How Sleep Helps You Learn English

Introduction:

Many individuals often get too concentrated on memorizing vocabulary, grammar, and structure for a language they’re learning. People tend to go hours upon hours without a proper break, and tend to eliminate time off the night for studying. Work and school can cause time management to crumble, but you need to optimize the most important tool: Sleep.

Sleep - The Best Recovery:

There is a major reason why sleep is often the most researched phenomenon for humans and all animals. It is imperative for scientists to fully understand its pros and cons and why the brain needs it for optimal function. Especially in teens, sleep has slowly gone unnoticed; students tend to barely crave their necessary hours. It seriously is a hazard not to get an optimal amount of sleep, which is around 7-8 hours per night for adults, and 8-9 hours for the youth. Even children nowadays stay up late watching videos or performing tasks, thinking it is the best way to maximize growth. In theory, it sounds almost like a steal, you can study for 3 hours, and sleep 8 hours without working the brain, or work double the amount of time and sleep for around 4-5 hours. The only negative is struggling to wake up, right? At first glance, it may seem like sleep is a negative and wastes valuable time in our lives. We can save several hours for work, hobbies, and other activities, but is it really a positive? As mentioned previously, sleep is one of the most researched things in life, and scientists strongly suggest getting your hours in. Obviously, we’re not experts in psychology, natural sciences, and extreme related to sleep, but the broad benefits are too important to be left unwarranted. Firstly, sleep allows the brain to reconsolidate and expand upon information. What does this mean? Think of it recipe

• Study a flashcard set

• Go to bed

• The brain accesses the information it learned throughout the day

• Filters importance

• Resets and refuels itself for the next day

It’s basically like cooking. Not sleeping enough is like forgetting a couple of ingredients for the main dish; without all of the ingredients, the dish won’t taste as good. The same logic can be applied to sleep.

When you sleep for around 4-5 hours a day instead of the recommended dosage, you’re skipping out on reconsolidation processes and resetting processes of the brain. You’re making the brain work twice as hard the day after.

We get it, there are days when work piles up, and you may need to finish a task that will require you to stay up during the night, but try not to make it a routine occurrence.

Sleep Helps Stress:

Although it seems like common knowledge, sleep does seriously positively impact your mental health. Stress is o

ne of the most deadly things that can affect us humans. Sadly, it lingers with us for years because there will be something that causes you to worry. As difficult as it is to eradicate it, sleep can hinder its effects and improve your overall mood. It’s difficult to learn something new or perform a task at an effective level if your brain is scattered. Sleep will decrease your body’s blood pressure and help relax your brain and organs to function normally. It’s not normal to constantly be stressed about something, but modern society places such burdens upon us. Sleep is a way to help slow down the effects of stress.

Effects for English Learners:

We’ve stated the harms of not sleeping, but how does this translate to learning English? Learning English requires time, discipline, and a whole lot of memorization. There are hundreds of grammar rules, vocabulary terms, and punctuation for learners to understand and utilize properly. As a result of learning these things, the brain will need excess rest to recoup and recalibrate for the next learning session. This is where sleep is a beauty. You may not see drastic improvements the next day, but constantly keeping a balanced sleeping routine will improve mood, performance, memorization, and health.

We would also recommend taking a 20-30 minute nap after a learning session. The nice break can deload the pressure placed upon the brain, and it can also be a good recovery session for your body. Naps are also proven scientifically to help you positively, just make sure not to nap for too long.

Conclusion:

At Hope Through English, we want to offer the best and most valuable tips for our learners. Even though sleep doesn’t help you learn a vocabulary word, it does help you increase performance when learning English. It's like a phone charger. You won’t be able to use your device for a while, but after some time, you can use it for hours. Try to sleep for a couple of extra hours, and maybe you might recall that grammar rule.