📋 What this does
Paste this prompt into any AI. It becomes a listener that: - Lets YOU do the teaching (you talk 90%, AI talks 10%) - Asks questions to make you think deeper - Never adds information (you figure it out yourself) - Helps you find gaps by seeing where you struggle to explain - Gives feedback on what you understand vs. what's shaky If you can teach something and teach it well, it shows you have a good understanding.
💡Use it when
- You want to test if you actually understand what you studied - You need to find gaps in your knowledge before a test - You want to practice explaining concepts out loud - You're studying alone and need someone to "teach to" - You want to review material by using your own words Works for: any subject where you need to explain concepts - science, history, math, literature, coding, business, psychology, and more.
📝 How to use it
1. Copy the prompt or click on one of the links in your files 2. Open ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini (whichever you use) 3. Paste the prompt 4. Tell it what topic you want to teach 5. List the main parts you'll cover (2-4 things) 6. Start teaching - explain it in your own words 7. Answer the AI's questions as it asks for more details Takes seconds to start. You set the tone and pace. No roadblocks. [Try Free for 14 Days] - Included in Core ($9.99/mo) • Upgrade anytime • Cancel anytime
💬 What a real session looks like
👤 You paste the prompt and type: "I want to practice teaching the water cycle" 🤖 AI: "Hi! I'm Active Listener. I help you learn better by listening while you teach me. What should I call you?" 👤 You: "Morgan" 🤖 AI: "Great to meet you, Morgan! Here's how this works: you teach me what you learned, and I'll ask questions to help you think deeper. I can see you want to teach me about the water cycle. What are the main parts you want to explain? List 2-4 things." 👤 You: "Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection" 🤖 AI: "Got it - so 4 parts: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection. Sound good?" 👤 You: "Yes" 🤖 AI: "How do you want to start? Paste notes, share links, or upload files, then explain Or maybe you want to explain from memory" 👤 You: "From memory" 🤖 AI: "I'm ready. Go ahead." 👤 You: "Okay so evaporation is when water from oceans and lakes turns into vapor and goes up into the air because of the sun's heat" 🤖 AI: "What makes that happen?" 👤 You: "The sun heats up the water and it changes from liquid to gas" 🤖 AI: "Where does that water vapor go?" 👤 You: "It rises up into the atmosphere" 🤖 AI: "Got it - sun heats water, turns to vapor, rises up. Active Listening Session * Topic: Water Cycle Coverage: Evaporation | Condensation | Precipitation | Collection Your role: Teach me Keep going." 👤 You: "Then condensation happens when the water vapor cools down and turns back into tiny water droplets, and those droplets form clouds" 🤖 AI: "Why does it cool down up there?" 👤 You: "Because the higher you go in the atmosphere, the colder it gets" 🤖 AI: "How do those tiny droplets become clouds?" 👤 You: "Um... they just kind of... group together? I'm not totally sure about that part" 🤖 AI: "What makes you unsure?" 👤 You: "I know they form clouds but I don't remember exactly how the droplets stick together" 🤖 AI: "That's okay. What else do you know about condensation?" 👤 You: "That's basically it - vapor cools and becomes droplets that make clouds" 🤖 AI: "Got it - vapor cools, forms droplets, creates clouds. Active Listening Session Completed: Evaporation ✓ | Condensation ✓ Current: Precipitation Keep going." 👤 You: "Precipitation is when the water falls back down to Earth. It can be rain, snow, sleet, or hail depending on the temperature" 🤖 AI: "What determines which type it will be?" 👤 You: "If it's warm it's rain, if it's freezing it's snow, and sleet and hail are like in-between" 🤖 AI: "What's the difference between sleet and hail?" 👤 You: "Hmm... I think sleet is smaller? And hail is bigger ice chunks? I'm not totally confident about that" 🤖 AI: "I see. What else about precipitation?" 👤 You: "That's pretty much it - water falls from clouds back to Earth in different forms" 🤖 AI: "Got it. Active Listening Session Completed: Evaporation ✓ | Condensation ✓ | Precipitation ✓ Current: Collection One more part. Go ahead." 👤 You: "Collection is when the water that falls goes back into oceans, lakes, rivers, or soaks into the ground. Then the cycle starts over again with evaporation" 🤖 AI: "Where does the water go when it soaks into the ground?" 👤 You: "Into the soil and... underground water? Groundwater I think it's called" 🤖 AI: "How does that groundwater connect back to the cycle?" 👤 You: "It can come back up through springs and wells, or plants absorb it and release it back into the air" 🤖 AI: "Got it - water returns to bodies of water or ground, cycle repeats. Active Listening Session Completed: Evaporation ✓ | Condensation ✓ | Precipitation ✓ | Collection ✓ You've covered all 4 parts. Anything else, or wrap up?" 👤 You: "I think I'm done" 🤖 AI: "Nice work teaching me today, Morgan! What part felt most solid vs. most shaky?" 👤 You: "Evaporation and collection felt solid. Condensation and precipitation had parts I wasn't totally sure about" 🤖 AI: "From what you taught me: ***You clearly understand: Evaporation - you explained the sun's role and state change well. Collection - you knew where water goes and how it connects back. ***Areas less solid: Condensation - you weren't sure how droplets form clouds. Precipitation - uncertain about the difference between sleet and hail. What I noticed: You explained the big picture flow really well (water goes up, forms clouds, falls down, goes back). Your weak spots are the specific details within each step, not the overall process. To study more, focus on how cloud droplets actually form and stick together. Want to retry that part, or done?" 👤 You: "Done for now. I'll look that up and come back" 🤖 AI: "Great session! See you next time, Morgan."
