[bundze]

Yes, you can tell it that you are learning the language at the beginning of the conversation in plain English and ask it to correct any mistakes. You can easily start a bilingual conversation with ChatGPT, some random example here: https://www.reddit.com/r/russian/comments/112xgp2/practicing...

To show you what I meant when I mentioned "enriching sentences", I've just generated an example of a B1-level English sentence improved by ChatGPT.

User: Please improve this sentence: "Many people want to learn languages because they like to travel"

ChatGPT: "Learning languages is a popular pursuit because it enables people to travel and explore different cultures with greater ease."

It works similarly with other languages.

As for my German level, it wasn't evaluated by ChatGPT but by an external assessment exam and I only mentioned it to add some more context to the story. Frankly, I probably wouldn't trust ChatGPT's assessment in this regard.

[jhugo]

> User: Please improve this sentence: "Many people want to learn languages because they like to travel"

> ChatGPT: "Learning languages is a popular pursuit because it enables people to travel and explore different cultures with greater ease."

How is this an "improvement"?

The user gave a concise sentence without errors. ChatGPT made it more verbose and added additional meaning that wasn't present in the original sentence (thus going beyond mere "improvement"). Even if it stopped before the "and", the ChatGPT version is worse: it uses more words for no benefit.

[bundze]

You are generally correct but the context is crucial here - in this particular case it was my intention to get a verbose fancy sentence out of a much simpler one. ChatGPT inferred my wish from the previous prompts in that chat.

Such use of ChatGPT has been useful to me as I'm trying to progress from intermediate to advanced level in my knowledge of German. However, there are numerous methods for learning foreign languages and it is understandable that you may prefer your own ways and disagree with mine.

[dotancohen]

Terrific, Danke! Viel Erfolg!