Mxsmanic wrote:
Can I learn useful things by listening to ATC? Meaning apart from the
general phraseology of ATC. It's interesting to listen to, but I'm
not sure if it's productive.

Seriously, you should listen to ATC 24/7 and you'll certainly start to
learn something. Just don't type while you're listening to make sure
you don't miss anything. That would solve a lot of problems, actually.