"I used NotebookLM wrong ..."

 Just found another excellent example for my upcoming Language Awareness course. 

The conventional textbook/teacher explanation would be:  

"- We use an adverb of manner to describe how the action represented by the verb phrase happens. 

- We form an adverb of manner by adding '-ly' to the adjective; hence 'wrong (adj.) > wrongly (adv,). 

Under a language awareness approach, a possible lesson sequence (for post-intermediate learners) would be: 

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Step 1: Show Ss the example below ( "I used NotebookLM wrong"); ask Ss if they notice anything 'unusual' about the sentence. 

Step 2: Show the following 2 sentences. Invite Ss to judge which one(s) is/are acceptable: (a) He did it wrongly; (b) He did it wrong. 

Step 3: Present other example sentences (e.g., He ran fast; She arrived at school late; They worked hard), and ask learners to decide whether the last word in each sentence is an adverb. Sum up by guiding learners to see that not all adverbs end in -ly. (Introduce the term 'flat adverb' if necessary.)

Step 4: Invite learners to come up with similar example sentences. If necessary, provide them with such adverbs (e.g., right; high; far)

Step 5: With advanced learners, challenge them by asking them to look for the subtle difference in meaning between (a) He did it wrong, and (b) He did it wrongly. 

Step 6: Finish by inviting Ss to share their thoughts on the slogan used by Cityplaza: 'LIVE HAPPY.'

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In fact, with the advent of AI, students can learn a lot about language matters from chatbots. It's really time we stopped relying totally on abstract, unreliable, 'rules' in our grammar teaching.