When I was a student, I used multilinguality for a similar purpose. When I was studying from notes or a book in Spanish (my native language), I would review in

When I was a student, I used multilinguality for a similar purpose. When I was studying from notes or a book in Spanish (my native language), I would review in English. Actually, my review consisted in presenting the contents to an invisible audience in English (yes, I've never been able to study in libraries or other places where you need to remain silent, most of my time studying consists in standing and talking...) Conversely, when I studied from material in English, I would review it in Spanish, also by presenting to an invisible audience. I always found this to be very effective (even before learning about the cognitive science concept you point out). Of course, it's just anecdotal evidence with sample size of 1. But it's a fun way to study anyway, it also lets you practice a foreign language, and you're more likely to not get bored and set "autopilot" on (maybe this was also a big factor why it worked for me...)