4 Tricks for Remembering What You Learned in Your Immerse Class

Last Updated: November 15, 2023

Immerse insights:

• Your brain is still primed when your class ends - knowing how to take advantage will improve your learning
• Thinking back right away on what you just learned helps you remember it later
• Looking ahead for ways to use what you just learned helps make the learning meaningful

Our Members have great things to say about our platform and how much fun they have learning with Immerse. They’re often full of energy and excitement at the end of their lesson, and chances are you will be too.

              Basking in that post-class energy in Immerse

Are there things I should be doing after my Immerse lesson ends?

When you exit a lesson, your brain’s language networks are still activated. This is the perfect time to solidify your learning, so be a language learning pro and seize the moment with these expert tips:

1. Make some notes

You won’t take notes during an Immerse language lesson, and that’s a good thing. As soon as the lesson is over, though, grab your notebook or a laptop and jot down everything you remember. The act of writing it down reinforces the learning, and you’ll have the notes for later reference, too.

2. Review

During class, your teacher sent you notes. Remember to move these Class Notes to My Notes so you can review them later. (Don’t worry if you can’t do this right after class, though - you have a couple of days before they disappear from Class Notes.) Reviewing these notes again later is essential for getting the information to “stick” in your brain so you can recall it easily when you need it. 

How often should you review? See if you can get in the habit of spending a few minutes daily looking over your notes. You don’t need to look over all of them every day - pick some notes that you haven’t looked at recently and spend 5 minutes reading them aloud. Can you use the words or grammar in the notes to make any new sentences?

                                          Reviewing My Notes in the Immerse homeroom

If you’ve been following our advice, you’ve been taking some pictures in class, too. Look at them right after class and recall everything you were talking about in those moments. Revisit the pictures every once in a while to transfer the information from your short-term to your long-term memory. You can also use the pictures as an aid for reviewing your notes. Try to describe what was happening when you took them.

3. Book another lesson

At Immerse, you always get to choose which class or event you take next. Many Members like to sign up for a couple of lessons in the same scene so they can practice with the same vocabulary. 

Our lessons are live and unscripted so every class is a completely different experience, but visiting the same scene will give you built-in review of the type of language used in that setting.

4. Practice

There are so many ways to practice in Immerse! 

Visit the AI-powered practice scenes to build your speaking confidence and to review and practice words and grammar you’ve learned. You can even learn new vocabulary, get example sentences, and ask questions about how to say things. Just click on the Practice button on the left-hand side of the mirror in your homeroom.

                                  Practicing with humans and AI in Immerse

Check out our language games. The Immerse Commons has language games you can play alone and with others, and there are also spaces for mixing up drinks, shooting hoops, and making music when you meet up with other learners for conversation practice. Research shows that having fun, being active, and socializing while practicing will all improve your language learning.

Looking for someone to practice with? Join the Immerse Discord community! You can interact with the teachers, coordinate meetups with fellow learners, and share language tips and memes. The camaraderie among Immerse Members is one of the best things about learning in Immerse.

What else can I do to boost my language learning?

Check out our other blogs for tips on making the most of VR language learning before and during your lesson, too!

And for more tips on maximizing your learning after a language immersion experience, read about the best way to learn Spanish, English, or French.