hi guys how are you today my name is Priscilla and I've created this channel
to help you improve your English skills
today's video will be in English again i hope you guys like it
all right! a couple of weeks ago I made a video talking about how to improve your
speaking skills and one of the things i told you was to start thinking in
English and I got a lot of feedback on that matter and i decided to create a
video just to talk about that
so i will give you three steps to to help you start thinking in English
ok these are tips suggestions of things you can do
but there are many other things that you can start doing in order to practice this
exercise of thinking in English
ok! the first step i would suggest it to beginners
alright so if you are starting your English course your English journey now
I advise you to start this way
ok! there are many other things you can do this is just one suggestion. To start
thinking in English takes time and this will definitely help you become more
fluent when you actually speak it
so what you can do every day and I when I say every day I mean it
this you have to do this on a daily basis you have to really try to do this
as much as you can
is to think of individual words. You know, you wake up, you are in your bedroom
as you look at things, try to picture them in English: bed a pillow
a wardrobe, closet. So try to, as you look at the objects that will be part of your
day try to think of them in English
ok say the words mentally in your mind
so I'm looking at my camera right now so I'm thinking: camera, my camera
I'm looking at my living room i'm looking at the TV television TV
I'm looking at my computer: computer, emails facebook, facebook will you just
change the pronunciation a little bit but it's pretty much the same
what else can we think of: a chair I'm sitting on the chair so think of
individual words that are part of your day
you are at schol: table desk chalk
ok, a blackboard, whiteboard teacher, classroom
so we start thinking of these objects individually in English
ok. This suggestion is only for beginners because as you start learning more
things you will be able to think of more things
ok the second step is for when you are not such a beginner anymore but you are
not there yet
so you are a low intermediate ok
at this moment you are able to come up with a short sentences short phrases
that's when any still this phrases need to be part of your day okay on the daily
basis for example things that you see things that you hear that she's mouth so
that you you so that it becomes easier for you to contextualize ok so as I was
saying the sentence
need to be part of your day they need to be part of your routine and as you are
not a confident speaker yet you are still low internet it's still a beginner
you can start by creating simple sentences and when I say that you need
to relate them to your day
I'm saying for example you are waking up you can say
I am tired so you are waking up and sometimes you were tired so you can say
that or another sentence i have to get up
I have to get up I have to go to work
I need to take a shower so you can create this short sentences of things
that you will have to do of things that you can see I am listening to the radio
my mother is making breakfast
so you can create the synthesis in your mind and the good thing about creating
something in your mind is that you are not speaking it and for many students
for many speakers is speaking out loud with somebody is very hard because you
feel very embarrassed you don't feel that confidence yet
so when you are practicing it in your mind it's easier you know because you
break that barrier because it's only you only you will see the things he was only
will hear the things you're saying
so my second step is to start making short sentences in your mind
related to things that you are doing that related to things that you can see
hear touch smell
ok right now i am looking at my camera
i am looking at my computer i am talking to you
it doesn't have to be only the present continuous okay this is just an example
you can make any sentence you like I went to school yesterday
I need to go to school today I have to do homework
I don't like
do homework so and you don't need to speak fast you can speak slowly
it doesn't have to be fast fluency has nothing to do with his speaking fast but
it has it has everything to do with the speaking with confidence
ok not making so many mistakes being able to be understood by others
all right so don't worry about speed worry about being able to to make sense
ok so make any kind of sense and sentences you like my third step is for
upper intermediate to advanced that proficiency to me to anybody who already
speaks English and needs to practice the the speaking and not only speaking but
the thinking in English because i still have a student's we even though our
advanced or operator needed
they still struggle with speaking and there are so many times they pause
because you you notice that they are speaking Portuguese they are thinking in
Portuguese
so if you are there and you feel like you are struggling to change this habit
this is an exercise that you can already do you can start doing because you have
the vocabulary to do so
ok so what you can do it at this moment is to make longer sentences and pretend
that you were talking to someone talking to a person to a friend and start
telling about events the things that have happened to you
you know you went to you have a nice weekend
so we start in your mind talking about that weekend
everything you did yeah I i went to my grandma's house and there I had a very
nice lunch
i saw i met my uncle's mind and I saw my cousins
we talked about College
we talked about -
my boyfriend and you continue continue talking about everything that is
connected to your weekend so it's a short story
so you are connecting license events and if you do that in your mind
by the time you have to do that with someone
aurelie speaking real world you will feel more confident and that way you
will improve your vocabulary as well because you have to think about the
words you want to say you have to remember for cab you Larry
and that's how the brain works you are exercising your brain I said that in the
previous video
so that's how you work your brain in order to become fluent here in order to
think in English and think and think faster that way by the time you have to
talk either at work with your friends while traveling anywhere you have to go
you will be ready
you will be sharp all right well guys I hope you have liked this video if you
need more suggestions on how to improve your thinking in English
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