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      Sleep learning: Learn a language a week – you must be dreaming!
      Submitted by Duncan M on 25 February, 2010 - 14:31

      Suppose it were possible to learn a new language by sleeping on it? Literally. The theory of sleep learning or "hypnopaedia" was kick-started by novels like Brave New World. Here, having been played a George Bernard Shaw broadcast while asleep, a Polish-speaking boy is able to repeat it verbatim (and, presumably, with an Irish lilt) following morning. Read More

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      dagnall's picture
      dagnall
      sleep learning
      Submitted on 26 February, 2010 - 18:17

      I once had a student in my class who worked all night in a take away restaurant. He slept through most of my lessons; none of us had the heart to wake him up. Remarkably he made steady progress and progressed to the next level at the end of term. 

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      Anne Claire
      I don't really believe in
      Submitted on 10 March, 2010 - 14:34

      I don't really believe in learning while you sleep. I think there's no other way to obtain knowledge but hard work.

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      rassal
      I recently came across your
      Submitted on 31 March, 2010 - 05:57

      I recently came across your blog and have been reading along.