![]() ![]() If you come across a word in English that you don’t know, use the English-only dictionary, a Learner’s dictionary.Ĭan you see what we’re doing here? We’re building your mind to work in English mode rather than translation mode. Get an English-only dictionary rather than a translating dictionary between English and your native language. Speaking of dictionaries, see if you can do this. If there’s something you can’t describe, look up the words you need in a dictionary, memorize it. That one’s easy because it’s almost always true. What can you say about anything in your environment? Stop right now and think of the beginning of a sentence: I’m. The next step is to think in simple sentences. Note words you don’t know, look them up, learn them. Every time you’re in a new room, a new environment, take a few seconds to do it. But if that’s a challenge for you, spend some time on object naming. ![]() If you can do that very easily, then you can move on. Take a moment, look around you, and name all of the objects that you can in English. If you can add this step, of focusing on the pronunciation and listening to native speakers, awesome, if not, if you only have 15 seconds, and you’re naming as many as you can, that’s okay too. Also, Youglish is a great resource for this.Ĭomputer, compute. Window.Īnd if you’re not sure about the pronunciation, listen to some native speakers. So take a moment as you’re naming objects to think about pronunciation:Ĭloset. So I created my YouTube channel and my Academy to put pronunciation forward. And I knew that to be effective, I needed the right pronunciation right from the beginning. In fact, that’s why I started my YouTube channel and even my Academy – when I was learning German, French, and Italian as an opera student, I couldn’t find any resources that focused enough on pronunciation. We don’t have that in English, but it doesn’t hurt to really focus on the pronunciation as you’re thinking of simple objects. I remember when I was learning German and I was doing this, I had to learn the article as well, der, die, das. The first tip is to start simple and name objects around you in English. And I think in 2020, you can make that happen. Whatever your reason is, I know it’s a good one. I want to learn to think in English so I can easily participate in conversation. And what a better way to start 2020 than with this goal.įirst, I want you to name one reason why you want to start thinking in English. In this video we’re going to give you tips and strategies to start thinking in English, stop translating in your head, and increase fluency speaking English. But the good news is there are concrete things you can do and practice to stop translating in your head and start thinking in English. If you’re translating in your head, then you know that that’s a frustrating way to speak English. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video.ĭo you want to THINK IN ENGLISH? I mean truly THINK in English…without translating everything back to your native language in your mind? Let’s get you started!
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