones; and 3. It can create the appropriate tone, like formal, casual, caring, serious, apologetic, and even funny. ChatGPT can give the power of perfect English to non-English speakers, and this can democratize high-stakes international communications in the business and research fields.

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AI chatbots can stimulate curiosity and revolutionize learning – and hopefully teaching too

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AI Chatbots can revolutionize learning by empowering learners to stimulate and satisfy their own curiosity at their fingertips. Teacher need to recognize this and not just accept AI chatbots in the learning process, but outsource certain teaching tasks to ai and encourage and even train students to effectively use AI chatbots.

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Huberman’s Neuroplasticity super protocol: Translating neuroscience research into teaching protocols

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This article is a summary of Andrew Huberman’s Neuroplasticity super protocol that contains 9 protocols:

1. Get alert
2. Get focused
3. Generate repetitions (as many as possible in a given time)
4. Expect and embrace errors
5. Randomly insert micro rest intervals
6. Random and intermittent rewards
7. Limit learning trigger sessions to 90 mins or less
8. Incorporate 10-30 min meditative rests after learning trigger sessions
9. Maximize quality and optimal duration of sleep that night (and every night).

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Why your EFL learning has failed … and what you can do about it – Part 2

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This article explains why many language and communication courses and programs do not improve communicative competence. You will also learn about how your brain learns and then be able to use this knowledge to help you learn better and find a more effective Language Communication Training (LCT) program. The article evaluates different training methods like mentoring, coaching, workshops, online courses, group language classes, and a new type of group class called Agile RPG.

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Why your EFL learning has failed … Part1

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As a non-native English speaking professional, your professional English ability is limiting your potential for promotion and career development in international business. You have struggled to improve but have failed. This 2-part article series will help you understand what you have been doing wrong and why. It will also compare mentoring, coaching, group classes and agile learning in order to recommend the features of an effective learning or training program you want to help you improve you Communication ability.

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Word of the Day – “with all due respect”

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Good morning class! Ever wanted to criticize someone in English, but didn’t have the courage? Use this golden phrase. “With all due respect” (phrase) – used to express polite disagreement in a formal situation Which does NOT “express polite disagreement”? a. [Ukraine] isn’t a place–WITH ALL DUE RESPECT–like  Iraq or Afghanistan, it is a relatively

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Word of the Day: “literally”

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Good morning class! And our word of the day is “#Literally“.It comes from a Olympic gold-medal skier in hot water.“Literally” (adv, /ˈlɪtərəli/) in a literal way; exactly Which is NOT the correct usage of “literally”?a. Eileen Gu: “Anyone can download a VPN [to use IG in China] its literally free on the App store”b. “Literally anyone

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