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0:01Learn English through podcast
0:03>> by Mr. English [music] Fluent Tutor.
0:07>> Hey, hey, hey English learners. Welcome
0:10back to Mr. English Fluent Tutor, the
0:12podcast that helps you build real
0:14confident everyday English, one honest
0:17conversation at a time.
0:19>> And if you are listening to this right
0:20now at 11:00 at night, tucked under your
0:23blanket, headphones in, first of all,
0:26hello. Second of all, you are exactly
0:28the person we made this episode for.
0:31>> I'm Anna, your main host, and I am so
0:33excited about today's topic because I
0:36genuinely believe it is one of the most
0:38searched, most misunderstood ideas in
0:41all of language learning.
0:43>> And I'm Abel, the co-host, your fellow
0:45English learner friend, and honestly,
0:48the person on this team who has
0:49embarrassed themsself the most in the
0:51name of learning English faster,
0:54>> which is a high bar, Abel. It really is
0:56a high bar.
0:57>> It is a very high bar and I clear it
1:00every single time.
1:01>> So here is our big question for today's
1:04episode. Can you really learn English
1:06while you sleep? Like actually genuinely
1:10put on an audio track, close your eyes,
1:12wake up speaking fluent English. Is that
1:15a real thing?
1:16>> Because I have seen those videos. Learn
1:181,000 English words overnight. Wake up
1:21fluent. Your brain absorbs language
1:24while you sleep. And they are
1:26everywhere, right? They get millions of
1:28views,
1:29>> millions. And they are very convincing.
1:32Very, very convincing.
1:33>> So today we are going to do three
1:36important things. First, we are going to
1:38bust that myth. Honestly, kindly, but
1:41completely. Second, we are going to talk
1:44about what actually does happen in your
1:46brain at night because the real science
1:48is fascinating. And third, and this is
1:51my favorite part, we are going to give
1:53you a proper, practical, step-by-step
1:56bedtime English routine that genuinely
1:59works.
1:59>> No magic, no shortcuts, but also
2:02actually effective, which is way better.
2:05>> Way, way better. Okay, Abel, before we
2:08get into the science, I think you have
2:10something to confess to our listeners.
2:12>> I do. I do have something to confess.
2:15Okay, so about eight months ago, this is
2:17a true story. I found this video online.
2:20Sleep your way to fluency. Eight hours
2:23of English vocabulary looping playing
2:26while you sleep.
2:27>> 8 hours.
2:28>> Eight full hours of audio. And I
2:31thought, you know what? This is it. This
2:33is my breakthrough moment. I am going to
2:36go to sleep as a B1 learner and wake up
2:39as a native speaker. Easy. [laughter]
2:42>> Oh no. I can already feel where this is
2:44going.
2:45>> So, I get my headphones. My good
2:47headphones. the big overear ones. I plug
2:50them into my phone. I put the video on.
2:52I set the volume to a medium low level
2:55because I am being responsible about it.
2:57And I go to sleep.
2:58>> Very responsible. Yes.
3:00>> Very responsible. The first maybe 20
3:03minutes I am listening and I'm thinking,
3:05"Yes, yes, this is working. I can hear
3:09the words. I'm going to wake up fluent.
3:11This is amazing." And then I fall asleep
3:15obviously because it is midnight and I
3:17am a human person
3:18>> as humans tend to do.
3:20>> As humans tend to do. And then Okay. The
3:23dreams, Anna. The dreams were so
3:26strange.
3:27>> Tell me about the dreams.
3:29>> I dreamed I was in a supermarket, right?
3:32Normal supermarket. But every single
3:34item on the shelf was speaking to me in
3:36a very flat robotic English voice. The
3:40bread said bread. The milk said milk.
3:43The eggs said eggs. And I was walking
3:46through the supermarket feeling
3:47incredibly stressed because the tomatoes
3:50kept repeating tomato, tomatoes, tomato,
3:54tomatoes. And I could not find the exit.
3:57>> The tomato nightmare.
3:59>> The tomato nightmare. And at some point
4:02in the night, I think it was maybe 2:00
4:04in the morning, I rolled over in the
4:06headphone cable. I had a wired cable,
4:09old school. The cable wrapped around my
4:11neck. Not in a dangerous way, just in a
4:13very uncomfortable, very annoying way.
4:16So, I woke up tangled, confused, with a
4:19headache with the audio still going and
4:21a dream full of talking vegetables in my
4:23head. [laughter]
4:25>> I'm so sorry. I'm genuinely sorry. But
4:29also, thank you for doing this so our
4:31listeners don't have to.
4:32>> Exactly. I am a pioneer. And then the
4:35moment of truth. I sat up in bed. I took
4:38the headphones off and I said to myself,
4:40"Okay, say something in English,
4:43something fluent, something native
4:45level." And what came out was, "I am
4:49very tired,"
4:52>> which to be fair is perfectly
4:54grammatical.
4:55>> Perfectly grammatical and completely
4:57unimpressive. I did not wake up fluent.
5:00I did not magically absorb eight hours
5:02of vocabulary. I woke up tired, tangled,
5:05with a headache. And honestly, I felt a
5:08little bit foolish.
5:09>> Don't feel foolish. Genuinely, because
5:12here's the thing, you tried it because
5:14the idea is so appealing. It sounds
5:16incredible, doesn't it? The idea that
5:18your brain just does all the work while
5:20you sleep and you don't have to do
5:22anything.
5:23>> It sounds perfect. It sounds like a
5:25dream. No pun intended.
5:27>> Fully intended, I think. But, okay,
5:30let's talk about why it doesn't work.
5:32And more importantly, what is actually
5:35happening in your brain while you sleep?
5:37Because this is the part I really love.
5:39>> Hit me with the science. Anna.
5:41>> Okay, so first the big myth. The idea
5:44that you can passively absorb brand new
5:47information, new vocabulary, new
5:49grammar, new pronunciation just by
5:51having audio playing while you are
5:53unconscious. That is what we call in
5:55English wishful thinking.
5:57>> Ooh, wishful thinking. I like that
6:00phrase. We will come back to that phrase
6:02in our vocabulary section, but basically
6:05wishful thinking means you want
6:07something to be true so much that you
6:09convince yourself it is possible even
6:11when the evidence says otherwise.
6:13>> Absolutely describes me in that video.
6:16>> It describes a lot of us and the
6:19companies making those videos and
6:21selling those audio products. They are
6:23taking advantage of that very human
6:25feeling. We all want a shortcut,
6:27especially when language learning is
6:29hard work.
6:30>> And it is hard work. I'm not going to
6:32pretend it isn't.
6:33>> It really is. But here is where it gets
6:36interesting. And I want you to really
6:38listen to this part because it is
6:40actually encouraging, even though it
6:42might sound discouraging at first. While
6:45you sleep, your brain is absolutely
6:47doing language learning work, just not
6:49the way those videos pretend.
6:52>> Wait, really? So something is happening?
6:55something is happening, something
6:57incredibly important. So when you are
6:59awake and you actively study English,
7:02you read something, you listen and pay
7:04attention, you practice a conversation,
7:07you learn a new phrase and you use it,
7:09your brain creates what scientists call
7:12memory traces. Little pathways of
7:14connection between new information and
7:16things you already know.
7:18>> Okay. Memory traces, like little
7:21footprints in the brain.
7:23>> Exactly like footprints. That is a great
7:25image. Now those footprints when you
7:27first make them they are shallow.
7:29They're fragile. If you do not do
7:32anything else they fade. You forget.
7:35This is why you can study 10 new words
7:37in the morning and by the evening you
7:39have forgotten seven of them.
7:41>> Story of my life.
7:42>> Story of everyone's life. But and here's
7:46the beautiful part. When you sleep your
7:48brain goes through something called
7:50memory consolidation. During deep sleep
7:53and remm sleep, your brain is actually
7:55going back through everything you
7:57experienced and learned during the day.
7:59And it is pressing those footprints
8:01deeper into the ground. It's organizing,
8:04filing, connecting, and strengthening
8:06the things you learned. So sleep is like
8:09the librarian. The daytime is when all
8:11the books come in, chaotic everywhere,
8:14and at night the librarian quietly
8:16organizes everything onto the right
8:18shelves. Abal that is genuinely one of
8:21the best analogies I have ever heard for
8:23this.
8:24>> I have my moments.
8:26>> You absolutely do. So yes, sleep is the
8:29librarian. And this is why sleep quality
8:32matters enormously for language
8:34learning. When you do not sleep enough
8:36or when you sleep badly, which by the
8:39way is what happens when you have
8:40headphone cables around your neck and
8:42robot tomatoes in your dreams.
8:45>> Accurate. When you sleep badly, your
8:48brain cannot do that consolidation work
8:50properly. You actually remember less of
8:53what you studied, not more.
8:55>> So, the 8our audio trick was not just
8:58useless, it was actually making things
9:00worse because it was disturbing my
9:02sleep.
9:03>> Potentially, yes. If it was interrupting
9:05your sleep quality, then you were
9:08damaging the very process that helps you
9:10remember the English you had already
9:12studied. It's a double loss. Uh, why did
9:16no one tell me this eight months ago?
9:18>> Well, now you know and now all of our
9:20listeners know. And this is why we
9:22always say on this channel, real
9:24progress over quick tricks.
9:27>> Real progress over quick tricks. I like
9:30that.
9:30>> So, to be very clear before we move on,
9:33sleep cannot teach you brand new
9:35information. It cannot replace the
9:37active learning you do when you are
9:39awake. What it can do, what it does
9:42brilliantly is take what you already
9:44studied and make it stick.
9:46>> So the message is study actively when
9:48you're awake, then sleep well so your
9:51brain can lock it in.
9:52>> Exactly. And now here comes the part
9:55where we talk about what you actually
9:57can do in the evening before you sleep
9:59that genuinely helps.
10:01>> Okay, this is the part I needed eight
10:04months ago.
10:05>> Right? So here's the shift I want
10:08everyone to make. Forget the idea of
10:10passive overnight magic. Forget trying
10:13to absorb English from audio while
10:15you're unconscious. Instead, think about
10:17what you can do in that calm, sleepy
10:20window before you fall asleep, and how
10:22you can make that window really useful,
10:24>> like a pre-sleep study session,
10:27>> a gentle one, a very gentle one. And
10:30there's actually good research to
10:31support this. That period right before
10:34you sleep when you're relaxed, lying
10:36down, your mind is quiet and starting to
10:39slow. That is a beautiful time for a
10:41specific kind of English listening. Not
10:44intense study, not grammar rules, not
10:47difficult academic lectures, but calm,
10:50familiar, gentle listening.
10:52>> Why does calm and familiar work better
10:54at that time?
10:56>> Great question. So, when you're relaxed,
10:58your brain is actually in a slightly
11:00different mode. You're more receptive to
11:03sounds and patterns, to the rhythm of
11:05language, to intonation, to the natural
11:08flow of spoken English without the
11:10stress of having to actively analyze it.
11:13You're just soaking it in.
11:15>> Soaking it in, another phrase for the
11:17list.
11:18>> Yes, saving it for later. And when you
11:21listen to something familiar, a podcast
11:23you've already heard, a story you
11:25already know in your own language, a
11:27gentle dialogue at your level, your
11:30brain is not working hard to understand.
11:32Instead, it's relaxing into the sounds.
11:35It's training your ear in a low pressure
11:37way.
11:38>> It's like instead of running a race,
11:41you're going for a gentle evening walk.
11:43You're still moving, still active, but
11:45your body's not stressed.
11:47>> Perfect analogy again. I'm full of them
11:50tonight.
11:51>> You really are. So, this evening,
11:53listening is not going to give you new
11:55vocabulary you've never seen before. But
11:58what it does is build something really
12:00valuable. What I call subconscious
12:02familiarity. The sounds of English start
12:05to feel normal to your brain. The
12:07rhythm, the pauses, the connected
12:09speech, it all becomes more comfortable.
12:12And over time, this makes real English
12:15conversations feel less frightening and
12:17more natural.
12:18>> And I think this is really important for
12:20people who feel nervous speaking English
12:23because sometimes the fear comes from
12:24English just sounding so fast and
12:27foreign. But if your brain is used to
12:29hearing it, even in a relaxed way, every
12:31night, it starts to feel less scary.
12:34Absolutely. Familiarity reduces fear and
12:38consistency builds familiarity. So even
12:4115 to 20 minutes every night that is it
12:45can genuinely make a difference over
12:47weeks and months.
12:48>> Okay. So now can we talk about the
12:50actual routine because I want the step
12:53by step. I want to know exactly what to
12:55do tonight.
12:56>> Yes, let's do it. This is the bedtime
12:59English routine. Four steps. Simple,
13:02practical, and actually enjoyable.
13:05>> I'm ready. Step one.
13:07>> Step one, keep it short. 15 to 20
13:10minutes maximum. Set a sleep timer on
13:12your phone or your podcast app. This is
13:15crucial. You are not trying to fill 8
13:17hours with audio. You are creating a
13:20gentle windown ritual.
13:22>> And you mentioned winding down. That is
13:24another great phrase.
13:26>> It is. We will properly explain all of
13:28these in our vocabulary section. But
13:30yes, wind down means to gradually slow
13:33down and relax after a busy day. Like a
13:36clock slowly coming to rest
13:38>> or like me after a very long week I need
13:41to wind down.
13:43>> Exactly. And the key is the listening is
13:46part of winding down not a separate
13:48activity on top of everything else. It
13:50should feel calming, not like homework.
13:53>> Okay. Step two.
13:54>> Step two, choose the right kind of
13:56audio. And this is really important. You
13:59want something that is comprehensible,
14:01meaning you can understand most of it
14:03without effort, and low stress. So, calm
14:06stories, gentle podcast conversations
14:09like this one, or familiar English
14:12content that is not too challenging.
14:14>> What you want to avoid is a complicated
14:17grammar lecture at 11 p.m.
14:20>> Exactly. Or an intense action movie in
14:23English with lots of fast dialogue,
14:25slang, and explosions. Not ideal for the
14:28windown.
14:30>> Not ideal. You want your brain to be
14:32gently engaged, not working hard. Think
14:35of it like the difference between a
14:36light salad and a three course meal
14:39right before bed. The light salad is
14:41fine. The three course meal, your system
14:44is still working at 2 in the morning.
14:46>> I will never think of English grammar
14:48the same way again after that analogy.
14:51>> Good. [clears throat]
14:52Step three, put the screen away. This is
14:55the one people resist the most, I think,
14:57>> because we all want to watch the video,
14:59right? We want subtitles. We want to see
15:01the words.
15:03>> I understand the impulse, but screen
15:05light, especially that blue light from
15:08phones and tablets, signals to your
15:10brain that it is daytime. It suppresses
15:12the sleep hormones your body needs to
15:14fall asleep naturally. So, in the
15:16windown listening routine, the goal is
15:18audio only. Dim your room. Put the phone
15:21face down or on the other side of the
15:23room and just listen.
15:25>> Just the sounds. Just the English
15:27flowing in.
15:29>> Just the sounds. And honestly, listening
15:32without reading is a really valuable
15:34skill for language learners. We over
15:36rely on text. Training yourself to
15:38understand by ear alone. That is real
15:41listening practice.
15:42>> I feel like I'm already better at this
15:44than I was eight months ago, even just
15:46from our regular podcast sessions. I
15:48don't need subtitles as much.
15:50>> That's genuine progress, Abel. That's
15:53what consistent listening does.
15:55>> So, okay. Step four, the grand finale.
15:59>> Step four, let sleep do the memory work.
16:02Once your 15 or 20 minutes are done, or
16:04once you feel yourself starting to drift
16:07off, stop the audio, put it on a sleep
16:09timer so it stops automatically, and
16:11then just sleep. Trust the process
16:14because now you have given your brain
16:16something real to work with during
16:18consolidation. You studied actively
16:20during the day. You did gentle familiar
16:22listening in the evening and now sleep
16:25is going to lock all of it in.
16:27>> And you wake up feeling not like you
16:29suddenly know a thousand new words.
16:32>> Right. No.
16:33>> But like the English you did study feels
16:36a little more comfortable, a little more
16:38yours.
16:39>> Exactly. It's a slow, gradual, deeply
16:43satisfying process. Not a miracle, a
16:45method.
16:46>> I love that. Not a miracle, a method.
16:49>> Okay, let's move into one of my absolute
16:52favorite parts of every episode, our
16:54vocabulary and phrase breakdown, because
16:57we've already mentioned several really
16:59useful English phrases today, and I want
17:01to make sure every listener walks away
17:03truly understanding them and knowing how
17:05to use them.
17:06>> Yes. And I've been storing these up. I
17:08noticed them as you said them.
17:10>> Good ear. Okay. First phrase, and we
17:13talked about this early in the episode,
17:15wishful thinking.
17:16>> Wishful thinking. So, this means wanting
17:19something to be true so badly that you
17:22kind of believe it, even when reality
17:24says it's not.
17:26>> Exactly right. The word wishful comes
17:28from wish. You're thinking through the
17:30lens of your wish, not through the lens
17:33of reality. So, for example, in daily
17:35life, you might say, "I haven't studied
17:38for the exam at all, but I think I'll
17:39pass anyway." And a friend might say,
17:42"That sounds like wishful thinking."
17:45[laughter]
17:45>> I have been guilty of that many times.
17:49>> We all have. Or in a work situation,
17:51someone says, "I think the project will
17:54finish itself by Friday if we just
17:56wait." And the manager says, "Let's not
17:58rely on wishful thinking here. We need a
18:01plan."
18:01>> I like that one. So it can be a gentle
18:04way of saying, "Hey, be realistic
18:06without being harsh."
18:07>> Exactly. It is not cruel. It is just
18:10honest. Okay. Second phrase, wind down.
18:14>> To wind down to gradually slow and relax
18:18after activity or stress,
18:20>> right? It comes from the image of an old
18:22clock or a spring-loaded toy. When the
18:25energy runs out, it slowly winds down.
18:28In everyday English, you'll hear this a
18:30lot. I like to wind down with a cup of
18:32tea in the evening. Or this job is so
18:35stressful, I can never wind down after
18:37work.
18:38>> In a relationship context, you might
18:40say, he needs at least an hour to wind
18:42down after work before he wants to talk.
18:45>> Perfect example, and it works for
18:47events, too. The party started winding
18:49down around midnight. Things slowing to
18:52a close.
18:53>> Got it. What's next?
18:55>> Drift off. To drift off means to
18:58gradually and peacefully fall asleep.
19:00The word drift gives you this sense of
19:02floating like a boat slowly moving away
19:05from shore without effort.
19:07>> That is such a peaceful image.
19:09>> It really is. I was watching TV and I
19:12just drifted off on the sofa. Or she put
19:14on some soft music and drifted off
19:16within minutes.
19:18>> And I think it implies it was gentle,
19:19right? Not you crashed, not you passed
19:22out. You drifted off softly. Exactly.
19:26Drifting off has this lovely effortless
19:28quality to it. It's different from
19:30saying I crashed, which implies
19:32exhaustion, or I fell asleep, which is
19:34more neutral. Drifted off is peaceful
19:37and gradual.
19:38>> I want to drift off tonight. Genuinely,
19:41>> you will with your new bedtime routine.
19:44Okay. Number four, soak it in.
19:47>> Soak it in. I love this one. It means to
19:50absorb something, experience, knowledge,
19:53atmosphere deeply and fully like a
19:56sponge in water.
19:57>> Beautiful. Exactly like a sponge. The
20:00first day in a new city, just walk
20:02around and soak it in. Or she stood at
20:05the top of the mountain and soaked in
20:06the view.
20:07>> In an English learning context, you
20:10don't have to understand every word.
20:11Just listen and soak it in.
20:14>> Perfect. That's exactly how I use it for
20:16listening practice. Stop panicking about
20:18every word. Let the language wash over
20:21you. So, get in.
20:22>> There's something really comforting
20:24about that approach. Less pressure.
20:26>> Much less pressure. And finally, my
20:29personal favorite, sleep on it.
20:31>> Oh, this is a classic.
20:33>> A classic. To sleep on it means to delay
20:36making a decision until the next day so
20:38that you can think about it more clearly
20:40after some rest. And it's so
20:42interesting. This phrase actually
20:44connects directly to our science
20:45discussion because sleeping really does
20:47help you make better decisions
20:49>> because your brain processes information
20:52overnight, the consolidation thing, and
20:54in the morning things are clearer.
20:56>> Exactly. So, the idiom is based on real
20:59psychology. If your boss gives you a big
21:01work offer and says, "What do you
21:03think?" And you're not sure, you can
21:05say, "This is exciting. Can I sleep on
21:07it and give you my answer tomorrow?" or
21:10I was so angry about what happened, but
21:12my partner said, "Sleep on it. Don't
21:15send that message tonight." Which is
21:17really good advice, by the way.
21:19>> That is very good advice. Many arguments
21:22have been avoided by sleeping on it.
21:25>> Many, many, many arguments.
21:27>> So, we've got wishful thinking, wind
21:29down, drift off, soak it in, and sleep
21:32on it. Five genuinely useful, very
21:35natural everyday English phrases. And
21:38they all connect to the theme of
21:39tonight's episode. That's elegant, Anna.
21:42>> I do try. Okay, now it's time for my
21:46favorite part, interactive practice. Are
21:48you ready, Abel?
21:50>> Always ready.
21:51>> And listeners at home, this part is for
21:53you, too. I want you to actually answer
21:56out loud. Don't just listen. Pause if
21:58you need to say the words. This is
22:00important. Your mouth needs practice,
22:02not just your ears.
22:04>> That's such a good point. You can't
22:05think your way to speaking. You have to
22:07actually speak.
22:09>> You absolutely do. Okay. Abel and
22:11listeners at home, question one,
22:14complete this sentence. I haven't
22:16prepared anything for the meeting, but I
22:18think it will go well. A friend
22:20responds, "That sounds like
22:22>> That sounds like wishful thinking."
22:25>> Perfect. Did you get it, listeners? That
22:28sounds like wishful thinking. Great job
22:30if you did. Okay, question two. What is
22:33something you like to do to wind down in
22:35the evening? Answer in a full sentence.
22:37I'll give you a moment.
22:39>> I like to wind down by making a cup of
22:41chamomile tea and sitting quietly for a
22:44few minutes before bed.
22:45>> Beautiful natural sentence. Nice detail,
22:48too. Chamomile tea. Very winded down
22:51energy.
22:52>> Very winded down energy. Very me.
22:55[laughter]
22:56>> Okay. Question three. Describe using
22:58drift off. Can you say it in a natural
23:01context? Something that happened to you?
23:03>> Yes. Last Sunday, I was reading a book
23:05on the sofa in the afternoon and I just
23:08drifted off. I woke up an hour later and
23:10I had absolutely no idea where I was.
23:13>> We've all had that experience. Yes,
23:15perfect use. I just drifted off.
23:18Comfortable, natural. Exactly right.
23:21>> What's question four?
23:22>> Question four, complete the sentence.
23:25The scenery was so beautiful that we
23:27just stood there. And what's the missing
23:30phrase?
23:31>> Soaked it in. Soaked it in. We just
23:34stood there and soaked it in. Did you
23:36get that, listeners? Great. And finally,
23:39question five, and this one is for
23:41thinking. Have you ever made a bad
23:43decision because you didn't sleep on it
23:45first? What happened?
23:47>> Oh, yes, absolutely. Yes. I once replied
23:50to a very annoying email from a
23:52colleague at 10 p.m. when I was tired
23:54and frustrated. I should have slept on
23:57it. I did not sleep on it. The next
24:00morning, I reread what I had written and
24:02I wanted to hide under my desk.
24:04[laughter]
24:04>> We've all been there. That's the very
24:07real wisdom behind sleep on it. Your
24:10tired, emotional evening brain and your
24:12rested morning brain are genuinely
24:14different.
24:15>> They are completely different people.
24:17Evening Able makes questionable
24:19decisions. Morning Able is wiser.
24:23>> I think we all have an evening self and
24:25a morning self. And now you know when in
24:27doubt, trust the morning self.
24:30>> Trust the morning self. Write that on a
24:33wall somewhere. [laughter]
24:35>> Okay, we're coming toward the end of our
24:36episode and I want to leave every single
24:39listener with something they can
24:40actually do tonight. Not tomorrow,
24:42tonight.
24:43>> I love this part because it's specific.
24:45It's not try to learn English more. It's
24:48one thing tonight.
24:50>> Exactly. So here's your challenge.
24:53Tonight, before you go to bed, set a
24:55timer for 15 minutes. Find something
24:57calm and comfortable to listen to in
24:59English. This podcast episode or another
25:02episode from Mr. English Fluent Tutor, a
25:05gentle story, a familiar conversation,
25:08something at your level that feels easy
25:09to follow. Lie down, put your screen
25:12away, dim the lights, and just listen.
25:15Don't take notes. Don't pause and
25:17replay. Just let the English flow and
25:20soak it in. when the timer ends or if
25:22you drift off before that, just sleep.
25:25That's it. That's the whole challenge.
25:27>> And the reason it works is you're
25:28building a habit. The brain loves
25:31routine. If you do this every night,
25:33after 2 weeks, your brain will start
25:35associating the sound of calm English
25:38with the feeling of winding down and
25:40relaxing. English starts to feel like a
25:42comfort, not a challenge.
25:44>> That's beautifully said, Abel. It really
25:46is. And over months, the ear training
25:49compounds. The vocabulary from your
25:51daytime studying sticks better. The
25:54sounds of English become deeply
25:56familiar. And slowly, gradually,
25:58wonderfully, English becomes more yours.
26:01>> Not overnight, but over time.
26:04>> Not overnight, but over time. And that's
26:07real. That's the real deal.
26:09>> I genuinely wish I had known all of this
26:11eight months ago instead of lying in a
26:13tangle of headphone cords dreaming about
26:15grocery items.
26:17You sacrificed yourself for the
26:19knowledge, Abel. We appreciate it
26:21deeply.
26:22>> I really did.
26:23>> Now, we have a community question for
26:25you, and we'd love to hear your answers
26:27in the comments. Here it is. What is
26:29your current bedtime routine? And is
26:31there any English learning in it? Tell
26:33us what you do before you sleep. Do you
26:35watch something, read something, listen
26:38to something, or do you just fall into
26:40bed exhausted? And no judgment if the
26:42answer is I fall into bed exhausted
26:44because that is also extremely valid.
26:48>> Extremely valid. Life is tiring, but
26:50we're curious. Tell us in the comments.
26:53We read every single one. And we love
26:55hearing about your real lives and your
26:57learning journeys.
26:58>> And if you tried the 15minute bedtime
27:00listening challenge after this episode,
27:02come back and tell us how it went. Did
27:04you drift off? Did you soak it in? Did
27:07you sleep on a big English decision?
27:10Use the phrases in your comment. That
27:12would make our day.
27:13>> It would genuinely make our day.
27:16>> All right. If this episode helped you,
27:18if you learned something, if you laughed
27:20a little, if you feel a tiny bit more
27:22hopeful and informed about your English
27:24journey, please, please, please hit that
27:26like button. It genuinely makes a
27:29difference to how many people this
27:30podcast can reach.
27:32>> And subscribe to Mr. English Fluent
27:34Tutor if you haven't already. We put
27:36real thought and real heart into every
27:38episode. And there are so many more
27:40topics we're excited to explore with
27:42you.
27:43>> And share this episode with someone you
27:44know who's learning English because I
27:47promise you there is someone in your
27:48life right now who's sleeping with
27:50headphones on, listening to 8-hour
27:52vocabulary tracks, wondering why they're
27:55not waking up fluent. [laughter]
27:57>> Help them. Send them this episode. You
28:00could save them from the tomato
28:02nightmare.
28:03>> You could literally save them from the
28:05tomato nightmare. Okay. from me Anna
28:08>> and from me Abel.
28:10>> Thank you so so much for spending this
28:13time with us. Your English is growing
28:16even on the days when it does not feel
28:18like it. Keep going, keep listening,
28:21keep showing up.
28:23>> And tonight, wind down gently, listen a
28:26little, drift off peacefully, and let
28:28your brilliant, hardworking brain do the
28:31rest.
28:32>> Sweet English dreams, everyone. Sleep
28:34well and we will see you in the next
28:37one. Bye for now.

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