I want to think in English let's do this
okay what do we think about this is so
difficult if this happens to you you
need to watch this video and understand
why hey guys
teacher Prix here to help you talk to
anyone anywhere anytime in English in
this video I want to show you that
without a purpose it is difficult to do
this exercise so you need a plan
if you are a pre-intermediate student
intermediate or advanced student
make sure to take notes because in this
video I will give you some valid ideas
to help you better prepare yourself for
this kind of exercise in several videos
from this series I give you ideas
suggestions and exercises of how to
think in English today we will focus on
how contextualizing can impact this
exercise quitesignificantly I often read
comments from you guys and in many
comments you guys say Priscilla I don't
know what to think about it's
frustrating I have no ideas I get stuck I
can't remember vocabulary I really hear
you and I know how important it is to
you to improve your English and how hard
it is sometimes to think in English but
let me show you three things we need to
keep in mind when we are doing this
exercise number one this is not an
automatic process you are not going to
wake up one morning and start thinking
in English can you imagine that it would
be awesome oh happy day day
I wish it were like that but it's not
number two it is not your native
language consequently there is always a
mental struggle a fight when you try to
think in English because your brain will
automatically think in your native
language if you are from Spain your
brain will think in Spanish, if you are
from China in Chinese if you are from
Brazil in Portuguese so that's what your
brain is going to do so when you do this
exercise there's a battle oh my goodness
she's making me think in English but I
don't want to do that the brain will try
to fight it at all costs
persistence consistency and discipline
will make the process easier number
three vocabulary vocabulary will stop
you and this is exactly why it's so
important to do this exercise because
when you stop because of vocabulary you
will be able to identify what kind of
words you need to study what kind of
vocabulary you don't have so that's why
when you stop you need to feel like okay
this is a good opportunity I don't know
this kind of vocabulary so I need to
study more
so that's how you identify your
strengths and your weaknesses now that
I've showed you these three aspects that
are very important that you are aware of
what should you do what can help you
feel prepared more confident to think in
English and help you not get so stuck
all the time? context, context will help
you feel more prepared you will spend
less time and energy trying to think in
English if you already know what kind of
subject you are going to think about if
you know the context of the exercise you
want to think about that's why the title
of this video is no context no thinking
that's why I'm always making different
kinds of
videos with different subjects how to
think in English talk about your
personality how to think in English talk
about your weekend how to think in
English talk about your daily routine
because these are specific subjects it's
a contextualized subject that will help
you make the most of this exercise when
you do it when you do it mentally in
these exercises in this videos I give
you expressions I give you the structure
we usually use in this in the subjects I
give you a vocabulary I give you three
things that are very important when you
are trying to do this exercise that way
you are not going to stop all the time
because of vocabulary or because you
don't remember something or because you
don't know an expression you may stop of
course but not as much if you already
have a plan if you already have a
context now if you have the context but
you don't have the plan then it's not
going to help you a lot ok I have an
idea I will think about my last
vacation okay that's a context but now
you need to plan okay you need to think
about some ideas because then you will
understand what you need to do this
exercise so now that you know that you
need to context you need a plan think
about your weaknesses in English think
about what kind of subjects are
difficult for you then choose the
subject that's the context now prepare
yourself think about possible
expressions you're going to use possible
verbs you were going to use and check
them online, okay this is the part
of the exercise that you need to
spend more time doing okay you can't just
do it on the way to work but once you do
that part the second part which is the
thinking part will be easier because you
already prepared yourself for it what
grammar points are difficult for you is
it present perfect is it simple past
what topics do you find difficult for
you to talk about these are the ones you
need to start thinking about because
then by the time you need to talk to
someone in person
you will feel more confident the
more you plan the easier the exercise
gets well now that you understood that
the first thing you
need to do is the plan with a context
the second thing you need to do is watch
my videos yes guys that's why I'm always
posting different kinds of subjects in
this series to give you tools to give
you ideas of expressions to give you
ideas of structure you're going to use
all these videos serve as inspiration to
give you tools and ideas for you to do
this exercise on your own I will keep
making these videos more and more videos
and together we will definitely improve
our English skills. These videos and
exercises combined will help your
speaking skills because when we think so
much about the language by the time we
have to speak it the words come more
easily the words come faster and that is
the purpose you will make mistakes
that's not the that's not the point here
mistakes are part of the journey I make
mistakes but you will feel more
confident by the time you have to face
someone and look into their eyes and
speak English I hope you like this video
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and I'll see you next time bye