Since I am always on a time crunch when it comes to dedicating time to learning Korean, I am still on the ever-going journey of finding language-learning hacks. I pretty much strive to maximize my time. This week, I looked into the ties between learning and sleep I wondered...
...Is it possible to learn a language while sleeping???
Can I plug in some headphones with some audio recordings playing, sleep, and learn Korean?
I first read this article on the BBC website as well as a dude's blog post and opinion on this. I wanted to get a variety of opinions and experiences mixed with scientific evidence when coming to my conclusions.
Here's what I found:
- This type of learning actually has a name. Its called passive learning. This is basically just letting audio be white noise- listening to it, but being focused on something else.
- Passive learning typically reaps little reward BUT the concept is effective if you are engaged. (Like my last blog post: listening and repeating to audio in the car= good)
It didn't look promising from the get-go, but a little more research on the Forbes website and bingo!
-Try this instead: The concept is verbal cueing. Study some words or phrases you want to learn before bed, then play audio recordings of the words for the first 2- 3 hours of sleep. Fun fact: This period of sleep is called Non- REM sleep. This is the deep, dreamless period of your sleep.
- Learning new- to- you words as you sleep will most likely not work. Re-enforcing and committing to memory words you have already come in contact with has a better chance of working!
-This method is not considered passive learning as you are engaged with the language before you sleep; you aren't just putting it on the back burner.
The underlined portion above is my game plan. I haven't started this yet, but I will give it a shot and get back to you on it next week. I may quiz myself in the morning when I wake up to see how much more I've retained. This will hopefully give me a more accurate assessment of whether this method works or not.
Within the past week, I've pretty much continued to work on vocabulary dealing with people and the family. Hopefully by the end of this week I'll know it down pat!
Song of the week: "This Love" by Shinhwa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45wH_HHnJBg
Lauren.
That is CRAZY! If this works for you, I will definitely try it. This would be the only time I can learn a language. Creative angle.
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