When did we start dreaming in English?
When did we start dreaming in English?
Have you ever wondered what is the link between dreams and learning a language ?
Surely you have already heard someone talk about the moment when they started dreaming in another language.
This is often considered a sign of foreign language proficiency.
When did we start dreaming in English?
In the 1980s, Canadian psychologist Joseph De Koninck observed that those who study French and dream early in this language progress faster than other students.
Now, is it because they dreamed in French or, on the contrary, did they dream in this language because they learned faster?
Professionals in psychology and neuroscience have tried to study the link between sleep and language learning, but it is difficult to understand what happens during sleep. There are those who claim to speak a language fluently in dreams and speak it only when they are not sleeping.
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Dreaming in another language is surely the expression of our “unconscious” desire to discover a new culture.