How Can English Teachers Reduce Lesson-Planning Time with AI? - S04E02

How can English teachers use AI to create personalised lesson materials without spending hours planning?Gav and Em explore AI lesson planning with Alina from Twee, an English teacher, former university lecturer and member of the Twee team. They discuss whether artificial intelligence could ever replace teachers—and how it can instead support them by handling time-consuming materials preparation.Discover how AI tools can generate reading texts, dialogues, stories and activities based on your students’ interests. Gav and Em demonstrate how one topic can quickly become a complete English lesson containing a tailored text, gap-fill exercise, vocabulary practice and discussion questions.They also explore practical ways teachers can use AI to:• create multiple-choice, open and true-or-false questions• generate dialogues for speaking and role-play• produce questions and answers for YouTube videos• suggest essay topics and arguments for exam preparation• develop activities around highly specific learner interests• adapt materials when suitable coursebook content is difficult to findDrawing on their classroom experience, Gav and Em explain how they used Twee to prepare lessons about electric cars, hosting a party and even crankshafts. The technology produces the materials, but the teacher still chooses the topic, adapts the activities and creates the human connection that makes the lesson work.Will AI replace English teachers? Hopefully not soon 😉 But could it reduce planning time, provide fresh ideas and help busy TEFL, ESL and EFL teachers personalise their lessons? This episode offers an early, practical look at what AI-assisted lesson planning can do.📚 FREE AI LESSON-PLANNING GUIDERead the complete guide to using AI and Twee for personalised English lessons, including the classroom examples from this episode:https://howtoenglishpod.wordpress.com/can-ai-give-english-teachers-their-time-back-s02e02/Explore more practical articles about AI, technology and online English teaching:https://howtoenglishpod.wordpress.com/home/technology-ai-online-teaching/🔗 TOOLS AND REFERENCESTry the AI teaching tools discussed in the episode:https://www.twee.comWatch the lesson-planning demonstration:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjfQOLOqm-MListen with the original transcription:https://share.descript.com/view/kEpddqKhMR7☕ SUPPORT THE PODCASTIf you find the show useful, you can send us a thanks:https://ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpodVisit our website for practical teaching ideas, classroom activities and resources ready to use:https://howtoenglishpod.com⏱️ CHAPTERS AND TIMESTAMPS00:00 – Can AI make lesson planning faster?01:22 – Alina introduces Twee for English teachers04:30 – Why personalised materials take so much time05:15 – Creating a reading lesson in three steps07:04 – Turning a text into vocabulary activities08:22 – Building a 60- or 90-minute English lesson09:27 – Creating questions and other exercises10:38 – Generating dialogues for speaking practice13:10 – Using AI stories to practise English grammar14:39 – Making questions from YouTube videos15:22 – Essay topics, debates and exam preparation16:08 – How Gav used AI to teach electric cars17:05 – Em creates a lesson about hosting a party18:01 – Using unusual student interests during lessons19:08 – Will AI replace English teachers?