Can any subject, such as learning a foreign language, be learned by listening to a cassette while sleeping?
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I remember experiments on this almost forty years ago, and the result was a definite yes. I think it helps more if you concentrate your mind on the tape just before you sleep. For language learning I found a female voice easier to learn from than a male voice, I think because it was softer.\nGood luck in your endeavour.
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Well, first thing you are going to bed at a decent time but perhaps nine or ten would be more suitable. That way you can recieve more hours of sleep. \nYou springing up in your bed talking in another language could be considered as a form of sleep-walking. Nothing to be alarmed about. Sometimes our subconscious gets the best of it.\nBut try going to sleep earlier and if this happens again then I would suggest to explore it further.
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No.  That is not how hypnotics works.\n\nYou would have to actually be exposed to Spanish words and translation an the spoken word to learn the language and that is far too long for a hypnosis session.
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Hello,\n\nYes you can. First of all you can use some free stuff from the net. You can even interact with people from your chosen country that you want to learn their language.\n\nTry Pimsleur learning program;its recorded books like conversational which is paced. Every one i know has raved about pimsleur.\n\nTry Rosetta Stone as well ...WWW.BYKI.COM, free download site for your chosen language \n\nGood luck\n\nP.S. If you want to learn for example spanish, you can also listen to their music,film and radio and not to forget reading their books not only will your speaking skills improve,but your vocabulary
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not at all because your memory is like a muscle it get improved by practising then learning a language is maily practice more than memorizing.
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Read what you are trying to learn on to tape. Then listen to the tape. It sounds like you learn more by listening. Trust me it works. You have to read the book anyways, might as well tape yourself and listen back.
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Classical music, as one answerer noted, is suppose to enhance your learning abilities.  I would try reading for a certain period of time, say a half hour, take a break, and then go back.  I would make the place I am studying less distracting, no loud music, be in a quiet place.  I have also taped notes to a small recorder and put them under my pillow when I was sleeping.  I have not gotten less than an "A" in any class I have taken and I think part of it is due to listening while I slept.
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Yes - it doesnt really work. However, sleep DOES help to consolidate what you have learnt during waking time - therefore your best bet is to learn the normal, awake way, and make sure you get plenty of sleep each night.
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Yes! http://www.studyspanish.com/\nThis is a good site, easy to use, and comprehensive. It has lessons, practice exercises, tests, and if you have speakers or head phones you can listen to proper pronunciation. Buena suerte
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besides reading, like everybody is saying, if you are trying to learn the language practice with close captions you will learn the spelling, the pronunciation and how to use the word according to the situation. music lirycs, with the music of course, is a fun way to expand it. hopefuly you will try with "polite" music. good luck.
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By your questioning point of view i thinks you forgot the english. \n\ni'll tell you a simple trick which will work\n1. Do chatting in english Room\n2. Listen English Music\n3. Read Erotic Stories.\n( these are all which create eagerness which helps to learn actively)
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yeah they are interesting. any body with a little brain can learn these languages.
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As frequently as possible. Your brain learns from repitition (not duration as much)
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Our cells do not sleep.  The function of cognizance shifts from the real world to the dream world.  Yes, as we expand our knowledge our capacity to learn increases.  It is a false notion that there is only so much "space" in the brain\nWe all function far below or mental capacities.
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This is what I have discovered.  Read over the material in the book or your notes from class (as soon after the class as possible).  Have a small tape recorder next to you and turn it on while you say in your own words the important things to remember to do well in the test.   Once you have the tape, listen to it several times especially times that are available as multitask times (ie.  while driving the car, walking, jogging, working out.  You can even listen when you want to take a nap.  Just start listening and go ahead and fall asleep if you want, it can't hurt as long as you listen to your own tape as many times as possible.  If the lectures are recordable then you can also make a tape of the instructors lecture.  Listen a zillion times and you will have the stuff practically memorized with almost no effort.
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its probably ok for your brain...probably the same as if you fell asleep somewhere where music was playing\n\nid worry more about my ears
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Many public libaries have collections of books and tapes to study foreign languages and may include instructions on how to study English for those who speak other languages.  Ask at the Reference Desk.