dormiphonics en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin dormiō (“sleep”) + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) + -ics.
Meanings
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(historical, uncountable) A technique for learning by listening to recordings of spoken material, while asleep or awake.
The apparent lack of pedagogical success of the dormiphonics technique is substantiated by recent theoretical work in the area of L2 acquisition, which raises questions about the possibility of unconscious learning […]
2005, Yong Zhao, Research in Technology and Second Language Learning, page 67:If we could acquire language through hypnotic suggestion or through dormiphonics such expectations would be legitimate. But language is a matter of growth, and growth is a function of time, nature, and nurture.
1974, Warren C. Born, Toward Student-centered Foreign-language Programs, page 160: