Designing effective language-learning materials means matching the right exercise type to the right scaffolding stage – from recognition tasks through to free production. To streamline that process, I’ve built AI prompt-building tools that turn instructional design decisions into ready-to-use prompts for creating engaging ELT materials.
ELT Prompt Builder
A structured tool for building exercise-sequence prompts across the full scaffolding continuum, from learning-goal orientation to independent production, for both e-learning and classroom formats.
Prompt ToolReading & Dialogue Prompt Creator
Build a prompt for a reading text or dialogue by clicking suggested values into the form fields, then copy the finished prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or your favourite LLM. Built-in follow-up prompts generate further material once you have your text or dialogue.
Prompt ToolHTML Lesson Prompt Builder
Fill in the language, level, topic and audience, then select the exercise types you want at each scaffolding stage. Turns your sequence into a ready-to-use prompt for generating a self-contained, carousel-style HTML lesson for a custom HTML WordPress page – perfect for e-learning.
Prompt ToolWorksheet Generator
Specify the exercises you want, and build a detailed prompt that gets an LLM to output a complete, print-ready worksheet as a single self-contained HTML file – styled so it converts cleanly to a polished PDF.
Prompt ToolELT Material Writing and AI
Why using AI well as a material writer means keeping your own pedagogical judgement sharp – and how to build the standards that make AI use professionally safe.
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