ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dormiphonics

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Dormiphonics is a noun meaning (historical) A technique for learning by listening to recordings of spoken material, while asleep or awake.

Meaning

(historical) A technique for learning by listening to recordings of spoken material, while asleep or awake.

Example Sentences

If we could acquire language through hypnotic suggestion or through dormiphonics such expectations would be legitimate. But language is a matter of growth, and growth is a function of time, nature, and nurture.
The apparent lack of pedagogical success of the dormiphonics technique is substantiated by recent theoretical work in the area of L2 acquisition, which raises questions about the possibility of unconscious learning […]

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Related dictionary entries include hypnopedia, autophony.

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