🎯 In this lesson, you will:

• Understand what natural language processing (NLP) is and how machines understand text
• Explore real-world tools that use NLP, like translators, chatbots, and emotion detectors
• Experiment with neural networks and tweak parameters like layers and learning rate

📂 Resources

👉 Week 2 Slides (update link)

👉 Week 2 Worksheet (Make a Copy) (update link)

🎹 Starter Activity: Make a 5-Word Sentence

Tool: Word Synth

• Type a short sentence (e.g. “My cat plays the piano”).
• Listen to how the machine “speaks”.
• It helps machines read, write, speak, and make sense of our words.
• It’s used in tools like Google Translate, autocorrect, chatbots, and voice assistants.

🧠 Word Synth uses NLP and speech synthesis to turn your sentence into sound — trained on real speech to sound realistic.

Dr. Dolittle talks to animals if you haven’t seen the film!

📚 Theory: What is NLP?

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is how computers understand, interpret, and generate human language.