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LLMs for learning a foreign language? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by ethertype@alien.top to c/localllama@poweruser.forum

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Hi.

Anyone got any experience with using (a set of) local LLMs for practicing a new language? (Spanish, not Python). Curious about experiences and knowledge gained.

And, in the extension of that thought, what would be required 'scaffolding' around a set of LLMs to be able to:

assess a student's current proficiency
set up some kind of study guide
provide assignments (vocab training, writing prompts, reading comprehension, speaking exercises, listening exercises)
evaluate responses to assignments
give feedback on responses
keep track of progress over time and adjust assignments accordingly

I *assume* something like this would require multiple LLMs, in order to handle Text To Speech and Automatic Speech Recognition. Is whisper (for example) useful for evaluating (and give feedback on) pronunciation?

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[–] _Lee_B_@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

One day they will be excellent at this. Right now, I think hallucinations are too much of a concern to rely on them for education, in a language you don't know.