How to Learn a Language by Passive Listening

Wherein I show how science supports the notion that your brain can magically decode and learn from the sounds of a language, even when you're not actively listening. Even just listening *passively* to the language you're learning in the background can help you acquire the language more quickly. It's really pretty remarkable stuff. This research supports my idea that listening is perhaps the most important skill of language acquisition!

You can read about the studies here: scientificamerican.com/article/learn-a-new-ling…

Also, as I'm trying to work out a more regular schedule of uploading, please use the comments section to give me some ideas for new topics! What do you like and what do you not like? What do you want to see more of in the future? So if you have any comments or suggestions for new video ideas please let me know! I really appreciate it, you guys!

Sorry for the double upload, by the way! I think this second time came out better anyway. Go ahead and repost your comments. ;-)

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