Think about driving a car. When you first learned, you had to think: "Check mirror. Turn signal. Press clutch. Shift gear." It required massive effort. Now, you do it automatically while singing to the radio.
He also advocates for deep listening during "Alpha State"—the relaxed brain wave state just before sleep. If you listen to English lessons while relaxed (walking, sitting in a park, or lying in bed), your brain absorbs the language 5x faster than when you are stressed in a classroom. If you want to implement the Effortless English A.J. Hoge method today, here is a simple 30-day roadmap. effortless english a.j. hoge
Schools obsess over rules. They tell you, "Don't say 'I go yesterday.' Say 'I went yesterday.'" While true, this creates a "Grammar Monitor" in your head. You spend 90% of your speaking time worrying about verb conjugations instead of communicating. Think about driving a car