Edward Smith

@RTsateri Hi Rachel, great ideas here! Can you tell me how to download audio files from Elevenlabs? Thanks!

@neurofractal Don't suppose you've got any of those invite codes?

Made the leap to the other place - same username @neurofractal neurofractal.bsky.social. Follow me there + say hi 🧠!!

@LosCampesinos 548

🎯 A competition: How many total shows* have the band Los Camp! played? Closest gets ltd edition ‘HON,Y…’ and ‘HS’ signed by the whole band, plus a personalised copy of the Universe Replied. *’sessions’ and instores etc don’t count.

@Iberia After a convoluted process of trial and error and no thanks to any of the 'guidance' given by the customer support team, yes. As mentioned previously, I suggest your team look into this issue more closely.

@EdSmithers Hola Edward, sorry for the inconvenience. According to our system and to the information available at iberia.com/us/online-chec…, you already completed the online check-in. Please check our DM.

@Iberia_en We have a flight tomorrow and are unable to check in online. After entering the passenger documentation and emergency contact information, the 'Save and continue' button does not work. I have called customer service and they couldn't help. Please respond to my DMs asap

@Iberia Online customer service has been similarly useless. I suggest you look into this issue more closely, as it appears to be both common and serious.

@EdSmithers Hola, we replied to your DM. Regards.

exploring how a private student, hairdresser, could use ChatGPT for practice...and I'm dead.

Today my 1-on-1 student put me on the spot by requesting extra practice with 'whose' in non-defining relative clauses. One simple instruction (plus a few minor edits) was all it took for ChatGPT to save the day yet again. #CheatGPT

@emctear @PButler1989 Does it feature Andy Soccer Social though?

This is really well put together by Dermot. It does what it says on the tin: a football fan's guide to Madrid. Well worth checking out if you're visiting Madrid or even just interested in the city's football culture.

@G4gey I used this in a class this week. It's not exactly what you specified and the quality's not great, but could be a good backup?

Planning is thinking. AI cannot create a perfect lesson plan, but it can help us in the process. #chatgpt #teachers #TeachersOfEnglish #ELT

How good is ChatGPT at writing English essays? As an English teacher of 15 years I've been playing about with it and I think we need to pay attention to this. ⬇️ 🧵

Joining the @elt blogging world with a post about using @OpenAI to create language teaching materials. My 2022 take, inspired by a 2012 @thornburyscott blog post. samueltgravell.wordpress.com/2022/12/08/sco…

@hughdellar Great band, great verb

Today's encounter with unusual English. Never seen DIARISE used before - to meet 'put it in the diary': "Thank you very much Hugh and I have this diarised also – if there's any news before then, I will be in touch.

To follow this up, I've just added the word 'Wagatha' to my MS Word dictionary. #LearnEnglishWithJamieVardy

Possibly my favourite thing I've written so far in my ELT career: "In your opinion, how does the frequency of these fillers and discourse markers reflect James Milner's mood?" #LearnEnglishWithJamesMilner

🇪🇸Following Girona's promotion last night, worth a reminder that LaLiga Santander offers some of the most varied and rewarding away days in world football. Drink it in, in alphabetical order 🧵

@MathewBarton Very much agreed. Would recommend checking out Busuu, who are working hard to promote representation, diversity and inclusiveness in their materials and voice actors.

People in #ELT & #TEFL: anybody else notice the distinct lack of LGBTQ+ representation in teaching materials, and the lack of non-white voices in Cambridge exams? Comment here or DM me. Maybe we can move something. Twitter do your thing.

@notoncelta I like the fuctional distinctions between the different conditionals. I'd not seen them defined like that before - very useful.

I admit I feel a bit envious when I see the board work of one of my colleagues; the little lesson summaries he provides his students.