This week, the Thinking in English Community is talking about Artificial Intelligence in our conversation clubs!
AI is already part of everyday life for many people. It is in our study tools and smartphones, our work, education, and entertainment. At the same time, it raises big questions about jobs, responsibility, learning, and the future. Discussing AI gives us a great opportunity to practise sharing opinions, giving reasons, and talking about technology in clear, natural English.
This conversation club is inspired by the recent Thinking in English episode Is There an AI Bubble?, which explored how fast AI is growing and whether this growth is sustainable.
Here are 10 conversation questions to get you talking about artificial intelligence, its benefits, and its risks!
The Thinking in English Conversation Club takes place every TUESDAY and THURSDAY at 12pm, 6pm, and 23pm UK time!
You can find more details on how to participate here!
Conversation Questions:
- Do you use AI tools in your daily life? Which ones?
- How does AI already affect your everyday life?
- Which jobs do you think AI is good at?
- Which jobs do you think AI should not do?
- Can AI be a useful tool for learning languages? How?
- Should students be allowed to use AI in school or university?
- Does AI feel like a long-term change or a temporary trend?
- Who should be responsible if AI makes a serious mistake?
- What worries you the most about AI in the future?
- Make your own questions!
Vocabulary
- AI tools (noun): software or systems that use artificial intelligence to perform tasks or solve problems
- Everyday life (noun): daily activities and routines
- Affect (verb): to influence or change something
- Useful tool (noun phrase): something that helps you do a task more easily or effectively
- Language learning (noun): the process of studying and acquiring a new language
- Be allowed to (verb phrase): to have permission to do something
- Long-term (adjective): continuing for a long period of time
- Temporary trend (noun phrase): something popular for a short time that may disappear
- Be responsible for (verb phrase): to be legally or morally accountable for something
- Serious mistake (noun phrase): an error with important or harmful consequences
- In the future (phrase): at a later time, not now
Resources
Conversation Club Times
12pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Tue/Thur at 12:00 GMT
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 06:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 07:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 09:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 09:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Tue/Thur at 13:00 CET
- Warsaw, Poland Tue/Thur at 13:00 CET
- Istanbul, Turkey Tue/Thur at 15:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Tue/Thur at 20:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Tue/Thur at 21:00 JST
18pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Tue/Thur at 18:00 GMT
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 12:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 13:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 15:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 15:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Tue/Thur at 19:00 CET
- Warsaw, Poland Tue/Thur at 19:00 CET
- Istanbul, Turkey Tue/Thur at 21:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 02:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 03:00 JST
23:00pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Wed/Fri at 23:00 GMT
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 17:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 18:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 20:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 20:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Wed/Fri at 00:00 CET
- Warsaw, Poland Wed, Wed/Fri at 00:00 CET
- Istanbul, Turkey Wed/Fri at 02:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 07:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 08:00 JST
Model Answers & Vocabulary
To help you prepare for the Thinking in English conversation club this week, I have created vocabulary lists and some model answers.
The model answers are split into intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced level responses. Hopefully this will give you an idea on the differences in quality between intermediate and advanced responses, and perhaps inspire your own answers to these questions!
B1 (Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
C1 (Advanced Level)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
See you all at this week’s conversation club!
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Further Questions?
