I'm really glad I found your channel Robin. You're doing a fantastic job of demystifying the language learning process and approaching it from a variety of angles. Keep it up!
Thanks so much for this feedback Lucas!! It’s honestly so good to see people enjoying my approach and the different angles I try to seek out! Let’s have an amazing week of language learning!
I honestly still quite baffled that your subscribers are less than one million! Everything is perfect, the video, the editing, the flow and the depth you cover every topic. I especially love this sleep series backed with scientific research! Hope you will do similar contents in the future Robin ☺️ I’m a trilingual myself, struggling to learn my fourth language wondering how I learned the first two hahaha. I’ve been scrambling through polyglots’ tips videos in UA-cam for months and I think yours are the most helpful! Thanks a lot Robin!! I hope you stay healthy and happy during this pandemic. PS. Thank you for granting access to the research papers as well :)
Walking away from it a bit is SO beneficial... Mostly cuz my brain get so busy with stuff I think I don't know yet but actually do and then get so preoccupied with it that I cant think freely about others cuz I don't want to "forget" new things
You speak so clear I could hear almost every single word. I don't know, maybe I just came along in my English journey so far, but yup this was a damn good listening for me. Thanks a lot
Great video! Kudos! Congratulations on your deep work on sleeping science, as well. A note: our brain knows nothing about "notions" and, as a consequence, does not care about *static* things like big "R" or "F" or about underlining colors. It just cares about *actions* (sequences of events in time). The reason why you remember in a better way a word or a concept that you have actively *marked* (with a letter or with a colored marker) is your *action* on it. It is the "muscle memory" related to this action that triggers this mechanism. This because (as you know from your study on machine learning), neural networks just deal with *sequences* of stimuli, not with static objects. We always perceive Reality in 4D. Even a static 2D image is actually a 4D (3D + time) event for our brain. In the same way, we always "think" (and "act") in 4D. For this reason, the more demanding (the more "complex") is the "marker" you use, the better you will remember the marked thing. For example, if you create a flashcard for a word, you remember better that word *even if you do not study the flashcard* in the future. The sole action to create the flashcard help to consolidate the record.
I find this type of information super interesting and helpful! Thank you your hard work! I really need to be more consistent in my sleep habits. Awesome video!
Yay I'm glad that you found this to be super interesting and helpful Tricia! 🥳 I really found a lot of the information I learned while preparing for these two sleep videos to be so fascinating. Keep up the great work!
But according to some studies, highlighting sadly doesn't necessarily increase your comprehension/ learning ability of the subject at hand. You still have to take notes and stuff. And (what I tend to do from time to time) too much highlighting, can even be detrimental to your learning efficiency :/ Still, every time I have a lot of reading material to go through and just one night till due date I'm immensely thankful to the inventor of this simple but effective work-tool ;)
@@silviapoisson8363 I agree a little, if you use too many colours you get rainbow eyes ! So I only use two, yellow mostly , sometimes orange. When I began learning spanish I used to highlight verb endings, it was quite effective.
great job man. i like reading science articles too, but I haven't really been reading about memory and sleep. I should have! No more shortchanging the sleep for me. And a lot more naps :D i knew it was important, but I always felt I was wasting too much time sleeping. Now I know I'm wasting more time by not sleeping.
I read Walker's book 2 years ago and have since reviewed it. I really enjoyed and have been trying to implement it into my language study. Then when I seen you quoting from it in two of your videos, I was really glad. I enjoy your content as I find it very helpful.
Great video! This is definitely going to affect how and when I study. It kind of reminds me of a time when I'd fallen asleep while thinking in french, and trying figure out how to communicate certain things. I spent the rest of the night doing the same thing while dreaming (and getting progressively more annoyed when I didn't know the word I needed).
So that's why I often seem to play like an unstoppable beast in Tekken 7 (a fighting game) after I haven't played for a longer period of time. I'm just saying. I'm heavily into language learning myself. Esports could just be an optional career besides translating and interpreting.
Really great video and I've also read the book why we sleep and it was interesting seeing how you got the same information out of it that I did. There is one thing I want to add was that the book mentions how REM sleep, the creative rearrangement of information our brains does, is very important for learning and understanding things like grammar rules. And there is a major substance people take that completely inhibits REM sleep and that's alcohol. Taking alcohol just before sleep blocks REM sleep and therefore means you're losing out on this valuable time even if you're getting the full 8 hours of sleep a night. I think it's important to point this out because many people have the habit of drinking beer or wine at night a few hours before sleep, when their bodies haven't metabolised all the alcohol yet. In fact I personally wonder (as i don't drink alcohol), how much this actually affects the adults in their daily life. We often hear about people's struggles to remember things and learn new skills, and I wonder if drinking alcohol at night is a major hidden factor in that.
Good to see the science behind sleep benefits. From a hypnotherapist point of view, sleep is when the conscious mind (the gatekeeper) shuts down so the unconscious mind can do its thing. Meditation and hypnosis have similar effects. The main point is that the gatekeeper is okay for determining what to learn, but it actually puts up blocks (i.e., self-doubt, fear, self-criticism, limiting beliefs) to the learning process. When the gatekeeper is out of the way, the unconscious mind is free to do everything it needs (in a totally non-linear fashion) to accomplish the goals given to it.
This was a fascinating subject. I hope you'll do more. I am new to your channel and I've been binge watching your videos. I enjoy the way you explain complex topics! Thanks!
Really enjoying this channel. As somebody who has been learning Spanish and the study of languages for a number of years I have really learned some great things from this channel. Thanks!
I've noticed that this method of language learning utilizes many NLP models, which is fascinating. I'm happy to have found your channel, I get so many useful nuggets from you. Thank you so much!
That was very enjoyable and helpful, cher Robin, because also reassuring : keeping on practicing both in language learning and an art form with enough sleep (la sieste de 20 min. j'en suis fan), humour and coffee!
You are a good speaker and able to present your ideas,tips in a clear manner. I think,you'll be able to grow this channel quite big if you continue to do what you are doing now......Good luck and than you.
Hello Robbin. I'm your new subscriber from Indonesia. I listen this video a few minute before i sleep, hope tomorrow morning i can increase my English quickly 😂 . Your pronunciation is so clear, it's helping me to understand.. (Feel free to tell me if i do wrong with my grammar 😁)
Oh dear, less than that triggers a whole list of health issues and cognitive processing problems. The army did a sleep test on soldiers and found that 4-5 hours sleep is the same as none at all, and actually endangers lives. They were able to cut down on “on the job” accidents, too.
This is so interesting, I’ve been considering the best time of day that I should study and I was leaning towards the morning but I hadn’t started studying at that time yet because I’m finding it difficult to wake up earlier 😂 But after watching this I’m definitely going to go with evening study instead. Also, I definitely notice that when I practise reading dialogues in the evenings I’m much better at speaking it the next day! I’ve been putting it down to muscle memory & reflex but I think sleep has played it’s part as well because I do tend to practise those dialogues right before I go to sleep. Thanks for this super interesting video!
Both, you should do both, disregarding all of this if you really want to learn better and faster, study more with regularly with 10 min breaks every 45 mins or so
great video, really enjoyed it, but one small point… from listening to Dr. Jeff McQuillan, as i understand it- there’s no known mechanism for, and no evidence of, explicit language knowledge being able to be converted into implicit knowledge. but there’s plenty of evidence that it cannot be converted. as far as i understand it, what most likely happens is that we learn something explicitly and then later we become aware that we acquired that same knowledge implicitly. so since the implicit version just seemed to magically appear in our brain after we learned it explicitly, we assume we somehow converted explicit language knowledge into implicit. however, what is far more likely is that we simply learned the language knowledge both explicitly and implicitly but because implicit learning is, by definition, an unconscious process, we were not consciously aware of implicitly acquiring it so it seemed to just magically appear in our minds. and then we assumed we converted it from explicit knowledge because we weren’t consciously aware of how it got there. but nope, the far more likely explanation is that we just acquired it unconsciously and jumped to conclusions. i always recommend talks from Dr. McQuillan to everyone, very informative. and thanks for a great video!
I very recently came across your channel and have been watching so many of your videos! I keep putting off writing a comment because I don't exactly know how to articulate what I want to say - but I will try here haha. As someone who has studied a musical instrument intensively for almost two decades, I have found that the depth and the quality of your videos is unlike anything else I have found (thus far) from other language learning channels. I really feel like you capture the essence of what is truly important when learning to become fluent in something. And you communicate it so clearly in ways that are easily applicable. I am already experiencing some improvements in my Korean habits, and I might even be motivated to brush the dust off of my Italian someday! Hahah that being said, I guess I just want to thank you for your genuine way of teaching and for sharing your insights with all of us! 💕 Proverbs 1:7
This is indeed mind-blowing and l also believe that highlighting is essential for deep learning. Here is my theoretical perspective in a nutshell. I highlight the information after reading it, while highlighting it s read it a second time, reading it to myself using my inner voice. This creates a positive reinforcement. When l review the book on goodreads, as l always do-since this serves as an analysys of what l have previously read, l once again read AND type the words creating a visual, acoustic, and kinesthetic bond for my memory. Concerning end REM sleep this is one of the reasons l keep a note pad by my bed. It has occurred that l come upon a brilliant idea, tell myself l will write it down when l awaken only to face the frustration of seeing it slip from my grasp like a wisp of candle smoke.
This is brilliant ! Your advice is appreciated so much. I've been out of study for over a decade so has you talked about the Green R & the red R is a brilliant way to re-train the brain after being out of study for so long ! Genius ! Thank you 😊💓 . That's me subscribed . Thanks 😊🙏😊 .
That's an excellent question! I know that there has been lots of fascinating research done around the benefits of meditation in recent years. I'll have to look into this and report back! It could be another great sciencey video 💡
Robin, I observed this and thought you would share with us this breakthrough! It may be some bias on my memory, but when I learn something, I learn better if I forget something. For example, if I learn 30 words (and sleep good, of course) I don't remember them as well when I go learning 60 words and say to myself:"it is OK for me to forget those 30, I just need to remember the other ones". I would like to see if there is any truth in my language learning experience or is just my imagination 🤔🤔
I first encountered this method when our professor told us to lookup for EkoLanguages in YT and play the Russian video (it was a basic Russian class) while sleeping! Haha it's a very interesting method, thanks for sharing this information with the community! Also, am a new subscriber here and this is your second video that I've watched (it's cool I found it uploaded just a few hours ago!) still, loving your vibe, man. Keep up the good work and looking forward to watch more from your channel! 😊
Hi Scott! I do not believe those methods are effective and the science seems to be very conclusive on that. Here's an article from a quick search: www.livescience.com/64920-how-learn-during-sleep.html
Actually i tried to learn Russian not long ago and I did a learn while you sleep and now I didn’t even realise after one day I knew how to introduce myself fluently
I can see your perspective and thank you for sharing it. Personally, I wouldn’t say it was misleading - especially not in the typical and clickbaity way that I think is very negative. The intention behind the title here was very genuine and it was deliberate in that it was very much a genuine part of every minute of the content inside, and the intent that people leave with some really useful and actionable information related to the title, but simply from a different angle than they might have expected. It was about how the idea of simply listening while sleeping and learning has been widely debunked by science but I wanted to present a different angle from which you really can use sleep to aid your learning, and I feel that was made clear and hopefully explained really well in the video, presenting only scientific findings along with my takes on how they apply to language learning, all with transparent references to the academic literature. This is in contrast to the scam videos that actually are misleading claiming “listen to this while you sleep and become fluent”. The idea was to be “refreshing” rather than misleading, in delivering value around a topic that is normally indeed very misleading and superficial. Based on the video’s stats and feedback it does seem like most people came away with value, but I am sorry if this was not the case for you. It’s very, very hard to balance this on UA-cam. At the end of the day, the title and thumbnail are the absolute most important thing and they aren’t attractive, your actual message will never reach people - trust me, I would know after spending like 7 years making tremendously genuine and valuable videos that almost nobody saw. So I am always trying my best to balance this tricky equation while never ever straying from my values as a creator. It’s not easy.
Hello, I have a question about this sleep learning process. Does these youtube videos that you play with speaking vocabulary while you sleep actually work to build on your target language vocabulary bank?
I CHOOSE THINGS ALL THE TIME DURING LANGUAGE LEARNING, IF I FIND A WORD I LIKE I'LL REMEMBER IT FORVEER BUT IF I DON'T CARE FOR THAT WORD IT'S GONE IN A FLASH
If I’m working on expanding one language, and beginning on the next, which one should I schedule before the nap?@Robin MacPherson, and my deepest sleep cycle is 5am to 8am, not when I first go to sleep. Oddly, I learned German almost without thinking, when I had it in an 8am class. Studying at home, now.
Hi @junglsmor! I actually shared some super fascinating information on naps in the first sleep video, did you see that? Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/GZiI2PVmPGU/v-deo.html It seems that power naps of even 20 minutes are incredibly beneficial for learning!
It's almost impossible for me to get any very deep sleep because of sleep apnea, even using a machine, even though I'm not overweight and exercise a lot, woo.
Sorry about your sleep apnea situation. I suggest that you spend the two hours before you go to sleep doing calming activities, walking, meditating, yoga, warm bath, and reading. And during those two hours, no tv, phone, or computer. I hope your sleep quality improves. Best wishes.
Hi! I discovered your videos a few days ago and I'm watching all of your videos!! I think that are very very interesting! I have a question for you... what do you think about hypnopedia? Do you think that it works? Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!!
You might really enjoy Edabit.com for daily exposure to programming. You can get randomized (or randomized around a topic) programming challenges at graded levels. Plus they have a simple framework for building out your own challenges so you can create a ladder for someone else and crystallize paths you found valuable
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms One more question. Should I speak a foreign language at a slow to normal pace? Because if I speak at a fast pace, It could be difficult for the other person to understand what I am saying
I think I want to get a sleep monitor to make sure I'm getting this quality REM sleep that you mention. (where's the links in the description to sleep monitors? 😆)
haha darn, missed opportunity for a high-value affiliate sale! 😆 Crikey, I would be very interested to know the details of my own sleep composition now!
So all those tips about getting less sleep by using 90 minute sleep cycles were bullshitting me? ;u; I wonder what's better, 2 more hours in the day (minus the naps) or the benefit of hours 7 and 8 of sleep... hmmmm
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I'm really glad I found your channel Robin. You're doing a fantastic job of demystifying the language learning process and approaching it from a variety of angles. Keep it up!
Thanks so much for this feedback Lucas!! It’s honestly so good to see people enjoying my approach and the different angles I try to seek out! Let’s have an amazing week of language learning!
@@RobinMacPhersonFilmsenough with the clickbait title, WHILE you sleep wft
I honestly still quite baffled that your subscribers are less than one million! Everything is perfect, the video, the editing, the flow and the depth you cover every topic. I especially love this sleep series backed with scientific research! Hope you will do similar contents in the future Robin ☺️
I’m a trilingual myself, struggling to learn my fourth language wondering how I learned the first two hahaha. I’ve been scrambling through polyglots’ tips videos in UA-cam for months and I think yours are the most helpful! Thanks a lot Robin!! I hope you stay healthy and happy during this pandemic.
PS. Thank you for granting access to the research papers as well :)
I would love to use sleep to learn better. My neighbor disagrees.
I can relate. Inner-city livin'
Walking away from it a bit is SO beneficial... Mostly cuz my brain get so busy with stuff I think I don't know yet but actually do and then get so preoccupied with it that I cant think freely about others cuz I don't want to "forget" new things
You speak so clear I could hear almost every single word. I don't know, maybe I just came along in my English journey so far, but yup this was a damn good listening for me. Thanks a lot
Great video! Kudos! Congratulations on your deep work on sleeping science, as well. A note: our brain knows nothing about "notions" and, as a consequence, does not care about *static* things like big "R" or "F" or about underlining colors. It just cares about *actions* (sequences of events in time). The reason why you remember in a better way a word or a concept that you have actively *marked* (with a letter or with a colored marker) is your *action* on it. It is the "muscle memory" related to this action that triggers this mechanism. This because (as you know from your study on machine learning), neural networks just deal with *sequences* of stimuli, not with static objects. We always perceive Reality in 4D. Even a static 2D image is actually a 4D (3D + time) event for our brain. In the same way, we always "think" (and "act") in 4D. For this reason, the more demanding (the more "complex") is the "marker" you use, the better you will remember the marked thing. For example, if you create a flashcard for a word, you remember better that word *even if you do not study the flashcard* in the future. The sole action to create the flashcard help to consolidate the record.
I find this type of information super interesting and helpful! Thank you your hard work! I really need to be more consistent in my sleep habits. Awesome video!
Yay I'm glad that you found this to be super interesting and helpful Tricia! 🥳 I really found a lot of the information I learned while preparing for these two sleep videos to be so fascinating. Keep up the great work!
I have always thought that the person who invented highlighter pens should have got the Nobel prize !
But according to some studies, highlighting sadly doesn't necessarily increase your comprehension/ learning ability of the subject at hand. You still have to take notes and stuff. And (what I tend to do from time to time) too much highlighting, can even be detrimental to your learning efficiency :/
Still, every time I have a lot of reading material to go through and just one night till due date I'm immensely thankful to the inventor of this simple but effective work-tool ;)
@@silviapoisson8363 I agree a little, if you use too many colours you get rainbow eyes ! So I only use two, yellow mostly , sometimes orange. When I began learning spanish I used to highlight verb endings, it was quite effective.
great job man. i like reading science articles too, but I haven't really been reading about memory and sleep. I should have! No more shortchanging the sleep for me. And a lot more naps :D i knew it was important, but I always felt I was wasting too much time sleeping. Now I know I'm wasting more time by not sleeping.
Thanks for sharing these ideas. I really enjoy this type of content. It brings something new to the language learning scene.
Thanks so much for this feedback, Kirsten! It feels really nice to read that my goal is working!
I read Walker's book 2 years ago and have since reviewed it. I really enjoyed and have been trying to implement it into my language study. Then when I seen you quoting from it in two of your videos, I was really glad. I enjoy your content as I find it very helpful.
Great video! This is definitely going to affect how and when I study. It kind of reminds me of a time when I'd fallen asleep while thinking in french, and trying figure out how to communicate certain things. I spent the rest of the night doing the same thing while dreaming (and getting progressively more annoyed when I didn't know the word I needed).
Love these new videos! You really bring something new to the table with this type of video. Thx :)
Woohoo thanks for the encouraging feedback! I love reading this 😄
So that's why I often seem to play like an unstoppable beast in Tekken 7 (a fighting game) after I haven't played for a longer period of time.
I'm just saying. I'm heavily into language learning myself. Esports could just be an optional career besides translating and interpreting.
Really great video and I've also read the book why we sleep and it was interesting seeing how you got the same information out of it that I did.
There is one thing I want to add was that the book mentions how REM sleep, the creative rearrangement of information our brains does, is very important for learning and understanding things like grammar rules. And there is a major substance people take that completely inhibits REM sleep and that's alcohol. Taking alcohol just before sleep blocks REM sleep and therefore means you're losing out on this valuable time even if you're getting the full 8 hours of sleep a night. I think it's important to point this out because many people have the habit of drinking beer or wine at night a few hours before sleep, when their bodies haven't metabolised all the alcohol yet.
In fact I personally wonder (as i don't drink alcohol), how much this actually affects the adults in their daily life. We often hear about people's struggles to remember things and learn new skills, and I wonder if drinking alcohol at night is a major hidden factor in that.
Good to see the science behind sleep benefits. From a hypnotherapist point of view, sleep is when the conscious mind (the gatekeeper) shuts down so the unconscious mind can do its thing. Meditation and hypnosis have similar effects. The main point is that the gatekeeper is okay for determining what to learn, but it actually puts up blocks (i.e., self-doubt, fear, self-criticism, limiting beliefs) to the learning process. When the gatekeeper is out of the way, the unconscious mind is free to do everything it needs (in a totally non-linear fashion) to accomplish the goals given to it.
This was a fascinating subject. I hope you'll do more. I am new to your channel and I've been binge watching your videos. I enjoy the way you explain complex topics! Thanks!
Really enjoying this channel. As somebody who has been learning Spanish and the study of languages for a number of years I have really learned some great things from this channel. Thanks!
I've noticed that this method of language learning utilizes many NLP models, which is fascinating. I'm happy to have found your channel, I get so many useful nuggets from you. Thank you so much!
Thanks for your video in which you are sharing these new ideas and give suggestions.
That was very enjoyable and helpful, cher Robin, because also reassuring : keeping on practicing both in language learning and an art form with enough sleep (la sieste de 20 min. j'en suis fan), humour and coffee!
This is amazing content! I'm very happy I found your channel
You are a good speaker and able to present your ideas,tips in a clear manner. I think,you'll be able to grow this channel quite big if you continue to do what you are doing now......Good luck and than you.
Hello Robbin. I'm your new subscriber from Indonesia. I listen this video a few minute before i sleep, hope tomorrow morning i can increase my English quickly 😂 . Your pronunciation is so clear, it's helping me to understand..
(Feel free to tell me if i do wrong with my grammar 😁)
grammar is good
Great content, Robin! Thank you!
You're welcome Patrícia! I'm happy you liked it!
I don’t sleep 8 hours. I enjoy these types of videos, thanks for sharing.
Oh dear, less than that triggers a whole list of health issues and cognitive processing problems. The army did a sleep test on soldiers and found that 4-5 hours sleep is the same as none at all, and actually endangers lives. They were able to cut down on “on the job” accidents, too.
Loved this so much! Thanks for the great work
This is so interesting, I’ve been considering the best time of day that I should study and I was leaning towards the morning but I hadn’t started studying at that time yet because I’m finding it difficult to wake up earlier 😂 But after watching this I’m definitely going to go with evening study instead. Also, I definitely notice that when I practise reading dialogues in the evenings I’m much better at speaking it the next day! I’ve been putting it down to muscle memory & reflex but I think sleep has played it’s part as well because I do tend to practise those dialogues right before I go to sleep. Thanks for this super interesting video!
Both, you should do both, disregarding all of this if you really want to learn better and faster, study more with regularly with 10 min breaks every 45 mins or so
great video, really enjoyed it, but one small point…
from listening to Dr. Jeff McQuillan, as i understand it- there’s no known mechanism for, and no evidence of, explicit language knowledge being able to be converted into implicit knowledge. but there’s plenty of evidence that it cannot be converted.
as far as i understand it, what most likely happens is that we learn something explicitly and then later we become aware that we acquired that same knowledge implicitly. so since the implicit version just seemed to magically appear in our brain after we learned it explicitly, we assume we somehow converted explicit language knowledge into implicit. however, what is far more likely is that we simply learned the language knowledge both explicitly and implicitly but because implicit learning is, by definition, an unconscious process, we were not consciously aware of implicitly acquiring it so it seemed to just magically appear in our minds. and then we assumed we converted it from explicit knowledge because we weren’t consciously aware of how it got there.
but nope, the far more likely explanation is that we just acquired it unconsciously and jumped to conclusions.
i always recommend talks from Dr. McQuillan to everyone, very informative. and thanks for a great video!
I very recently came across your channel and have been watching so many of your videos! I keep putting off writing a comment because I don't exactly know how to articulate what I want to say - but I will try here haha. As someone who has studied a musical instrument intensively for almost two decades, I have found that the depth and the quality of your videos is unlike anything else I have found (thus far) from other language learning channels. I really feel like you capture the essence of what is truly important when learning to become fluent in something. And you communicate it so clearly in ways that are easily applicable. I am already experiencing some improvements in my Korean habits, and I might even be motivated to brush the dust off of my Italian someday! Hahah that being said, I guess I just want to thank you for your genuine way of teaching and for sharing your insights with all of us!
💕 Proverbs 1:7
This is indeed mind-blowing and l also believe that highlighting is essential for deep learning. Here is my theoretical perspective in a nutshell. I highlight the information after reading it, while highlighting it s read it a second time, reading it to myself using my inner voice. This creates a positive reinforcement. When l review the book on goodreads, as l always do-since this serves as an analysys of what l have previously read, l once again read AND type the words creating a visual, acoustic, and kinesthetic bond for my memory. Concerning end REM sleep this is one of the reasons l keep a note pad by my bed. It has occurred that l come upon a brilliant idea, tell myself l will write it down when l awaken only to face the frustration of seeing it slip from my grasp like a wisp of candle smoke.
This is brilliant ! Your advice is appreciated so much. I've been out of study for over a decade so has you talked about the Green R & the red R is a brilliant way to re-train the brain after being out of study for so long ! Genius ! Thank you 😊💓 . That's me subscribed . Thanks 😊🙏😊 .
What about meditation? I wonder if that could have some of the same effects…
That's an excellent question! I know that there has been lots of fascinating research done around the benefits of meditation in recent years. I'll have to look into this and report back! It could be another great sciencey video 💡
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Did you find anything on this subject?
Robin, I observed this and thought you would share with us this breakthrough! It may be some bias on my memory, but when I learn something, I learn better if I forget something. For example, if I learn 30 words (and sleep good, of course) I don't remember them as well when I go learning 60 words and say to myself:"it is OK for me to forget those 30, I just need to remember the other ones". I would like to see if there is any truth in my language learning experience or is just my imagination 🤔🤔
Magandang gabi! Good evening from Philippines 🇵🇭
Thank you Micah! Good evening to you, too! Magandang gabi 😄🌙
Thanks for sharing. I miss you man!
I miss you too Claudio! Great to hear from you! 🙏🏼
wanna study Italian over summer. gonna try this method out more (:
I first encountered this method when our professor told us to lookup for EkoLanguages in YT and play the Russian video (it was a basic Russian class) while sleeping! Haha it's a very interesting method, thanks for sharing this information with the community!
Also, am a new subscriber here and this is your second video that I've watched (it's cool I found it uploaded just a few hours ago!) still, loving your vibe, man. Keep up the good work and looking forward to watch more from your channel! 😊
Robin, what are your thoughts about the videos and programs who advertise that you can learn a new language while listening as you sleep?
Hi Scott! I do not believe those methods are effective and the science seems to be very conclusive on that. Here's an article from a quick search: www.livescience.com/64920-how-learn-during-sleep.html
Actually i tried to learn Russian not long ago and I did a learn while you sleep and now I didn’t even realise after one day I knew how to introduce myself fluently
Love this thanks for sharing 😊
New to your channel. Love the content!
I really like your vídeos, good advices , good tips.. 😊
Woohoo thank you Annie! 😄🙏🏼
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms thank youuu! Regards and hugs from Venezuela. A ver cuando haces un vídeo en Español 😎
Annie Lobo wow qué chévere! Gracias por los abrazos y tendré que hacer un vídeo en español pronto! 😄
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms excelente! Espero verlo pronto... Y que "chevere" que uses nuestra palabra favorita! Jajaja
Rosalind Franklin yet again missing out on acknowledgment for her contribution to the discovery of the (helical) structure of DNA
One of the problems here was that the title as misleading. I was expecting information on subliminal learning.
I can see your perspective and thank you for sharing it. Personally, I wouldn’t say it was misleading - especially not in the typical and clickbaity way that I think is very negative.
The intention behind the title here was very genuine and it was deliberate in that it was very much a genuine part of every minute of the content inside, and the intent that people leave with some really useful and actionable information related to the title, but simply from a different angle than they might have expected.
It was about how the idea of simply listening while sleeping and learning has been widely debunked by science but I wanted to present a different angle from which you really can use sleep to aid your learning, and I feel that was made clear and hopefully explained really well in the video, presenting only scientific findings along with my takes on how they apply to language learning, all with transparent references to the academic literature.
This is in contrast to the scam videos that actually are misleading claiming “listen to this while you sleep and become fluent”.
The idea was to be “refreshing” rather than misleading, in delivering value around a topic that is normally indeed very misleading and superficial. Based on the video’s stats and feedback it does seem like most people came away with value, but I am sorry if this was not the case for you.
It’s very, very hard to balance this on UA-cam. At the end of the day, the title and thumbnail are the absolute most important thing and they aren’t attractive, your actual message will never reach people - trust me, I would know after spending like 7 years making tremendously genuine and valuable videos that almost nobody saw. So I am always trying my best to balance this tricky equation while never ever straying from my values as a creator. It’s not easy.
Thanks for sharing..
Great Post!!
Thank you Alex!
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms no problem. I've found my learning method for phrases and vocabulary
Hello, I have a question about this sleep learning process. Does these youtube videos that you play with speaking vocabulary while you sleep actually work to build on your target language vocabulary bank?
usted lata un language tiempo usted dormir aqui los Ciencias Im learning Spanish
I CHOOSE THINGS ALL THE TIME DURING LANGUAGE LEARNING, IF I FIND A WORD I LIKE I'LL REMEMBER IT FORVEER BUT IF I DON'T CARE FOR THAT WORD IT'S GONE IN A FLASH
I like funny phrases. My current favorite is "No importa". It says such much in so little time!
If I’m working on expanding one language, and beginning on the next, which one should I schedule before the nap?@Robin MacPherson, and my deepest sleep cycle is 5am to 8am, not when I first go to sleep. Oddly, I learned German almost without thinking, when I had it in an 8am class. Studying at home, now.
do you have any information or thoughts on pros/cons of naps or power naps?
Hi @junglsmor! I actually shared some super fascinating information on naps in the first sleep video, did you see that? Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/GZiI2PVmPGU/v-deo.html
It seems that power naps of even 20 minutes are incredibly beneficial for learning!
Does this guy have a podcast?
You rock. Thank you.
It's almost impossible for me to get any very deep sleep because of sleep apnea, even using a machine, even though I'm not overweight and exercise a lot, woo.
Sorry about your sleep apnea situation. I suggest that you spend the two hours before you go to sleep doing calming activities, walking, meditating, yoga, warm bath, and reading. And during those two hours, no tv, phone, or computer. I hope your sleep quality improves. Best wishes.
Hi! I discovered your videos a few days ago and I'm watching all of your videos!! I think that are very very interesting! I have a question for you... what do you think about hypnopedia? Do you think that it works? Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!!
Good monday morning from Indonesia
Good morning Chandra! 😄
You might really enjoy Edabit.com for daily exposure to programming. You can get randomized (or randomized around a topic) programming challenges at graded levels. Plus they have a simple framework for building out your own challenges so you can create a ladder for someone else and crystallize paths you found valuable
Robin, I have a question. Is it okay to learn to be a polyglot at home?
Hi Michael! Absolutely 😄 I think it's great to learn to be a polyglot at home 🙂
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Ok.
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms One more question. Should I speak a foreign language at a slow to normal pace? Because if I speak at a fast pace, It could be difficult for the other person to understand what I am saying
Wonderful, thank you for letting me know Özlem! Have a great week, too! :-D
When you sleep, you only learn to fart and snore.🤣😅😆
I think I want to get a sleep monitor to make sure I'm getting this quality REM sleep that you mention. (where's the links in the description to sleep monitors? 😆)
haha darn, missed opportunity for a high-value affiliate sale! 😆 Crikey, I would be very interested to know the details of my own sleep composition now!
Supposedly Fitbits track your sleep. Let me just say, your milage will vary
So what if you sleep two hours in the evening? Can you make up for the lack of sleep then?
Not really because sleep phases are not proportional throughout the night, the 8 hours straight is pretty important to complete all phases of sleep
@@AlexHolland123 Thank you. As i student this information really helps me out.
My name is Spanish so would like to speak it
@NeEYaH I have Honduran in my family that's why.
I just fall asleep and can't even remember my dreams never mind the audio 😂😂
Not related but are you British or American because your accent sounds exactly in the middle
Imagine sleeping and waking up knowing japanese or chinese for no reason...
Interesting...
Bonne nuit 🇫🇷 💤🛌🌙
Bonne nuit ✨ J'espère que tu as super bien dormi 📚🛌🌙
おはようございます
おはようございます, Jeffrey!
I want to improve my Italian. Does anyone want to practice?
I alwasy slept on my russian clases... unfortunetely it didn't help me to grasp any russian lenguage 😴
Check out Dr. Andrew Huberman on this subject and neuroplasticity
So all those tips about getting less sleep by using 90 minute sleep cycles were bullshitting me? ;u;
I wonder what's better, 2 more hours in the day (minus the naps) or the benefit of hours 7 and 8 of sleep... hmmmm
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The word is important. Not imporDance
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Great channel! Holy algorithm
Woohoooo thank you!