Hello OpenAI Team,
I would like to suggest a dedicated, adaptive language-learning mode in ChatGPT, based on a structured and persistent learning process.
I am an adult learner of Estonian. Over a six-week practical collaboration with ChatGPT, I developed and tested a structured way of learning a foreign language. This experience led to the concept of AI Language Coach.
The key idea is to move beyond individual language-learning conversations and create a continuous learning system that remembers the learner’s progress and adapts future lessons accordingly.
The proposed system would include:
- A persistent learner profile — CEFR level, vocabulary, completed topics, recurring mistakes and individual learning needs.
- Structured daily lessons — vocabulary, grammar, translation, sentence building, reading, writing and speaking exercises.
- Adaptive learning — future lessons would be selected according to the learner’s performance, with previous mistakes and difficult topics revisited in new contexts.
- Spaced repetition — vocabulary and grammar would return at appropriate intervals instead of relying only on the learner’s memory or initiative.
- Four-skill development — Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, with separate progress tracking.
- Progress assessment — regular reviews, level-based assessments and recommendations on whether to continue, revise or advance.
- Learner-controlled pace — the ability to choose a convenient schedule, pause and resume learning, and practise without unnecessary pressure.
The initial target could be CEFR levels A1–B1, with the possibility of expanding to higher levels later.
My six-week experience represents an initial practical pilot with one learner, not a scientific validation of learning outcomes. The concept would require further testing with a broader group of learners.
I have prepared a more detailed product concept based on this experience.
I believe ChatGPT could become more than a conversational practice partner: it could serve as a long-term, adaptive language-learning coach.
Thank you for considering this idea.
I would be glad to discuss it further if it is of interest to the team.
Kind regards,
Konstantin Kochkin