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Coffeescent Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Audio during sleep

Would it be benefic or would it actually do more harm than good by preventing us from sleeping peacefully?

It's a fact that the immersion is the best way to learn a new language (english in this specific case). Hence all the audio files for learners to listen to while doing other tasks (house chores, for instance).

I listen to english audio files all the time. Now I wonder if listening while I sleep would help me as well.

My major issue is my speaking fluency, but I'd also like to improve my listening skills, as I sometimes have a hard time getting what natives are saying when they're talking extremely fast.

What do you guys think? Emotion: thinking
  

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My linguistic teacher would say that you should turn you receptive vocabulary into active vocabulary, because listening will not really help your speaking. And with this listening while being asleep- You must be joking, aren't you?

— Bakeros1987

  • My linguistic teacher would say that you should turn you receptive vocabulary into active vocabulary, because listening will not really help your speaking.
  • And with this listening while being asleep- You must be joking, aren't you?
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My linguistic teacher would say that you should turn you receptive vocabulary into active vocabulary, because listening will not really help your speaking. And with this listening while being asleep- You must be joking, aren't you?
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Thank you! That's what I thought, too.

And no, I wasn't joking Emotion: big smile You know, even though we aren't consciously listening
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It is what I ment. Listening adds up only to the receptive core. Well to tell you the truth, the idea of subconcious listening does not really work. It has not been proven and I would recommend using the language more often rather than listen while sleeping. Just a small piece of advice- dimwit is typically used in speaking,not in writing.

Cheers,
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Actually, I've seen several native english speakers writing dimwit Emotion: thinking Well, unless they were the real dimwits and didn't know it
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I suggest you look it up in a dictionary. It is the matter of correctness. Just because a native speaker uses some word does not mean that the usage is correct:)

Cheers,
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I did.

"a colloquial expression, characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech"

There you go.
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'that seeks to imitate informal speech" the phrase explains everything, doesn't it? I just gave you a small advice because you tend to use it a little to often, but anyway, leave it for the speaking activities
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I tend to use it a little too often?! Emotion: surprise I've only used it in one single post lol
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coffeescentIt's a fact that the immersion is the best way to learn a new language (english in this specific case). Hence all the audio files for learners to listen to while doing other tasks (house chores, for instance).
It's not really true. What you are describing is "passive immersion", which doesn't seem to be very useful, if at all. If you don't pa
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Thanks Kooyeen.

Yes, "active immersion" is what I was talking about: But when I created the thread I was also wondering if the "passive immersion" would too be benefic to improve our listening skills. I've now understood that it wouldn't.

What I do to practice my speaking fluency is saying what I read and write in english out loud, and to practice my listening skills I listen
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