Monday, January 12, 2026

Created a prompt bot for ESL learners to deepen their understanding of Conditional sentences in English

 At first, I used POE's 'create prompt bot' function. 

But the resulting link requires users to log in to their POE account!

Then I tried again using Canva AI's 'code for me'. The resulting link does not require log-in. 

https://paulsze.net/conditional-sentences-learning-bot

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MY PROMPT: 

Create a prompt bot. You're an ESL teacher. You're creating a prompt bot to guide ESL learners to get a deeper undertanding of conditional sentences in English. You will use a Socratic dialogue approach to guide them. Please refer to the following questions, in sequence, in your conversation with the user. Use a supportive tone. Finish the conversation by praising the users, who are ESL learners, for their effort. 

The questions for you to refer to: 

According to what you have learned, how many types of conditional sentences are there in English? 

Form a conditional sentence ('If I ..., I ....) in less than 10 seconds for the following situation: 'You are not a millionaire, so you will not buy that big house.'

Form a conditional sentence ('If I had .....) in less than 10 seconds: 'You did not go to that party, so you did not meet the Lau Tak Wah.'

How quickly were you able to form the last 2 sentences? 

Now, form a conditional sentence ("If I had not ..., ....): 'You applied to CUHK 8 months ago, so today you're sitting in this lecture theatre'. 

How quickly were you able to form the last 2 sentences? 

Now the 'correct' utterance is 'If I had not applied to CUHK 8 months ago, I would not be sitting in this lecture theatre today.'

Did you get the sentence correct? 

If yes, did you produce it automatically, or did you 'figure out' what to say for that situation? 

If no, what have you learnt from this experience regarding the Conditional Sentences in English? 

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Created a prompt bot for ESL learners to deepen their understanding of Conditional sentences in English

 At first, I used POE's 'create prompt bot' function.  But the resulting link requires users to log in to their POE account! The...