The real-life conversation I had with ChatGPT astonished me. I was aware of this option being available on mobile phones and tablets; however, receiving such great responses in intonation, prosody, and accuracy completely amazed me. I had underestimated the app’s ability to generate lifelike sounds, but when I heard it respond like a human being for the first time, my jaw dropped to the floor. I immediately recognised its potential and made several attempts to engage in meaningful conversations with AI. I still need to figure out how to craft prompts that facilitate dialogue-like interactions and help me improve my spoken English. These prompts should also ensure that AI can analyse, correct, help me improve, and provide valuable feedback. It’s an incredibly and mind-bogglingly terrifying yet totally fantastic tool.
I have a plan, so crazy that it might just work. I checked my books and tried to estimate how to proceed with my preparation, i.e which books should be the first and how to process the units, so the devised schedule is the following: Completing the 'Straight to advanced' and 'Ready for Advanced' books. They consist of 10 lessons and 5 review units each, so if I study intensively, I can finish these books in three-four weeks. Learning by heart the advanced phrasal verbs, idioms, and collocation books. (Plus the 'Don't get me wrong' pocketbook that contains brilliant idioms and collocations.) These books consist of 60 units each, so if I take three lessons per week, I can finish them by the end of August. Completing the 'Destination C1-C2' book. This is the toughest of all the previously listed books, including word formation, idioms, phrasal verbs, grammar, etc. I could go through this book while dealing with the 'Straight to advanced' book si...

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