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2024英语寒假作业·高三年级

第2周第5天

【外刊精读】

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Ifyouspeakmorethanonelanguage,youmayhavehadtheexperiencesofthemminglinginyoursleep.Buthowandwhydoourbrainscomeupwiththesemultilingualdreams—andcouldtheyhaveanimpactonourreal-lifelanguageskills?

Tounderstandthelinkbetweensleepandlanguage,let’sstartwithjustonelanguage:yourown.Youmaythinkyoumasteredyournativelanguagelongago,butyouareactuallystillconstantlyupdatingit.Evenadultsstilllearnaboutonenewwordeverytwodaysintheirmothertongue.

It’sduringsleepthattheintegrationofoldandnewknowledgehappens.Duringtheday,ourhippocampus,whichspecialisesinabsorbinginformationquickly,soaksupnewwords.Atnight,itpassesthenewinformationontootherpartsofthebrain,whereitcanbestoredandconnectedtootherrelevantinformation.

Whatwedoknowisthatasidefromprocessingdaytimeinformation,ourbraincanalsolearnnewwordswhileasleep.

MatthieuKoroma,apost-doctoralresearcherattheUniversityofLiègeinBelgium,whospecialisesinsleepandcognition,co-authoredanumberofstudiesthataddtothisnuancedpictureofhowandwhenweengagewithlanguageinoursleep.

“Basically,themessageisthatyouareabletolearnwordsinotherlanguagesduringsleep,evennewlanguagesyouneverheardbefore,butyoudoitinaverydifferentwaythanwhenyouareawake,”hesays.

Doesallthismeanwecaneffortlesslylearnalanguageinoursleep,aslongasweplayalanguagelessonallnightlong?

Notnecessarily.Itmightactuallybackfire,bydisturbingyourrest,Koromasays.Healsopointsoutthatinthestudy,participantslearnedthewordsmuchfasterwhentheywereawakethanwhentheywereasleep:“It’swaymoreefficientwhenyou’reawake.”

“Wakefulnessisgoodforlearning,andsleepismoretoreplay,notfornewlanguageacquisition,”Koromasays.“It’saninteractiveprocess,it’scomplement