Hello friends, Welcome back! In this video lesson you will learn how to think in
English! :) Friends if you're an intermediate to an advanced English
learner, that being if you can understand 50 to 80 percent even 100 percent of my
video lessons, you are able to train your mind to think in English! Friends
training your mind, improving your ability to think in English will improve
your English fluency :) In this video we'll go through three steps, three steps in
detail, so that you can use these steps to improve your thought process in
English and ultimately improve your English fluency
Friends before we go through the three steps you need to be taking to improve your thought process,
to improve your ability to think in English, it's very important to
understand why do why do you need to be able to think in English... friends if you're
constantly translating from your native language to English while you're having a
conversation in English you won't sound natural! Training your mind to think in
English will enable you to have more meaningful conversations and to be able
to better express yourself in English... as you are watching this video lesson, I'm
assuming that you are at an intermediate to an advanced level of English, so you
are ready to train your mind to think in English... developing the ability to think
in English takes time! You may think at times that it's too difficult that you
don't know many words in English or you simply can't speak in English or do
anything in English without translating... Friends you can and in this lesson we're
going to go through these three steps.. Those steps being immersion, the first and
most important step....the second step being
say NO to translating and the third step being doing! Doing and applying :)
In order to be able to think in English you have to be able to understand words
phrases you have to learn and hear English being used....
Friends this is where immersion comes into play! In order for you to be able to
think in English, you have to hear English being used naturally... Immerse
yourself in the English language friends the first step to improve your
ability to think in English is immersion.... immersion is surrounding yourself with
the English language....now you may be wondering how can you immerse yourself
in the English language? I know that many of you are watching from different
locations around the world... some of you don't live in English-speaking countries
there are ways that you can immerse yourself in the English language
even if you're not living in an English-speaking country... you can do
this in various ways... one way of immersing yourself in the English
language is by listening to podcasts... there are many great podcasts out there
you can use to listen to English being used naturally... you could watch a TV show
or a movie in English... by watching a TV show or a movie, you like, you'll hear you
words, grammar, phrases, expressions being used which you can use when you are
training your mind to think in English... you could even listen to an audio book
find an audio book, somebody reading a book out loud and listen to them
speaking in English... and at the same time you're also reading a book... well
actually listening to a book being read! But you're immersing yourself in English!
You could even listen to a song... listening to songs is a great way to
immerse yourself in the English language... I know I do it all the time in the
Croatian language! I find a song that I like, I do a little dance
..have a little fun... and I imitate, I shadow, I sing along.... this will enable
you to have fun and to immerse yourself in the English language so that you can
hear English being used and you training your mind to think in English.... Friends
immersing yourself in the English language will train your mind to think
in English... because you hearing English being used
consistently.... friends immersing yourself, surrounding yourself with the English
language will help you to think in English... you can't think in English if
you don't surround yourself with the English language... you have to hear
English being used so that you can train your mind to think in English... We've gone
through the first step how you can start thinking in English, you have to be
immersing in yourself, surrounding yourself with English being used
naturally, so that you can hear, listen, understand so that you can think faster
in English.... but while you're listening to English being used NO translating... okay
the second step in improving your ability to think in English is to say NO
to translating.... friends if you're translating what you hear, if you're
consistently thinking of those words or listening to something and thinking
about it in your native language you're not improving your fluency... but you're
improving your translation ability... friends you want to be a fluent English
speaker, you want to think fast, so for this reason you should not translate! If you
are consistently translating you will stop, pause, think.... a lot of processing is
going on in your brain when you hear a new word... I want you to think of that
word, learn that word in context... friends by learning new words and learning new
English vocabulary in phrases and in context it will be easier for you to
remember that word and remember how to use that word in the future... friends if
you are translating one word in English to your native language,
maybe that word is not used the same in your native language as it is used in
the English language... for this reason I just strongly suggest that you don't
translate ever in English! If you want to speak English naturally and fluently,
because one word can have many different meanings in the English language and one
word, maybe is not used in that context that you would use it in in your
native language.... friends if you can understand 50 to 80% of this video
lesson, then you are ready to use a monolingual dictionary... do not use a
bilingual dictionary! By using a monolingual dictionary you are also
training your mind to think in English... you are reading so you will see that
word, you'll see if it's a noun, adjective, adverb... and you will see the definition...
also with monolingual dictionaries you will also, most likely, see a few examples
of that word being used.... this is training your mind to think in English. as you are
reading.... reading is also a crucial part of English development and English
fluency... and you are reading something in English, hence you're improving your
ability to think in English... so friends say no NO to translating... do not translate!
it will just cause you a headache and frustration and a lot of anger, because
you're doing a lot more thinking than you really need to do! Stop translating
and use those words, learn those words in context... okay so in step 1 we talked
about immersion, surrounding yourself with the English language, so they can hear
English being used more, you can listen to new words, you can practice connected
speech in the second step we said NO to translation... so immersion and say no to
translation.... friends the third step for you to develop your ability to think in
English is to use your English! Friends it's quite simple... you have to use your
English! ... The third step is use your English use those words, grammar, phrases and
expressions you've learned through immersion, you've learnt by looking up
those words in a monolingual dictionary and by learning them in context.... friends
when you're using your English, I suggest that you start small... so let's start with
those new words and phrases you've learned through immersion and by not
translating.... start making sentences with those words! By making simple sentences
with those words, you can make sentence in your head, you can talk to yourself,
you can write them down on a piece of paper.... you are thinking in English! An
example of this could be, for example the word awkward ... so awkward maybe a new word for you...
if you don't know what awkward means... so you've looked it up in a
dictionary and you found out that the definition of awkward is something or
someone that's causing difficulty or someone or something that's hard to deal
so here friends... you are okay, you're training your mind to think in English
but you want to take it one step further... you want to use this new word in a
sentence...friends talk to yourself! I do understand
that it may sound a little crazy, but talk to yourself by making simple
sentences.... you could make a simple sentence using the present simple... for
example... I am awkward or she is awkward. Friends by doing this, by making really
simple sentences, not only will you remember that new word, but you will
remember how to use that word in English and you're training your mind to think in
English.... to think in English to be able to express yourself:) Friends don't worry
about making complex sentences in English.... keep them simple for the
beginning... why not make a sentence using your mother, brother, family, father, auntie,
our next-door neighbor.... whoever it is use them in that sentence
so that you can personalize it and you can remember it in the future.... for
example: awkward.... who is awkward in my family? my brother is awkward or maybe my
mother she's not really an awkward person... so my mother isn't awkward...
Friends by doing this, by saying these sentences in your mind.... you are thinking
in English.... so you have learned a new word, you used this word in English and
you're already training your mind to think in English... another great way to
train your mind to think in English is to write in English....
Friends a lot of English learners really miss this step.... I personally love
this step and I always suggested it to all of my students, that learning how to
write in English is such an important skill, if you feel a little bit silly
speaking to yourself in English.... which I completely understand, put that new
sentence down on a piece of paper.... now friends vocabulary lists and
vocabulary books, I know that many of you may have them and some teachers
recommend them.... I do recommend that you do keep a vocabulary notebook/journal
whatever you want to call it.... but don't stop with just the new word and the
definition.... take it one step further so that you're improving your ability to
think in English, by making a sentence with that word in English... Friends by
using your English by making sentences, using those words; either in spoken or
written form, you will see your ability to think in English improve.... another great
way to improve your ability to think in English is to be writing in English on
a consistent basis... many English learners really forget about this step, but one
great way for you to think in English is to keep a diary... friends why not write in your
diary every single day, every single night... you don't have to write a whole
essay just five minutes.... five minutes what you did that day and you will see
that you will be forcing yourself to use new phrases expressions to express
yourself in written form, therefore you are training yourself to think in
English... Friends keep a journal, write in that journal every single night... by
writing, by spending five minutes a day writing, putting pen to paper, using those
new words, phrases grammatical structures, you've heard through immersion and by not
translating... you will see that you are using, well in time, you'll be using new words
phrases to express yourself... also you'll see that it become easier... the more
consistent you are, if you do this on a regular basis, you'll see that it will
be easier to consistently write in English! another
way you can use your English is by chatting on the internet with people in English!
Friends English is a means of communication! Find a pen pal, find
somebody online you can chat with in English and if you are not a fan of
keeping a journal or a diary you can have a conversation in written form with
somebody and again you'll be forced to use those new words, phrases, grammar,
which you've learnt through immersion in interaction with people... start chatting
with people online in English and you will see that your ability to think
faster in English will improve.... another way you can improve your ability to
think in English is to be speaking more in English friends.... if you're watching
this video lesson you can understand 50 to 80 percent of this lesson I know that
you can speak in English... be confident! everybody gets shy, you do have to start,
you will stutter, you'll forget wods but the more that you are speaking in
English... speaking to real people, you will see that you're able to think faster in
English... you'll also notice the difficulties that you have when it comes
to communication...you'll notice that ah maybe I'm just
translating too much or maybe I don't know enough words to be able to speak in
English... then you can go back to the first step, that being immersion....
surround yourself with a topic, that vocabulary that you need and then use
that the next time you have a conversation in English... Friends please
note that it does take time to develop the ability to think in English...
be positive, be optimistic and use your English.... use your English on a consistent
basis, immerse yourself, don't translate, use it... and you will see that you will be
able to improve your English... if you are still struggling with confidence or need
tips for English fluency, make sure to check out this playlist here where I
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