do you speak English with a lot of
pauses and hesitations do you have
difficulty expressing your ideas in
English do you mentally translate from
your native language to English but the
sentences come out incorrect or
unnatural when you speak if you want to
eliminate these problems and become
the secret is learning to think in
English the problem with thinking in
your native language and translating is
that it results in sentences that are
not correct in English because the
grammar and sentence structure is often
different from your native language also
it takes too much time to think and
translate when you're in a conversation
leading to pauses hesitations and the
inability to speak fast and fluently
many students believe that thinking in
English is too difficult but I'm going
to teach you how to succeed you can
learn this skill with practice whether
you're beginner intermediate or advanced
level one thinking in individual English
words for example when you wake up in
the morning think of words like bed
toothbrush bathroom eat banana coffee
clothes shoes then when you go to work
think of words like car job company desk
computer paper pencil colleague boss
during the day continue to think of the
individual English words for everything
you see here and do try this exercise
look around you right now and think of
all the English words you can I'd
imagine you can think of at least ten
- thinking incomplete English sentences
on this level you think incomplete
phrases and sentences during the day
when you're at lunch think I'm eating a
my friend is drinking soda this
restaurant is very good when you're
watching TV think that actress is
beautiful the journalist has black hair
he's talking about politics it's okay if
the sentences are very simple the most
important part is to practice and
develop the habit of thinking in
complete sentences in English level
three functional English on this level
you imagine having to use English for
everything that you need to do after
every time you speak in your native
language think of how you would say that
in English for example how would you buy
a train ticket or order a drink in an
english-speaking country a round-trip
ticket to Central Station please could I
have a lemonade with no sugar this helps
develop your English for real-life
situations even though you are only
thinking and not speaking if during this
exercise you don't know how to say
something check your dictionary later if
you do this kind of mental practice
regularly you will develop the ability
to use English in any everyday situation
level for narrative English telling a
story or speaking in English for a long
time it's best to do this exercise when
you have some time like when you're
waiting in line or taking public
transportation think of a memory or a
story that you would like to tell
an english-speaking friend then tell the
story in your head in English because
you are only thinking and not speaking
you can relax and do your best without
all the pressure of a real conversation
I hope you can see that you don't need
to be super advanced to learn to think
in English you can start today your