Listening to something without any text and simply trying to understand as much as you can, without the aid of tools or pausing or anything. This is the best way to get in massive amounts of immersion, since you don't need to do much. However, make sure that you're understanding enough, or else you might not make the progress you're hoping for!
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Child Techniques: Half-attention Listening
Listening to something without any text and simply trying to understand as much as you can, without the aid of tools or pausing or anything. This is the best way to get in massive amounts of immersion, since you don't need to do much. However, make sure that you're understanding enough, or else you might not make the progress you're hoping for!
Strengthen knowledge you have
Learn new words through exposure
Easy to spend lots of time with the language
Freeflow Listening is a broad category of activities. But they all share the same core: you're listening to or watching something (without any text), and aren't stopping to look up or puzzle out new words or concepts. You just keep on listening. Once you're at a good enough level to be able to do this and understand a lot, it's the easiest way to get a massive amount of exposure to the language.
When you're able to understand 80%+ of content, just from listening, it's a good idea to start incorporating it into your routine. It's easy to do a lot of freeflow listening, since you can do it while doing other things (walking, cleaning, laying down and just staring at the ceiling), or even do it while tired. Advanced learners get the most benefit from freeflow listening, but starting to practice the skill in the intermediate stages is a good idea.
Many learners do too much freeflow in the beginner stages and become frustrated with their progress. It's easy to do a lot of freeflow, which feels like you're doing a lot of learning, but when your progress doesn't match, it's very frustrating. This is especially true with pure audio freeflow, since it's very hard to understand and follow the plot if you can't pick out at least 80% of the words. To get to that point, make sure your freeflow is balanced with priming and interactive immersion.
For a more specific guide, check a technique that falls into this category.