How to Think in English

If you speak with a lot of pauses and hesitations, but you want to speak fluently and naturally like native speakers, the secret is to learn how to think in English. Many students say, "It's too difficult. I don't know enough English words. I need to think of my native language and translate it."

 

However, thinking in your native language and translating results in sentences that don't sound natural because the sentence structure is often different in English in your native language. In addition it takes too much time to think and translate when you're in conversation, leading to pauses, hesitations, and inability to speak fast and fluently. How to learn to think in English from beginner to advanced. It depends on how fluent your English is.

 

 

You can think only in English with 4 focus

 

How to think in English without translation

• Individual English Words
• Complete Sentences
• Functional English
• Narrative English

 

Focus 1. Individual English Words

When you wake up in the morning, think of words like bed, toothbrush, bathroom, banana, coffee, clothes, and shoes. 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 individual English words for everything you see hear and do. I hope you try it right now. It should be definitely helpful for you.

 

Focus 2. Complete Sentences

When you're at lunch, think I'm eating a sandwich. 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.

 

Focus 3. Functional English

Imagine using English for whatever you need to do. Every time you have to say something, think of how you would say that in English. For example, you are in a situation in which you have to say something to buy a train ticket or order a drink in an English-speaking country. You could say, "A round-trip ticket to central station please?" "Could I have a lemonade with no sugar?"

 

This helps to develop your English for real life situation even though you are only thinking, 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.

 

Focus 4. Narrative English

Tell a story or something for a long time in English. It would be the best to try to share your story with others when you are waiting in line or taking public transportation for a small talk. The more you practice speaking English, the much better your English will become. The better your English is, the more confident you will become. It is a virtuous cycle. 

 

You can see that you don't need to be super advanced in learning to think in English. You can start off even today with 4 focus, such as Individual Words, Complete Sentences, Functional English, and Narrative English. Thinking in English is the key to your English fluency, which helps you speak confidently without hesitation.