[parenthesis]

Giving an improvised lecture to an imagined audience in my head on a topic I am studying I find a very useful way of consolidating and systematising my understanding, and of finding gaps to be filled.

[openknot]

This sounds comparable to the Feynman technique. From the Farnam Street blog [0]:

"There are four key steps to the Feynman Technique:

"-Choose a concept you want to learn about

-Explain it to a 12 year old

-Reflect, Refine, and Simplify

-Organize and Review"

[0] https://fs.blog/feynman-technique/