THINK in English STOP translating in your head ACHIEVE in 5 STEPS

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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

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