How to Immerse: Listening

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[mattvsjapan]

*I thought of better names for the different types of immersion!*

 Active immersion → Active immersion (no change)
Partially active immersion → passive immersion
Passive immersion → Background immersion

Sorry for the confusion! In the future, I am going to be using these new names.

[VoxStoica]

For a time I tried sleeping to Pimsleur Mandarin lessons. Once I left a single Italian lesson in the playlist by mistake. When the Italian lesson started I immediately woke up.

[heathhillier]

Notes:
› make immersion easy
› don't compromise sleep for passive immersion
› use content by natives for natives
› natural speech over songs etc.

[ashaman]

I started just having Russian playing in the background all the time, and I’m surprised at how much it’s helping. I’m barely paying attention and yet I’m noticing many new patterns and reinforcing known patterns in the language. Don’t underestimate passive listening!

[ramblingrobot]

I wouldn't listen while sleeping. I've always heard that sound decreases the quality of your sleep even if you can sleep through it. And getting enough sleep is absolutely crucial for learning to take place.

[sonicesoap]

song lyrics get stuck in your head, when you learn words later on those catchy lyrics come back and make sense, cant get it out your head. Music is a great way to learn tbh

[dal_luna]

This YouTuber is really a treasure trove wow it’s so ??? Interesting and helpful

[felipecarrer]

One thing that I feel helped me a lot when trying to achieve a more advanced listening level was to actively listen to rap songs, learn their meaning and memorize the lyrics. Even if the words are not spoken as a day to day conversation, often times it will be actually harder, and you can get more used to recognizing when words tend to blend during rapid speech.

[ThaiIsland]

I watch Chinese historical drama...I’ve heard the word to rise so many times when the Emperor tells his subjects to get up. Now I understand it, hear it and sometimes say it. So I agree with the passive listening. Great points! 🙏🏼👍🏽

[ariah]

I’ve been following ajatt for a year and I’m completely blown away by my progress. Thanks Matt

[tsunderesama]

I recently spent all my cash on an Mp3 player, I'm using it all the time for immersion so I definitely don't regret blowing all my money on it. Thanks Matt.

[Phantom_madman]

i aprove of the mac demarco songs in the background

[josephine]

What you said about the mind still paying attention to sounds while you’re asleep reminded me of one time when I was sleeping on a hotel trip with my family, and halfway through a normal dream the characters in the dream started cooking something. After a while I woke up, and found out that my family had turned on the TV while I was still asleep and were watching a cooking show. The recipe I was cooking in my dream was the exact same one that the people on TV were making. Like down to the exact same ingredients. So I don’t think it’s so far fetched of an idea that your brain could use information you gain while sleeping. It’s definitely possible.

[maniravandi]

This guy is the best option to learn from.he's a real role model for language learners.i learned english olny with series.so this method makes sense.as he said it before language learning is not like learning math.

[BritVsJapan]

Good stuff Matt. You explained it all really well. The cracks are great opportunities. The amount of times I've had where I've switched to paying attention to Japanese, just because it's there, and then having learnt a new word or phrase was quite common.

[badgermanization]

I would normally be sceptical about passive listening and I still am when it comes to going to sleep but this video made me realise that I do passive listening all the time.

I often have German radio in the background when doing other work and even though I'm not paying much attention to it, it has definitely helped me get used to the flow of the language and pick up bits of vocabulary here and there.

[GlitchPredator]

I think for me what is helpful about songs is that you remember lines in the song that have a certain meaning and that helps with grammar and understanding.
Btw: Thanks for the video. It's helpful as always

[SuperFlamethrower]

You really needed to cover: "Should I Look Things Up?" and "What Should I Actually Be Doing While Actively Listening?" because the title of the video is how to. You covered well how to do the non-active listening.

[gabriel_af]

I've watched 5 of your videos in a row since I watched your interview on Dogen's channel, I was already liking your channel then I listen Mac Demarco music on the background. You've got my respect, man.

[SecundaXV]

I think its best to listen a Japanese song that you like and willing to take the time to read the lyrics. Even in English songs, I can't understand what they're saying until I read the lyrics. A good example of this is some of Devotchka's song