Language immersion
Subject in Language Learning
Language immersion has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Mel RobbinsAmerican author, podcast host and former lawyer who hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast
Robbins describes believing she cannot learn languages despite years of French study and dyslexia.
“I have a gigantic story that I am incapable of learning languages. I took seven years of French and cannot remember a damn word of it”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: #1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the Same (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 58:00
Lara BoydNeuroscientist and physical therapist, professor at the University of British Columbia and director of its Brain Behaviour Lab
Boyd recommends that Robbins, as an auditory learner, learn Spanish through full immersion without English.
“you need a Spanish immersion. So you need to just go. In fact, this is your excuse. You need to just go to Spain, pick a great city”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: #1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the Same (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:36
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
#1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the SameThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Mel Robbins talks with UBC neuroscientist Lara Boyd about neuroplasticity, how struggle, sleep, exercise and stress reduction rewire the brain, and how to make learning stick.