I’ve been using ChatGPT 4 for over a year for learning French. I treat Chat like a friendly tutor – I ask questions and have conversations.
When I started, my French was poor and I would often prompt Chat:
break down : [this sentence]
Now my questions are usually limited to a specific phrase which I don’t understand because the vocabulary or grammar is confusing or it’s an expression or idiom new to me. My prompt:
[this sentence] : [phrase] ?
Sometimes I have specific questions about grammar and pronunciation. Sometimes I have conversations with Chat about what I am reading, French literature or history, my insights about learning French, and so on. It’s fun.
This approach fits in naturally with my use of LingQ.