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| scribe Newbie United States Joined 4893 days ago 11 posts - 14 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 1 of 21 27 June 2012 at 7:42pm | IP Logged |
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...when you start dreaming in your TL? I studied Spanish on and off for the past year
before cracking down a month ago, when I began spending several hours a day studying. Then last night I had a dream in which, for the first time, the Spanish language was being spoken. Not only that, but I was actually conversing with someone in the language. For anyone with any expertise on cognitive science or language acquisition, does this development mean anything? Edited by Fasulye on 28 June 2012 at 6:41am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4666 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 2 of 21 27 June 2012 at 7:47pm | IP Logged |
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I doubt it. I dreamt in French after only a couple of weeks of study, but I think that was because I listened to an hour or two of news radio immediately before bed.
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| ElBrujo Newbie United States Joined 4709 days ago 29 posts - 52 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 21 27 June 2012 at 8:22pm | IP Logged |
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It's certainly fun, but I started dreaming in Spanish very early into my studies.
Sorry for being a party-pooper. Although, I'm not a scientist, so you may choose to ignore my post. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4829 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 4 of 21 27 June 2012 at 8:47pm | IP Logged |
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One language tutor I spoke to about this thought it was, but then another one said that
if he dreams he can fly, it doesn't mean he can, which gave me pause for thought. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| atama warui Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 4702 days ago 594 posts - 985 votes Speaks: German*, English, Japanese | Message 5 of 21 28 June 2012 at 6:56am | IP Logged |
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It actually does something. It indicates your head is busy with processing the language and working on it even while you sleep. Synapses are growing, connections clicking ... that may not be what you think it means, but it's also not bad, either.
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| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 6126 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 6 of 21 28 June 2012 at 8:35am | IP Logged |
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Sometimes I dream Kanji in my sleep -- except they're all wrong and crazy.
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| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5208 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 21 28 June 2012 at 11:40am | IP Logged |
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I doubt it, although as atama warui says, I think it is a sign that your brain has been
focusing on the language. Interestingly, after two weeks of Italian study and a trip to Italy, I had dreams for at least a week about being on buses in Italy, listening to and speaking to people. Obviously my knowledge back then was nowhere near enough to actually converse like that, so the Italian in the dream was most likely not real Italian. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tanya b Senior Member United States Joined 4779 days ago 159 posts - 518 votes Speaks: Russian | Message 8 of 21 29 June 2012 at 1:51am | IP Logged |
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I had a funny dream where I was about to cross a wide boulevard and I said something out loud to myself in Russian, but I caught myself making a grammatical error as I stepped off the curb. While sound asleep I actually repeated the sentence, this time correctly as I crossed to the other side. Student as well as teacher while I snooze.
I'm also embarrassed to admit that last December I had a dream where someone on this forum, who shall remain nameless, made a cameo appearance, asking for directions...I try to remind myself that this is just a language forum, but apparently my subconscious didn't get the memo. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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