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and everyone and welcome back to english
with lucy today i am going to teach you
how to train yourself to think in
english and thus stop translating in
your head i have got five steps they may
seem simple at first glance but the
devil is in the detail if you follow
these five steps you will be well on
your way to thinking completely in
english with no need for translating in
your head
right let's get started with step number
one word identification so when you're
training yourself to think in english or
any other language the first thing you
should do is start with simple words
when we are children learning a language
for the very first time we start off
with individual words so that's what
we're going to do here wherever you are
whenever you become aware of the fact
that you have an opportunity to learn
some english you might be on the bus you
might be walking somewhere you might be
sat at home pathar at the moment
look around you what do you see start
picking out words from your surroundings
they'll probably be nouns at first so I
can see windows curtains radiators boxes
because we've just moved if you identify
a word that you don't know in English
you're going to need to note it down but
I don't want you to write it down in
your own language I want you to describe
it using the language that you do
already have we need to get out of the
habit of relying on our first language
at the end of the day look at your new
word list and go through Google in
English preferably trying to work out
what all of these things are now let's
move on to step number two which is
silent narration when we're small
children we start with words and we move
on to simple short sentences and then as
we grow older they become more
it's exactly the same when you learn a
second language or additional language
just like we did in step 1 I want you to
look around but think more about what is
happening rather than what there is
narrate what you are doing what animals
are doing what is happening around you
so this means you're going to start
needing to use verbs every time you come
across something that confuses you
something you don't know how to describe
or narrate in your head you need to note
it down to ask your teacher or language
partner which brings me on to step 3
step 3 is daily correction you need
correction ideally every single day it's
very very difficult to learn a language
to a fluent level without having someone
else help you to keep your mind
connected to English all the time it is
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step four is self conversation having
conversations with yourself it sounds
like something a crazy person might do
but actually it's not at all crazy it's
very very useful this is going to help
you practice asking questions and giving
replies it's training you to go through
the motions of having a conversation in
another language it seems simple but
you've got to force yourself to do it
not only is this going to help you train
yourself to think in English it's also
going to help you with your general
conversation in English when you become
stuck don't forget to note it down and
then bring it to your teacher or your
language partner and they should be able
to help you now if you do this enough if
you have enough conversations with
yourself in English or your chosen line
which you might find that you start to
automatically think in English without
even trying it happens to me in Spanish
all the time I was so obsessed with
Spanish when I was really in the process
of learning it I'm always learning but
when I was really trying to get to that
fluent level I always used to chat to
myself in Spanish out loud at home and
in my head when I was in public even now
I've lived away from Spain since 2014 so
six years but I still think in Spanish
I'm going to talk about this more in
step number five but what you're doing
here is mimicking immersion by always
having English going on in your head you
are mimicking being in England and
having English conversations or any
other english-speaking country of course
I'm not biased well I totally am and
step number five is actually immersion
or near immersion full immersion
surrounding yourself by English isn't
totally possible for everyone and the
best thing you can do is get up and go
to an english-speaking country but
that's very hard at the moment what
you've got to do is create a fake
England or America or Canada or
Australia around you start and end the
day with your chosen dialect if you have
a TV in your bedroom or a radio in your
bedroom or even on your smartphone set
it so that in the morning
instead of an alarm a radio switch is on
a radio that has spoken in your chosen
dialect maybe you could use a VPN to
access British morning TV or American
morning TV something that seems very
mundane and would be very mundane for
native speakers but mundane is what you
want it's the everyday immersion another
great option is making friends and
speaking with natives I have a whole
video about this many people find this
very difficult which is why I made the
video to help you out I'll put it up
there and also link it in the
description box but in general people
feel like there are more students
wanting to learn English
then there are English speakers wanting
to speak to students and this is true
but there are ways around that so I
really do recommend that video if you
find it really difficult or really
anxiety inducing then you could set up
English nights or English sessions with
your friends or maybe just with yourself
it's absolutely fine to continue doing
this by yourself
as I said it's better to have help but
not everyone wants that throw a dinner
party in English by an English cookbook
or look at English recipe websites there
are loads I'll put some recommendations
down below but BBC good food is a great
one we do a lot of British dishes there
look for chefs like Jamie Oliver he does
a great 15 minute meals range they're
really quick and easy and supposed to be
quite healthy follow the recipe in
English narrate as you do it identify
words around you as you're doing it and
then serve it in English with your
friends or not and have either real or
silent conversation as well now what
will you start noticing how will you
know when you're finally able to think
in English one thing I noticed was that
I started dreaming in Spanish and my
brain got really confused and I actually
started dreaming of my parents talking
to me in Spanish was very odd because it
wasn't my mum's voice but it was my mum
speaking to me in Spanish
you'll also find yourself understanding
jokes and humor and that's something
that's really really enjoyable and
you'll also surprise yourself on
multiple occasions when you realize oh
my god I was thinking in that language
when you hadn't even tried to you
realise that it's becoming second nature
and one of the best things is when you
can think of a word in the language
you're learning but you can't think of
it in your own language that's so weird
when that happens but it really means
you're getting somewhere
your brain is automatically going to the
language you're learning first right
that's it for today's lesson I hope you
enjoyed it and I hope you learnt
something please feel free to share any
more tips down below especially if
you've managed to start thinking in
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