sleep-teaching

sleep-teaching — noun

1. a technique in which a person listens to educational recordings while asleep, ho

1.名詞C1
釋義

a technique in which a person listens to educational recordings while asleep, hoping that the information will be remembered after waking up.

例句

Aaron tried sleep-teaching to learn Spanish vocabulary, but he remembered very little the next morning.

subject + try + sleep-teaching + to-infinitive purpose

A company in Tokyo sells audio courses designed for sleep-teaching, though scientists question their effectiveness.

passive: designed for sleep-teaching

同義詞
  • hypnopedia

    the formal scientific or medical term for the same concept

用法筆記

Scientific evidence for the effectiveness of sleep-teaching is weak. Most studies suggest that while the brain can process simple sounds during sleep, true learning of new complex material is very limited. The term is more common in popular media than in academic research.

常見錯誤

❌I learned French through sleep-teaching in one month.
✅I tried sleep-teaching to reinforce some French phrases, but I still needed daytime study.
💡sleep-teaching is at best a passive reinforcement method, not a substitute for active learning.