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60 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 2 May \ on: Use of Gen-AI to aid reading alter_native

It could work. I just know that when I was teaching 11 or 12 year old kids, they couldnt do much with english even though they had been in the program for 6 years. It all came down to the previous teachers and how they pushed them through the program for money instead of focusing on the educational aspect. If those same kids were given a chance to make their english easier to read, they would take it in a heartbeat, but I would worry if they would use it as a crutch forever. Their english level and vocabulary would never improve..

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei OP 3 May

I guess if these kids aren’t interested n motivated to learn English in the first place, the app could act as a hook to get them to read more n gradually develop a love of reading.

I’m thinking about my own experience with Japanese. Sometimes I read books meant for primary school kids because the furigana was indicated alongside the kanji. It made for a more frictionless experience

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 3 May

Yes, but the furigana helps you read, so you are able to recognize the kanji later on. And then the furigana would disappear later in the book, and only the kanji would remain. It helped strengthen the reader.