Bargain Sweater – experimenting with Turboscribe and Copilot
After Matthew Wemyss said on a webinar I was watching entitled
AI Literacy – What Is It, Really? that ChatGPT was the worst LLM for young
students to be using unsupervised, I decided to see if my 9-step prompt would
work just as well on Copilot as on ChatGPT.
I used my ‘Bargain Sweater’ example on my Android phone, on my iPad and on my computer. It was so interesting that I have already made two videos of how that worked out. The one on my Android phone is already on YouTube, the iPad one just needs editing and the one on my PC, I haven’t even made yet.
There is ONE HUGE difference between how my 9-step prompt
works with ChatGPT and Copilot. With Copilot when you ask for the different
versions to be read aloud, you never know what you’ll get! Admittedly, Copilot usually reads out the written version verbatim prefaced by notes like (With
an animated and bubbly tone), but sometimes it produces a much more
colloquial version of the same text and even, on one occasion it reenacted the
dialogue between the two women. Sadly, students don’t see these alternative
versions written down and if they want to listen to them again, they may well just
get the verbatim text or another colloquial version or even a recreation of the
two women speaking!
To give you a flavour of the spoken language that Copilot
sometime produces, here are a few examples:
1.
if you don't mind me asking?
2.
Go on have a guess.
3.
they were just chatting away
4.
let me tell you the compliments were
flying.
5.
absolutely adored it
6.
they got on to the topic of how much it
cost
7.
… was like oh why don't you guess
8.
nifty little 25% discount
Here's the 11-minute video I made by recording the screen on my Android phone and commenting on it:
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More details:
TI refers to Text
Inspector: Analyse the Difficulty Level of English Texts and TA
refers to GSETeacher Toolkit Text Analyzer and Av is a composite score arrived at
by averaging the two scores
1 Using my Android mobile phone and my Hotmail account and
the voice ‘Wave’ at 80% of normal speed
Step 3:
Write the corrected version without mistakes. (TI B1+ 41% TA B1 48 = Av B1.25 44.5)
Read aloud verbatim
There are two women talking about
a new sweater that one of them bought. One of the women told the other that she
likes her new sweater a lot, and the other replied that she bought it in the
sales. The woman asked how much it cost, and the other said she could guess the
price.
The woman guessed that the price
might be 80 or 100. But the other was very happy and said no, because there was
a 25% discount, so the final price was 67. She thought the sweater was a
bargain.
Step 5:
Write the changed version. (TI B2+ 52% TA
B1+ 55 = Av B2 53.5)
Read aloud in two different ways apart from verbatim:
1.
Re-enactment Oh what a
lovely new sweater you have. It looks absolutely stylish on you. Oh thank you.
I actually picked it up during the sales recently. Really? Well how much did it
cost you if you don't mind me asking?
Go on have a guess. Might say maybe 80 or 100 euros. Nope thanks
to a 25% discount I got it for just 67 euros. I think it's an excellent
bargain. (TI B1+ 38% TA B1+ 51 = Av B1+ 44.5)
2.
Colloquial (Excited and
lively.) Ah so there were these two women and they were just chatting away
about this fabulous new sweater that one of them had bought and let me tell
you the compliments were flying. Her friend absolutely adored it so
of course they got on to the topic of how much it cost and guess what
the lady with the sweater was like oh why don't you guess and the first
woman thought maybe 80 or 100 euros but no I don't know. Thanks to this nifty
little 25% discount the final price was just 67 euros. Can you believe that
bargain? (TI B2+ 51% TA B1+ 57 = Av B2 54)
Verbatim Two women were
chatting about a new sweater that one of them had recently bought. One of them
complimented her friend on the stylish new sweater, and the other explained
that she had picked it up during the sales. Curious to know more, the first
woman asked about the price, and her friend invited her to guess how much it
had cost.
She guessed either 80 or 100
euros, but her friend smiled and said no. Thanks to a 25% discount, the final
price came down to just 67 euros. She considered it an excellent bargain.
Step 7: Write the changed
version. (TI C1+ 65% TA B2 64 = Av B2.75 64.5 )
Read aloud verbatim
Two women engaged in a lively
conversation about a recent purchase one of them had made. One admired the
elegant design and colour of the sweater, while the other mentioned that she
had found it during a seasonal sale. Intrigued, the first woman inquired how
much it had cost, and her friend playfully suggested she try to guess the
price.
She estimated the cost to be
around 80 or 100 euros, but her friend smiled and shook her head. Thanks to a
generous 25% markdown, the final price was reduced to a mere 67 euros. She felt
she had made a fantastic deal.
Let me know when you're ready for
step 8 by saying "next."
Step 9: Write the changed
version. (TI C2 76% TA B2+ 68 = Av C1.25 72)
Read aloud in a different way, but the second time it was verbatim
Colloquial (With
an animated and bubbly tone) Two women were deep in conversation just absolutely
buzzing talking about this amazing fashion find that one of them had scooped
up and one of them you know she couldn't stop raving about
the sweaters she cut and this gorgeous sophisticated colour palette.
It was just to die for
which got the other women all excited and she jumped in to say
she found it during this super exclusive limited time seasonal promo. I
mean talk about a fashion win and of course her friend now super curious
just had to know the price. She was like come on tell me how much
it was.
But the buyer oh she
played it cool teasing her like why don't you take a guess first. So she
threw out a guess thinking probably like 80 or maybe 100 euros but
then the buyer just broke into this big grin and was like nope.
Because get this thanks to this massive 25 discounted checkout the final
price was just 67 euros.
Can you believe it? She
was over the moon absolutely thrilled with the deal thought it
was a total steal. (TI C1 60% TA B2 66 = Av B2+ 63)
Verbatim Two women were
deep in conversation, discussing a recent fashion find that one of them had
proudly acquired. One of them remarked on the sweater’s chic cut and
sophisticated colour palette, which prompted the other to share that she had
discovered it during a limited-time seasonal promotion. Curious, her friend
asked what the price had been, and the buyer teased her to take a guess before
revealing the amount.
She ventured a guess of 80 or
perhaps 100 euros, but the buyer grinned and gently corrected her. Thanks to a
substantial 25% discount applied at checkout, the final price dropped to an
impressive 67 euros. She was delighted with the value and considered it a true
steal.
The progression through the different versions was fine but
when I asked for Version 5 to be read aloud it didn’t match the script and in
fact each time I asked it to read it aloud it was slightly different.
Sometimes, with steps 7 and 9 it did read the text aloud verbatim.
Is this a good thing or a disaster?
I’ve checked the CEFR levels of the transcripts of the
improvised readings aloud and they are all at a slightly lower level but much
more colloquial with many features of spoken English and provide an excellent
opportunity for exposure to these spoken forms, but with less possibility of
asking about them as they are only spoken
1.
if you don't mind me asking?
2.
Go on have a guess.
3.
they were just chatting away
4.
let me tell you the compliments were
flying.
5.
absolutely adored it
6.
they got on to the topic of how much it
cost
7.
… was like oh why don't you guess
8.
nifty little 25% discount
9.
if you don't mind me asking?
10. Go
on have a guess.
11. they
were just chatting away
12. let
me tell you the compliments were flying.
13. absolutely
adored it
14. they
got on to the topic of how much it cost
15. …
was like oh why don't you guess
16. nifty
little 25% discount
1.
deep in conversation
2.
just absolutely buzzing
3.
one of them had scooped up
4.
one of them you know she couldn't
5.
raving about
6.
It was just to die for
7.
got the other women all excited
8.
she jumped in to say
9.
super exclusive limited time seasonal
promo
10. I
mean talk about a fashion win
11. her
friend now super curious just had to know the price
12. She
was like come on
13. the
buyer oh she played it cool teasing her like
14. she
threw out a guess
15. thinking
probably like 80 or maybe 100 euros
16. the
buyer just broke into this big grin
17. and
was like nope.
18. Because
get this thanks to
19. She
was over the moon
20. absolutely
thrilled with the deal
21. thought
it was a total steal.
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