The Reading / Listening - ChatGPT - Level 4

A new online revolution has begun and is spreading like wildfire. In November, the tech company OpenAI released ChatGPT – a chatbot you can have a conversation with. It answers nearly anything you ask it, in perfect grammar. It will give you a 300-word text about a movie written in the style of Shakespeare. Analysts have dubbed it a game changer. Hot on the heels of ChatGPT came Google's Bard. A Google-Microsoft battle for the future of online search is now on.

There are many questions about how chatbots will shake up our world. Teachers are worrying about "the end of homework". Bots can give convincing essays to a grade-A standard. Workers fear all kinds of jobs will be lost. ChatGPT is now on the Bing search engine. Microsoft said: "It's a new day in search." Google said: "AI can deepen our understanding of information and turn it into useful knowledge…making it easier for people to…get things done."

Try the same news story at these levels:

    ChatGPT - Level 5 or  ChatGPT - Level 6

Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64538604
  • https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/7/23587454/microsoft-bing-edge-chatgpt-ai
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-chatbots-chatgpt-google-bard-microsoft-bing-break-internet-search-2023-2


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. A new online revolution
  2. spreading like
  3. the tech company OpenAI
  4. a chatbot you can have
  5. It answers nearly anything
  6. perfect
  7. Analysts have dubbed it a game
  8. Hot on the
  1. grammar
  2. a conversation with
  3. you ask it
  4. wildfire
  5. changer
  6. released ChatGPT
  7. heels of ChatGPT
  8. has begun

Paragraph 2

  1. how chatbots will shake
  2. Teachers are worrying about the
  3. Bots can give convincing
  4. a grade-A
  5. Workers fear all kinds of
  6. deepen our understanding
  7. turn it
  8. get things
  1. of information
  2. essays
  3. jobs will be lost
  4. done
  5. into useful knowledge
  6. end of homework
  7. up our world
  8. standard

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

A new online (1) ___________________ and is spreading like wildfire. In November, (2) ___________________ OpenAI released ChatGPT - a chatbot you can have a conversation with. It answers nearly anything you ask it, (3) ___________________. It will give you a 300-word text about a movie written (4) ___________________ of Shakespeare. Analysts have dubbed it a game changer. Hot (5) ___________________ of ChatGPT came Google's Bard. A Google-Microsoft (6) ___________________ future of online search is now on.

There are many questions about how chatbots (7) __________________ our world. Teachers are worrying about "the (8) __________________". Bots can give convincing essays to (9) ___________________. Workers fear all kinds of jobs (10) ___________________. ChatGPT is now on the Bing search engine. Microsoft said: "It's a new day in search." Google said: "AI (11) ___________________ understanding of information and turn it into useful knowledge... (12) ___________________ for people to...get things done."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Anewonlinerevolutionhasbegunandisspreadinglikewildfire.InNove
mber,thetechcompanyOpenAIreleasedChatGPT-achatbotyoucanh
aveaconversationwith.Itanswersnearlyanythingyouaskit,inperfectg
rammar.Itwillgiveyoua300-wordtextaboutamoviewritteninthesty
leofShakespeare.Analystshavedubbeditagamechanger.Hotonthehe
elsofChatGPTcameGoogle'sBard.AGoogle-Microsoftbattleforthefut
ureofonlinesearchisnowon.Therearemanyquestionsabouthowchatb
otswillshakeupourworld.Teachersareworryingabout"theendofhome
work".Botscangiveconvincingessaystoagrade-Astandard.Worke
rsfearallkindsofjobswillbelost.ChatGPTisnowontheBingsearchengin
e.Microsoftsaid:"It'sanewdayinsearch."Googlesaid:"AIcandeepeno
urunderstandingofinformationandturnitintousefulknowledge...maki
ngiteasierforpeopleto...getthingsdone."

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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Free writing

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Answers

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