hilaryford 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 you're
constantly translating from your native
language to English while you having a
conversation in English you won't sound
natural training you might 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
three steps emotion the first and
most important step the second step
being
sailor to translating and the third step
being doing doing Anna plank
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
used friends this is where emotion 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
these 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 grandma 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 while
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 find a song better
like I do a little dance
have a little fun and I imitate
eyeshadow 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 France
immersing yourself in the English
language will train your mind to think
in English because you hear English
thank you
consistently friends immersing yourself
surrounding yourself that 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 I've gone
through the first step how you can start
thinking in English you have to be
immersed 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 know 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 for this
reason you should not translate if you
are consistently translating you won't
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
antics 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 to translating do not translate
it will just cause you headache and
frustration and a lot of anger because
you're doing a lot more thinking that
you really need to do stop translating
and use those words learn those words in
context okay so in step 1 we talked
about emotion 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 emotion and say no to
translation friends a 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 grandma phrases
expressions you've learned through
emotion 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 emotion 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 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
with 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 you word but you will
remember how to use that word in English
and you're training the 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 is an 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 really training your mind to
think in English another great way to
train your mind to think in English is
to write in
lish friends a lot of English learners
really miss this step I personally love
this step and I always suggested 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 even in spoken or
written form you will see you ability to
think in English improve another great
way to improve your ability to think in
English is to be writing in English and
a consistent basis many English learners
really forget about this tip but one
great way for you to think in English is
to keep a diary friends why not learn it
with 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 want to 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 writing
that journal every single name by
writing by spending five minutes a day
writing putting pen to paper using those
new words phrases grammatical structures
you've heard through emotion and by not
translating you will see that you are
using 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 would
be easier
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 emotion 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 worth 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 that
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 there being emotion to
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 user English in 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
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