Joe Dale

AImagination Station: Sparking Language Creativity in the EFL Class This morning I was delighted to watch the webinar "AImagination Station: Sparking Language Creativity in the EFL Class," presented by Dimitris Primalis for Burlington Books. Dimitris is an M.

Here is a summary of the presentation 'AImagination Station: Sparking Language Creativity in the EFL Class' delivered by Dimitris Primalis this morning. www.linkedin.com/pulse/aimagi...

Linguai 2025 – AI for Language Teachers: Writing with AI For the fourth and final webinar in my four part webinar series 'AI for Language Teachers: A Practical Skills-Based Approach: Writing with AI' I focused on showing how to use AI for practising writing...

Here is a summary of my fourth and final session in the 4 part webinar series 'AI for Language Teachers: A Practical Skills-Based Approach' This session looked at how to use AI for practising writing and receiving adaptive feedback. www.linkedin.com/pulse/lingua...

Harnessing AI to Empower Language Learning for the new GCSE This morning, I was delighted to work with the MFL trainee teachers at University College London (UCL) for a 90-minute webinar on 'Harnessing AI to Empower Language Learning for the new GCSE'. As a fo...

Here is a summary of the presentation 'Harnessing AI to Empower Language Learning for the new GCSE' I delivered today for the the MFL trainee teachers at University College London. www.linkedin.com/pulse/harnes...

The Wow Factor: Creating a New GCSE Languages Lesson with AI This morning, I delivered the session, 'The Wow Factor: Creating a New GCSE Languages Lesson with AI', at the Beyond the Language Barrier CPD conference at Bradford Grammar School. I began by setting ...

Here is a summary of the session 'The Wow Factor: Creating a New GCSE Languages Lesson with AI' which I delivered today at the Beyond the Language Barrier CPD at Bradford Grammar School. www.linkedin.com/pulse/wow-fa...

Reinforcing GCSE Vocabulary through AI-Generated Stories and Music Today, I was honoured to take part in the NCLE AI Symposium in central London, where I delivered my session, 'Reinforcing GCSE Vocabulary through AI-Generated Stories and Music'. My aim was to show a ...

Here is a summary of the presentation I delivered today at the NCLE AI Symposium in central London 'Reinforcing GCSE Vocabulary through AI-Generated Stories and Music'. www.linkedin.com/pulse/reinfo...

Thank you, Steve!

Huge thanks to the NCLE team at IOE and @ucl.ac.uk for pulling this together. Looking forward to seeing everyone and hearing what people have been working on.

There should be something for everyone and it's a strong mix of theory, practice and hands on research from across the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore.

The rest of the line up looks fantastic. Sessions cover assessment, feedback, translanguaging, conversational AI, critical AI literacy and the strategic integration of ChatGPT into foreign language writing.

I'll be talking after lunch on reinforcing GCSE vocabulary through AI generated stories and music. A great chance to show what tools like Gemini Storybook, Suno and MultilingProfiler can do to make GCSE aligned vocabulary revision more creative and memorable.

Off to Central London for today's hybrid NCLE AI Symposium and really looking forward to it. It's a brilliant programme, packed with colleagues doing cutting edge work across AI and language education.

AI that saves time: practical classroom tools they can use tomorrow This afternoon, I was absolutely delighted to spend time with the staff at Dartford Grammar School for an INSET session focused on 'AI that saves time: practical classroom tools they can use tomorrow'...

Here is a summary of the cross-curricular INSET I delivered today at Dartford Grammar School 'AI that saves time: practical classroom tools you can use tomorrow'. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-sav...

Ahead of the curve? How L2 students use AI (while institutions continue to adapt...) Yesterday afternoon, I watched a fascinating webinar delivered by Sophia Mavridi, Senior Lecturer in digital pedagogy at De Montfort University in Leicester, for Express Publishing. The webinar was ti...

Here is a summary of @sophiamav.bsky.social's wonderful webinar yesterday 'Ahead of the curve? How L2 students use AI (while institutions continue to adapt...)'. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ahead-...

Speaking in the New GCSE: Practical, inclusive AI workflows On Friday, I delivered a three-and-a-half-hour INSET session for 21 language teachers from the Oaks Collegiate Trust. The day was titled Speaking in the New GCSE: Practical, inclusive AI workflows, an...

Here is a summary of a 3 and a half hour INSET I delivered for languages teachers at Oaks Collegiate Trust on Friday 'Speaking in the New GCSE: Practical, inclusive AI workflows'. www.linkedin.com/pulse/speaki...

Adapting new technologies to empower teaching, learning and assessment - University of Buckingham PGCE On Thursday last week, I ran two online sessions for the University of Buckingham, both focused on adapting new technologies to empower teaching, learning, and assessment. These took place on 20 Novem...

A summary of two online presentations I did last Thursday for the iQTS and PGTA trainee teachers at the University of Buckingham 'Adapting new technologies to empower teaching, learning and assessment'. www.linkedin.com/pulse/adapti...

I'm thrilled the recording of my recent session for the British Council TeachingEnglish Online Conference is now available on the Teaching English Asia - British Council page! www.facebook.com/share/v/19pr...

Suno songs A couple of weekends ago I attended the Association for Language Learning Online Conference and was reminded of Suno , the AI app which w...

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We successfully explored creating AI-enhanced reading activities, supporting learners through audio and visual scaffolds, and using free tools to personalise materials. Our final session, "Writing with AI," is on 1st December.

This reflects how LLMs transcribe audio and logically deduce meaning from context. Whilst Reading Coach builds confidence for reluctant readers, it isn't always perfect for pronunciation feedback.

Reading Coach Reading Coach is a practice tool for anyone looking to build their literacy skills. With the power to generate stories with AI and a library of leveled passages from ReadWorks, learners can practice r...

Reading Coach (coach.microsoft.com) supports independent reading and pronunciation practice. When I deliberately made mistakes reading aloud, it returned 96% accuracy, flagging only two words.

TTSmp3 is another free option without account requirements, though audio quality is generally less natural than Luvvoice.

To promote accessibility and listening comprehension, we integrated audio. Luvvoice generates very natural-sounding, free MP3 audio (no account required) that can be inserted into PowerPoint slides.

For Microsoft Forms users, I demonstrated a custom ChatGPT prompt using the formatting code "ANS: x" after each question, which automatically ticks correct answers when imported via quick import.

The second button downloaded a zip folder containing a TXT file with the complete story, which we used in Brisk Teaching to generate a self-marking Google Form quiz.

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We uploaded the PowerPoint to Google Drive, opened it, and saved it as a Google Slides presentation for easy sharing and collaborative editing. docs.google.com/presentation...

For accessibility, I demonstrated using Format Painter in PowerPoint. Double-clicking it after styling one text box locks the formatting for instant application to all remaining boxes.

The exported PDF was converted into an editable PPTX file using PDFGear, a free online tool. This makes text selectable, allowing teachers to edit errors or change content.

To make the AI-generated story fully adaptable, we used Gemini Storybook Exporter (a Chrome extension) which adds two blue buttons: 'Export PDF' and 'Download images and text'.

I took a screenshot of the text and uploaded it to Gemini with a photo of myself as Paul, prompting: "Create a storybook only using the text in this image. This is Paul."

The prompt specified character descriptions, clothing, tense requirements (perfect, simple future, present), and requested opinions and a twist in the narrative.