I think we all understand that there's a time for intense, active listening and reading, during which you stop frequently to check definitions, maybe grammar points, etc. But there's also most definitely a time to just let it play through continuously (or be read) to get lots of immersion time, not stopping to check stuff you don't know, at least for a while. Obviously it's easy with live streaming video or tv as you can't easily pause it. But how about for example bloggers, and youtube videos that are easily stopped? Or during reading? I'd imagine that I'm not the only one who finds it difficult not to stop, look up the word, put it in Anki (or whatever), and then continue. And then you realize you've listened to much less audio (or read much less) than you could have otherwise, like 5 min of audio in 20-30 min as opposed to all that time just immersing.
So, just curious if anyone out there has a strategy to stop yourself from hitting stop, and just let it keep on playing for a while. (But still listening intently, not just background noise while doing something else.) In a sense it's not a serious question because obviously the answer is "just do it". But as I find it difficult I wonder if anyone has a gem of a strategy to stop yourself, or anyway can relate to this, lol.
by mark777z