Name: How to THINK in English | No More Translating in Your Head!
Uploaded: 2020-03-09T03:54:26.000Z
Duration: 10 min 39 s
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If you’re translating in your head, then you know that that’s a frustrating way to speak English.

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But the good news is there are concrete things you can do and practice to stop

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translating in your head and start thinking in English.

In this video we’re going to give you tips and strategies to start thinking in English,

stop translating in your head, and increase fluency speaking English.

And what a better way to start 2020 than with this goal.

First, I want you to name one reason why you want to start thinking in English.

I want to learn to think in English so I can easily participate in conversation.

Whatever your reason is, I know it’s a good one.

And I think in 2020, you can make that happen.

The first tip is to start simple and name  objects around you in English.

I remember when I was learning German and I was doing this, I had to learn the article as well, der, die, das.

We don’t have that in English, but it doesn’t hurt to really focus on the pronunciation

In fact, that’s why I started my YouTube channel and even my Academy –

when I was learning German, French, and  Italian as an opera student,

I couldn’t find any resources that focused  enough on pronunciation.

And I knew that to be effective, I needed the right pronunciation right from the beginning.

So I created my YouTube channel and my Academy to put pronunciation forward.

So take a moment as you’re naming objects to think about pronunciation.

And if you’re not sure about the pronunciation, listen to some native speakers.

You can use an online dictionary.   Also, Youglish is a great resource for this.

Compu-- rarararara. A flap instead of TT, a T sound.

If you can add this step, of focusing on the pronunciation and listening to native speakers,

awesome. If not, if you only have 15 seconds, and you’re naming as many as you can, that’s okay too.

Take a moment, look around you, and name all of the objects that you can in English.

If you can do that very easily, then you can move on.  But if that’s a challenge for you,

Every time you’re in a new room, a new environment, take a few seconds to do it.

Note words you don’t know, look them up, learn them.

The next step is to think in simple sentences.

Stop right now and think of the  beginning of a sentence: I’m---.

I’m hungry, I’m tired, I’m working.

Do it in English.   I’ll wait a few seconds. You're starting with 'I'm...'

What can you say about anything in your environment?

That one’s easy because it’s almost always true.

If there’s something you can't describe, look up the words you need in a dictionary, memorize it.

Speaking of dictionaries, see if you can do this.

Get an English-only dictionary  rather than a translating dictionary

between English and your native language.

If you come across a word in English that you don’t know, use the English-only dictionary,

We’re building your mind to work in English mode rather than translation mode.

There is a thing called a Learner’s dictionary, and it describes every word in English,

If you have to learn and understand a  word by reading in English,

by studying what it means in English, then  you’ll know it as an English word.

So you’ve named single words, and you’ve  made simple sentences.

Have small conversations with yourself in English.

you don’t feel pressure to speak quickly,  to come up with the next thing.

I absolutely did this when learning Spanish.

In fact, I remember a car trip  I did by myself

from Sarasota to Gainesville where the whole time I spoke to myself in Spanish.

If this is hard for you, stop and give up.

No!  It will get better and easier with practice.

Set aside 2 minutes every day to have a simple conversation with yourself.

Do this every day for 30 days. Don't take a day off.

If you have five minutes one day, do it for five minutes.

A whole conversation, as simple as it needs to be, in English.

In 30 days, you’ll see. Wow.  I did improve.

Once you’re able to do this, I think you’re able to do step 4, which is really exciting.

Change at least one of your everyday life  things to English.

Use the English months and days of the week and write what you’re going to be doing in English.

Or do you do to-do lists?  Try it in English.  A  grocery list.  Or change your Facebook settings

Everything you see, you've got a friend request, and so on, will be in English.

Or read an English newspaper, or listen to  news in English.

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