Ep075: Sleep and Learn: Make Every Second Count - With Inna Koblents

 
 

OVERVIEW

When you go to a foreign country what is your biggest dilemma? Well for me the first time that I came to the United States my first concern is how I can communicate well with the people around me. Growing up in China makes it even harder to adapt and to adjust especially when English is not my mother tongue. But because of my determination, I was able to cope up and learn to love the language at the same time. It is really hard when learning takes time and it sometimes can lead to frustrations when you need to go through several failures before perfecting or mastering a particular language. So just imagine how convenient it is if you can learn while you are asleep. But is it really possible to learn things while you are in the stage of being unconscious?  

For this week’s episode, our guest is Inna Koblents she is an English and Italian teacher and the co-host of the Live and Learn podcast. She will share with us her own journey on how she learns other languages like Italian and English. Inna will also explain if learning while sleeping is really possible. They say that learning is a continuous process so make every second count.


WHAT WILL WE LEARN

  • 00:53 Who is Inna Koblents

  • 02:21 Is learning a new language difficult

  • 03:54 Can you learn a new language while you are sleeping

  • 04:59 What is the hippocampus 

  • 06:36 Determination also plays a role in learning

  • 08:43 Mindfulness helps us to focus

  • 10:06 Repetition helps our brain to remember better and learn a language faster

  • 12:16 Scientist research the possibility of learning new things while sleeping

  • 14:44 First: Learn words while you’re awake to have better results

  • 17:37 How Inna learn different languages

  • 20:55 How Dr. Yishan adopt and learn the English language

  • 23:19 Does dream helps you learn a language

  • 26:34 How Inna’s students handle learning a new language

  • 28:55 Sleep is part of the learning preparation 

  • 32:42 Having a normal routine helps you perform better

  • 34:16 La tua voce all’estero 


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