How to THINK in English | No More Translating in Your Head!

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Do you want to know how to think in English? Would you like to start speaking English without translating in your head? Do you want to move beyond written English fluency to start speaking like a native English speaker? Great! I’ve got the exercises and information you need. You’ll learn how to think in English and stop translating in your head and I’ll give you exercises and examples all along the way. If you’ve ever wondered how you can sound more like a native English speaker I’ve got loads of advice in this video and across my channel. My students are committed to speaking English fluently and mastering the skills for learning how to think in English. Yes, it will take you some practice and hard work, but it’s worth it! When you realize that you’ve stopped translating in your head you’ll be thrilled (and other people will notice!). It’s a thrill to realize you’ve started to think in English and I want you to feel that! Let’s get to work.
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[@rachelsenglish]

@@kasianowak3061 Thanks for the note Kasia! I'm so proud of you for watching and practicing every day! That's the biggest key and you're doing it! Keep it up for all of 2020 and imagine how far you'll go! Keep it up!!!!

[@mrlove7410]

@@rachelsenglish we love you from morocco❤

[@omniaabo_alftoh1303]

Thank you for translation🌹💕😍😘

[@halam9825]

Could you give me the name of the app in 1:08 ?

[@jakubjakub1441]

thank you for all your videos I'm learning how to speak english (Sorry for my english because I'm from Poland)

[@captaincap5264]

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken english, it means they know another language.

[@shumanashfak6690]

great

[@imagesound9735]

that's true some of my friends from usa they make fun of me because of my english and they don't know i speak 3 other languages 🥰 and now english is 4 and soon i'll move on to another language

[@ismoilkhon7]

Think about it man 😂

[@user-xs6gp2xb4r]

Good

[@zainaaitbraim1558]

@@imagesound9735 yeah you are right

[@xufengduan4437]

1. Naming objects 2. Simple sentences 3. Conversation with yourself 4. Change everyday thing of your life 5. Track your life in English

[@DrHe-uy5wz]

well done

[@strutter816]

thanks bro

[@AbhishekS-fr2rk]

Thnks bro

[@rishikeshkalal5965]

memorise days activity in english

[@002gwl7]

A good summary

[@BooksWithAkash]

If you want to learn a language efficiently, then you need to give that language life. Every word needs to connect to sounds, images, senses, tastes, and emotions. Every bit of grammar can’t be some kind of abstract grammatical quote, needs to be something that can help you tell your story. 5-Discipline, you have to know before learning a new language 1. Make learning fun. 2. Make lots of mistakes and learn from them. 3. Don’t compare yourself with other learners. 4. Be Patient (Don’t say when I learn the language like a native, make it step by step). 5. Live with this language. Make a suitable method for you, there’re thousands of methods to learn a language choose a fun method. 5-Discipline, you have to practice the language every single day 1. Listen at least for 30 minutes. 2. Read a novel or news or anything you are interested in for 30 minutes. 3. Speak with yourself or a partner if you have, discuss different topics, or talk about what happened in your day before you go to sleep. 4. Learn 5 new words or sentences and repeat them everyday day, and use them in your conversations. 5. Write your personal journal every day ‘’If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his language, that goes to his heart.” Nelson Mandela Remind yourself about the benefits of learning this language, That will motivate you. Read this quote load every day ‘’Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.’’ Don’t focus on yourself, focus on the result that you want to achieve. English is not an art to be mastered, English is just a tool to use to get results.

[@solnishkam4818]

Nice said.

[@user-ij4hk1cn6p]

thanks! its really useful

[@elsasalado4343]

Thank you so much for this vedio,I am struggle to speak in english specially if i have talk infront of many people i feel nervous because i cant confidence my grammar and pronunciation 😥

[@user-rm7uz5yl8u]

underrated comment

[@sleepwalking_h]

thank you so much for your help💗

[@LinaAfghan]

When I was learning English, I used to watch a video repeatedly for many days. That could help me to have all those words and structures in my long term memory. So pick up a video and then watch it every day for a week. That could be boring but the result is gonna be wonderful.

[@marekkowalski3814]

Hello, How many hours and how many days a week did you study English?

[@user-fu3zl2cf8l]

Hey can we talk to each other in English because no one is here

[@franciscaerenicesaraivagom2235]

Obrigada 😍

[@channelkhoamap7463]

@@marekkowalski3814 8 hour 1day . 2 for lis , 2 for speaking, 2 for reading & 2 for writing is ok

[@YuuY-pz7px]

That’s definitely another good way. Inspiring, and it reminds me that the same thing goes with me practicing piano and tennis. Those were times of repeating the same action and putting effort to improve little by little. Thanks! Girl

[@nhidang5829]

I think the most important when you learn Languages are the patient and confident. Listen more and more, read day by day and don't feel shying when you have a mistake in writing and speaking. Nobody is perfect. Thank you for your video!

[@captaincap5264]

How can I speak fluently English? Do you know any ways how to improve speaking skills

[@captaincap5264]

I am from Tajikistan, but I know Russian and want to study English for myself

[@nhidang5829]

I speak day by day. Begin with a simple sentence. Don't care that "Oh, my grammar isn't correct.", "My accent is terrible!"... Besides, I really like reading newspaper, Quora, people's comments on KZbin. I also like writing comment and replying comments. Surprisingly, I wasn't trying too hard to learn English but I was able to naturally say my thoughts. Finally, in my opinion, practice patiently and confidently, speak and write down your thoughts. This not only makes you feel no pressure of studying, but also an opportunity to make friends, confidently communicate with strangers. P/s: My writing skills is very bad 😆 And when I activily comment on KZbin or something like that. It looks like I improved a lot.

[@captaincap5264]

@@nhidang5829 Thanks bro I got it

[@mylifeinegyptitshami2569]

Captain cap That is the right , most things is to be shy and not confident, but I'll try to do that, to be confident, thanks for this beautiful advice

[@faintedstar9674]

E V E R Y T H I N G I N E N G L I S H 1. Name objects around you. 2. Think in simple sentences. Describe your environment. 3. Have small conversations with yourself. Make it a habit 30 days. 4. Change one of your every day life things. Take courses. 5. Keep track so you are doing it every day. 6. Before you go to bed, recap your day. English mode! Dream in English!

[@nguyenvancuu2881]

Fainted Star you know applying new vocabularies for non-native speakers is really difficult. Can you give us some methods.

[@user-rs4et8ld5k]

Thanks for the conclusion

[@donnadie5882]

@@nguyenvancuu2881 take a course here, in youtube! They're going to teach you vocabularies, grammar, etc

[@Thukai-Operater]

Now she is not going to get views

[@osonhodeleon]

Perfect... this.

[@curtisvoyageur3994]

These are what I've been telling my friends who want to improve their English to do. Especially Step 4, I use it when I learn Japanese, German and Spanish. I literally change everything in my life into the language which I'm learning. Including Computer OS, smart phone OS (having an iPhone is so convenient doing this), and I even switched all my video games' languages settings.

[@realme1437]

Step 4 is a thing I've been doing for a long time. I have every social media in English and I can say I improved a lot by that. I used to watch tiktok and read comments in English. I learn so many new words that I can use in daily conversations

[@samoleulmi990]

I tried the way of thinking of English before sleeping ,I swear I got a dream in English 😹😹

[@RohitRawat-ji6gh]

😂😂👍

[@Rahul_Singh9]

👌😜

[@ThanksBro__]

😂😂

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😂😂😂😂😂 good one

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😂🤣🤣

[@yolandagutierrez2931]

Step 1: Name objects around you in English in your head 0:55 Step 2: Think in simple sentences 3:31 Step 3: Have small conversations with yourself in English 5:14 Step 4: Change one of your everyday life things to English 6:23 Step 5: Keep track so you're doing it every day 8:47 Step 6: Recap your day in English 9:22

[@felipecollazos9544]

Thank you for this summary!

[@user-so7ys2nz2l]

This summary is very helpful for me...and also i write it down..

[@SmithRebbecca]

❤

[@MovimientoConscienteConIsa]

@@user-so7ys2nz2l me too.

[@user-hk8bo1ps3f]

Thank you for your summry! It's very helpful for me. I want to do the same thing by myself.

[@sophie_twain]

I've been studying English for 11 years in school, and I don't even remember when I started thinking in English. It just always occured to me as natural.

[@ceuazul812]

My personal tips: 1- Start to read more in English. Everyday read texts that are relevant and interesting for you. Use the internet to find nice articles. 2- Read them without translating a single word on you head. Only worry about the pronunciation. The main porpouse is to learn new words and strength the ones you've already know. If you notice that you're translating in your head, stop translating and start again. This will also help you start thinking in English. 3- After you've already read the text. Get the words that you don't know in a list and look for them in a English-English dictionary. If you are a beginner it's ok to use an Eglish-(your language) dictionary, but when you become a intermediate student, use only English-English dictionary. 4- This exercise will help you to thinking in English and your reading speed and comprehension will increase a lot. This will also help you with listening, that's why you need to learn the correct words pronunciation, because once you hear that word you'll get it. 5- Start to watch KZbin videos in English. Use subtitles IN ENGLISH until you get more advanced and confident to watch videos without them. 6- Watch videos about issues that are relevant and interesting for you and when you're listening the words don't worry about their meaning, focus on the pronunciation only. You gonna learn a lots of words throughout the context. 7-Combine reading texts and watch videos about the same subject in English. You gonna learn a lots of vocabulary and your reading, speaking, thinking, listening and comprehension skills will level up amazingly. And always remember about to not translating in your head. Just learn the words how they are pronounced and look for the meanings you don't know using an English-English dictionary. A nice online English-English dictionary is vocabulary.com, they have easy explanations with examples and you can also hear how the words are pronounced by a native speaker.

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for sharing Jessica!

[@tsotnegams]

Okay, but why did you hide your 4th and 5th tips?

[@sammymupfuni7321]

Thank you so much

[@StephsOther]

Thank you for vocabulary.com. I'm an ESL teacher, and that will be very helpful for my students!

[@605gaganpreetkaur2]

Thank you for these amazing tips

[@DennysFrancisco]

This lady is the best thing that happened in my KZbin account in 2020. ;)

[@rachelsenglish]

Wow, thank you Dennis!

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😂😂😂

[@AmerikancaEnglish]

hi everyone, if you want to improve your english by reading and for more, ı invite you to my channel :) .

[@adrianooliveira1777]

Loved your video. I appreciated your accent. Thanks for your tips

[@komalkumari7323]

Ma'am your video is amazing and very helpful for all of us #komal

[@edwardanderson5121]

Hello . I'm from Iran . frankly speaking I can't speak English well , but I wanna say you're awesome . Because you speaks fluently and slowly and I understands your words easily . Good luck 💯

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks a lot Edward! :)

[@xeruyt4120]

As this English is my Second Language because i am Filipino 🇵🇭🇵🇭. for how many years speaking on this language i became more slowly native by native. and i'm grateful when i found out my talent☺️

[@Laurel526]

6 years so far, I've learned a lot through this lady's teaching. God bless you.

[@rachelsenglish]

That's great to hear J! Keep it up!

[@kat8298]

@@rachelsenglish you are the goat

[@abenaguelcambrone3333]

@@rachelsenglish very good. I'm watching from Haiti

[@zchannel7663]

What? 6 years? 👍

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@@rachelsenglish Hello

[@michyaz2924]

I did all of these steps like 3 years ago. I promise you IT WORKED! Now I think in English and I feel more fluent. Another thing I do is to copy phrases from movies or tv shows that helps me to get expressions and then sound more natural in conversations

[@rachelsenglish]

That's great Michy! Keep it up!

[@muskansharma9704]

I did it also, it really works. Yaaahhh. It builds your confidence a lot.

[@kazemelahi7366]

tv series Fringe and House of Cards especially are among more effectual ones !

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@@muskansharma9704 gkx

[@bachelorzbuffet1307]

you can't feel " fluent" you can be "fluent" or you can speak " fluently"

[@EnglishBros]

Learning a new language takes dedication and courage. Be kind to those making an effort, regardless of their progress.

[@usamahibrahim2201]

I love how english teacher in internet teaching people in english, it's like privilege being born in english speaking country

[@rachelsenglish]

I appreciate it @usamahibrahim2201!

[@imheretofindasmr8990]

I've realised that I did all of those things in my life. Started just like Rachel describes, with small things, and then immerse myself in English more and more and more. Now I'm pretty fluent. Taking my IELTS exam in 2 days, fingers crossed 🤞

[@wendyromanova6262]

Good luck! I'm here for IELTS too. I hope it works for me :)

[@aimanvgn701]

Right

[@user-pt1wx8ms5e]

So, how it was?

[@jihanashra2980]

How it was? The ielts score?

[@hasbyaya140]

nice

[@khurilmj6296]

I've been listening to an audiobook of a novel in English before bed, and it does improve my English

[@rachelsenglish]

That's awesome! Keep it up Khuril!

[@Immanualjoseph]

Would you send the link adress pls

[@khurilmj6296]

@@Immanualjoseph kzbin.info/aero/PLt6IQaRRYhM7vr7GoEXN0j4_dCXrk6fUK

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Recommended ” Most tutors say think in English before you speak, but I teach you to speak naturally because we don’t think every time we speak, really, like when we speak about one of our needs”kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5TQn4VmgauHrsU

[@krishgohil]

Tell good audiobooks please

[@annysoru4573]

Thanks a lot! I found you some weeks ago in a English class that I have in the college. I didn't know a lot of things about English, but now I watch you everyday and I feel that I'm improving a lot. Thank you 😊 😊

[@rachelsenglish]

Glad to hear that. Thanks for the support.

[@yektaghasemy4954]

It was really practical and after watching this clip I don't use Google translate any more and just dictionary . Bottom line, thanks for perfect advices❤🙏

[@nikeplay7770]

I’ve never thought about the last tip - to sum up the daily activities in English before falling asleep. Thanks a lot for sharing the ideas ☺️

[@FatimaBaker]

You're totally right. When I was a student, I tried most of these ideas and helped me speak English.

[@mathworld3962]

You are a good English teacher. Pronunciation and grammer.

[@hungtran-qb6jd]

1. See every name object around me by english 2. Speak the simple sentences by english 3. HAVE conversations with myelf by english 4.Change anything in my life to english 5. Keep it everyday

[@rafaelhenrique5721]

E só hoje fui descobrir esse vídeo, que conteúdo maravilhoso ❤️

[@eduardoestebanhuaroto1490]

Hi Rachel. Most of these ideas, I used to do them when I was learning English without even realizing, you know. Like switching the language on my phone (never switched it back and still have it in English since then), talking to myself in my head or writing down American English idioms and collocations from subtitles or downloading movie scripts from movies that I enjoyed watching. In fact, when you really enjoy learning a new language, you eagerly find different ways to practice. And if we add up time to that thing, there's no way that progress cannot occur. By the way, you look pretty much and sound like a lady who was my boss in NC and who I was lucky to meet at work and inspired me to gain more fluency. I follow you from a long time ago. The content of your videos is just awesome. Thank you

[@onilehyeonshil]

I was watching this video before I went to sleep so I used your "summarize your day in english" tip, and it worked so fast! I even dreamed in english, can't believe it 😁 And when i woke up, i was still thinking in English. I will keep doing this every day. Thank you!

[@rachelsenglish]

Glad you like it and thanks for watching!

[@user-gn5nx5pd4h]

I have been speaking English since I was in 1st grade. 29 years later I found myself living in England and realise American English that was taught my whole life was not 'enough'. For the past three years, i realise that

[@NoraNekoN0RA]

I use my smartphone in English, my computer is in English, I play games in English, watch movies and videos in English, sometimes I talk with myself in English too, but when it comes to speak or writing, I just become dumb, I struggle, make bad structures and forgot words. I usually do what I feel that is natural, but I'm not always confident about it. Pronounciation is a thing that I do poorly too, so I'm gonna see how far can I improve watching your videos, I have learned a lot already.

[@rachelsenglish]

Great! Thanks for sharing Nora!

[@Andy-cc4qy]

British speakers are the most native speakers, so saying "computer" pronouncing the sound [t] clearly is the best way to pronounce it, to my mind

[@juandiegobarqueroarce8982]

The most native speakers???

[@tuberaxx]

What does “most native” mean? The British used to pronounce R’s like Americans (rhotic R’s) in the 1750’s but they diverged from their own original pronunciation.

[@tahoanglinh1863]

3:47 I'm watching Rachel's English and I'm happy about her help!

[@sayranaubakirov1177]

Hello Rachel I started learn English for understand English songs my friends every time to asked why do you listen to music in English if you dont understand what about singing them so I decided to start learning English but now I changed my goal for learning English.

[@personalenglishteachers7626]

Great tips! That's one thing I do a lot, talking to myself! I will recomend your video to my students! Perfect!

[@rachelsenglish]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@terryzuniga2473]

It works. I can say that thinking in English since my early teenage years is what made me a natural speaker; along with watching entertainment and listening to music in English all the time. If y'all wanna learn, this is definitely the most practical way to go. Because that's how native speakers process a language in their minds...✨

[@rachelsenglish]

That's great Terry! Thanks for sharing!

[@kellyobly3202]

Absolutely true Terry although it's sometimes hard to do but I will try and I hope I will reach my goal. Thank you

[@aminata7778]

It's hard for me to memorize new words. When I'm reading I understand the meanings of the words. But when I'm speaking I'm at a loss for a word. What to do?

[@oka-yoke]

@@aminata7778 best way to memorize words is speaking and practising. If you have noone to practise with do it like Rachel told. Speak with yourself or do it like my way and choose a subject that you are interested in and do as much as comments on a youtube channel and discuss ideas and share your ideas with others. That is very good options. You will memorize the words that you will need most in your life. The commentors will be real people in the life not people for speaking. Noone makes fun of your English. If they do that is better, you experience good and bad things on simulation environment

[@yasmineorabi2117]

Does this work for any language ? I guess yes but I still want to ask bc I want to learn Korean

[@user-ib3mh7su8h]

Absolutely agree with you regularity is the key.

[@user-tw7by1dm1r]

To improve my active vocabulary I started to write essays in English. But it was very difficult to find topics to write about. Trying to find a solution I started to retell the plot of my favorite book. And it worked very well! There was not a need to figure out what to write about by myself, and I was able to just focus on finding write words in my passive vocabulary and using it to gradually transfer it in an active one. If someone has similar problem, you can try this method, it’s very effective🙂

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you for sharing it Никита!

[@callmesmart]

I'm really into step 4 "Change one of your everyday life things to English, switch your brain" I started to watch KZbin only in English, talk w myself everyday. I notice that this really helps a lot. My English is getting better. Thank you, Rachel❣

[@tsoocal_shorts]

I posted a great video that I would like your opinion on

[@rouri7039]

Give me names of KZbin channels

[@yeshulopez2112]

Hey! I Guess what you're telling us is something that may help me. I'm trying to think in English as possible. I congrats you for your advance. (I hope my English make sense)

[@callmesmart]

@@rouri7039 i just watch lifestyle videos, like vlogs.

[@callmesmart]

@@yeshulopez2112 you're doing great! Keep up with that, your English will get better

[@blackant1311]

I actually made this a goal for 2021

[@rachelsenglish]

Great!

[@liz4775]

Me too

[@andremachado908]

You are starting very well...nice

[@blackant1311]

@Shazia Hakim what is so hard in it to doubt about it ?

[@kk5048]

Same

[@faithfully4946]

So fluent in English. So clearly

[@internet_18.0]

I can think in English from before, I'm surprised that I do all them everyday before even watching the video! I thought that I would find something new...

[@AndreApSilva-rr4bx]

Dear Rachael I’m really surprised with your method! Thank you so much. Maybe I’ll be more confident.

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome André! Keep it up!

[@muhammadzulfyfauzy5974]

Talk with yourself, it's really helping me to talk more proper in English. I always talked to myself everyday, whenever i did a thing, like cooking or gardening or walking or listening to music and news, almost everything

[@enjyemad7457]

اخر جزء في الحلقة حلو جدااا ❤ كل الحلقات مختلفة وحلوة اوووي وانت اكتشاف جمييييل❤

[@doomeageri]

I’ve been practiced yoga in English for about a year, and that turned out very well! I got healthier and also improve my English skills❤

[@user-ju1eq8kf4j]

That's unbelievable!

[@malekjalilzadeh1414]

I 'VE BEEN DOING THESE PRACTICES FOR YEARS . VERY USEFUL METHOD

[@rachelsenglish]

Great! Thanks for watching!

[@MissMotkaKraviz]

I THINK is really good as well. Sometimes i had dreams in English. Surprisingly mind is currently thinking in English with this method. Highly recommended this, prove it by yourself you are gonna love it.

[@zamazmlink5397]

@@MissMotkaKraviz Ok dear

[@Drhomelander]

It takes a lot of time to think in English. I remember i started to do it when i was at university and now i am super fluent and i have tons of confidence when i speak with other people.

[@tsoocal_shorts]

I posted a great video that I would like your opinion on

[@daothang7892]

Thanks so much for your useful tips. I think other vital features could contrubute to improve English are committent, persistence and self discipline. It is quite difficult to realize the improvement of English level day by day, it is a progression 😀

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome and thanks for sharing Dao!

[@farwarizvi3582]

Thanks 🙏 you so much mam

[@friendship-pm3vz]

Thank you, I believe this video is helpful for beginners in English like myself. I want to make good use of the tips provided in this video.

[@ZakirHossain-rv8bz]

I’m an English teacher myself. Without a doubt, I will use most of your tips to share with my students in order to motivate them and for them to learn it more practically. Thanks Rachel. 👍🏻

[@rachelsenglish]

That's great! Thanks for sharing Zakir!

[@luiscavalcanti3431]

I believe that was the most difficult to do whilst I was learning the language. That’s why I appreciate every single day my teacher. Thanks to her I achieve it on thinking in English and not translate it

[@user-eb1dl3nx6e]

As a Chinese student,I was one of the best in English back in my middle school time,and I exactly improved my English by having short conversations with myself and I thought it was kinda mad or insane or whatever.So when others asked me how I learned English so well,I always tell them it was a secret😂😂😂

[@rachelsenglish]

Awesome! Keep it up @user-eb1dl3nx6e!

[@RiverAlexandraSong]

I am a walk in tutor for conversational English for Russian speakers - this is a brilliant idea

[@Stellar_Insights_]

It's been more than a month since I started learning in English and I realised I already do many of these things Thnxs ma'am 😊

[@danfagestrom]

That is me. I was translating everything I was going to say, figure out what I will say in the next conversation. Thank you for all these tips.

[@JennyCTAM]

I’m Vietnamese but I live in France and I speak certainly French most of my time, now I’m learning English so my brain is broken when speaking because I’ve translated the words in French and Vietnamese on the same time rather than English. Thank you so much for your video, it’s so helpful.

[@rachelsenglish]

Glad to hear that and thanks for sharing!

[@user-xc4xt4qs2g]

Thanks you Rachel for your support channel, its too late but the best thing to keep practice as well , don't be shy if you were in a place or walking on the street talking to yourself , read more to open your mind as a beginner or more look at simple stories in addition to be a good listener this is the best skill to let you have the capacity of speaking break the ice and finish what you started , the good news are I informed and me so I still talk to myself....:)

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for sharing @user-xc4xt4qs2g!

[@miguelroger6647]

I committed myself to do some of these things you explain so well here, quite a long time ago now, but I must confess I was never constant enough. You just made wanna give it another try. Thank you so much Rachel 4 this lessons. Best teacher I've seen on KZbin.

[@rachelsenglish]

You're very welcome Miguel and thanks for sharing!

[@deycomo]

You are right, Maybe the most important thing to do anything is discipline. The best way to achievee things is creating good habits.

[@kevinrivera4082]

When I started learning English I would translate each word in the sentence to my native language and I find it difficult because the translation don't match the definition of the word so what happened is I felt overwhelmed and what I did to overcome this is I started writing in English and I avoid translating it to my native language and every time I want to talk on something I would use English instead of my native language and I set a time each day where I can learn a new word to add up to my vocabulary and every time I reflect for my day I speak it in English. Right now at this time, I can say that I improved a lot in my speaking in English and this video helped me a lot. This makes me realize that I'm on the right path in learning English. For those people out there that are also learning English don't give up and always practice and believe in yourself this will take time so be patient and keep going.

[@rachelsenglish]

That's nice to hear Kevin! Thanks for sharing and keep it up!

[@Mikeforvideofun]

Yea - that's pretty good advice having conversations with myself in English! In fact I love discussing things with myself due to the fact that my wife seems to be sick tired of my ramblings all day 😂😂

[@user-ii1qx8xx3y]

I’ve been approaching English that way even before watching this video. I’d like to add that it won’t hurt your native language skills, because you practice it everyday anyway.

[@TheHauntworld]

I'm a mexican, and i'm so excited about every of your ideas, I do really want to start thinking in english, and also im excited about dream in english. I think that could be so cool, and enjoyable. Thanks Rachel.!

[@Rose-mo7xd]

I’m tryna learn Spanish I speak English wanna collab?

[@julfikaralam9859]

If you want we can speak with my broken English 👍...please let me know if you wanna speak 👍

[@maryweisenbacher1034]

Hi Hauntedworld. Your English is pretty good! I hope you don't mind a small correction. You can either say," ...excited about every one of..." or "...excited about all of..." " ...dream..." should be "dreaming". That's it! Everything else looks perfect.

[@jafarahmed9817]

I think talking to ourselves is the best way to improve our thinking and also our speaking.

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for sharing!

[@vibehexagency]

This should be studied in schools. Pretty much every TED should be. It's amazing know that almost everything which is essential in your life and professional life is not studied by school, supposed to learn you basic abilities in your daily life, but the world teaches it to you, the own life, and with your own own efforts you have to comprehend these things.

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for sharing @InfoInsightHubEnglish!

[@alessandronegri100]

Yes you are right, what you've said is true and interesting because if we hear per attention listening the sound step by step, during the practice without translate dialogue in the own mind, you can slowly receive clearer and almost distinguish all that it says. Thanks for this advice 👍👍😉

[@rachelsenglish]

You're very welcome @alessandronegri100!

[@hashakobyan7189]

I started talking to myself because There was no one I could speak to and this really helped me a lot 100% recommended

[@IbarraAlejandro]

Thank you Rachel!!!! We love you Best teacher ever ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@user-te6bo4di2u]

Step 3 looks very useful, i will try it several days. Perfect course.

[@rachelsenglish]

Great to hear @user-te6bo4di2u!

[@fayyazmuhammad5172]

I had only one idea in my mind previously and that was think in English, but you gave some more ideas, thanks, I hope I'll become your fan one day , thanks

[@RaquelOliveira-qu4sl]

Reading and watching videos and movies in english were 2 things that really helped me to stop translating. At first, I used think: "I can't get anything" and this thought was responsible for making me give up and translate, but once I decided to pretend I was understanding everything, I started to really understand and actually learn new words, phrasal verbs, etc.

[@rachelsenglish]

Great! Thanks for sharing Raquel!

[@wineston4354]

@@rachelsenglish Is it really possible to be fluent in english if I just talk in my head? I'm too shy that I can't even talk in english with my family around. I'm actually just starting and motivated but whenever I get into videos or articles that says "you have to speak" that's when I feel hopeless and feel demotivated. Is it enough that I listen to podcasts, watch movies,youtube videos and I read fb posts. I write anything about anything in english using the new words I got from watching and reading and stuff. By the way, I love thinking in english, like a lot. Is it all right? Thanks 🐱

[@mimit7207]

Great tips and great reminder, I remember I used to write my dairy in English and talked to myself everyday, think I will have to do it again! Many thanks

[@nicolashenrique2009]

Thank you so much, I'm going to start practicing these tips today.

[@rachelsenglish]

Happy to hear that Nicolas!

[@user-hv8tu8rh7u]

Rachel, you're so smart and professional. I'm swallowing your classes like strawberry pie! Really godsend! My deep gratitude! I can't help watching! I have a great desire to learn English with you! Thanks a lot!

[@rachelsenglish]

You're so welcome Евгений!

[@MarcoSanabria]

Hey Rachel, thank you for the tips. I'm surprised and happy at the same time because most of your tips are things I happen to do (and continue to do) in my life to improve my English skills

[@abeerraja3167]

Never thought that these kind of ideas can be used to be a good English speaker. You set fire🔥. Keep it up

[@MyExcel365]

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[@nurlybekmyrzabekov6569]

So slow speaking and clear pronunciation. So comfortable to listen and to focus. Thanks

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for watching @nurlybekmyrzabekov6569!

[@biancaenriquez1929]

I am already trying to start doing these things everyday. I am learning English in order for me to land a job. The interviewer told me that I have grammar lapses and suggested I watch more English movies or series or speak English conversationally. I realized that maybe she is right. I do know how to speak in English but admittedly, my English is not that good for it is only my second language. I know learning English will take time. However, I will try my best to speak English so that the next time I apply, I will have no problems speaking English fluently.

[@rachelsenglish]

Keep shining Bianca. Practice indeed make us perfect.

[@irfanza9859]

I'm surprised with the last tips you gave. It's new for me. OK, I'm gonna do it. Thank you, Rachel😘Love this channel

[@temysekarjati6810]

never known my habit "talking by/to my self" had made me easily thinking in english

[@marceloscientist]

Amazing tips for every language you want to spend learning. Thank you so much Rachel!!!!

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome Marcelo!

[@user-hw8hs1tt2m]

At this time, I’m starting to study English but also I am consuming a lot of English by all of different ways, with this video, I felt more clarity to think en English step by step.

[@rachelsenglish]

That's great @user-hw8hs1tt2m! Keep it up!

[@bobosims1848]

This is cool. I'm Dutch, born and raised in the Netherlands, by Dutch parents. In school I was taught English, but I didn't pick up much there. One year, I had Dutch and English lessons from the same teacher, and on a scale from 1 to 10, I scored at least 9.5 for Dutch, but never better than a 2 for English. It was embarrassing. Then, when I started working, in some factories I was confronted with a conundrum: many of my co-workers were temps, visiting from English speaking nations around the world... That stimulated me to do better. At some point, I automatically started thinking and dreaming in English. In 1982, I bought my first home computer, and the manual and all other information I could get about it, was in English. If I wanted to know something about my computer, and how to use it effectively, I had to learn in English! This stimulated me even more. In 1992, when I got my first (second-hand) PC, it was a no-brainer to always select English during installation of any programs. This was helpful later, when I got access to the Internet. Most forums and support systems primarily use English, as it is known all over the world. So what's the logical step if you need help? Ask your questions in English, not Dutch... now it was extra helpful that I had always installed all my software in English, wasn't it? So what, do you think, is my primary language with social media like Facebook? When I encounter any English word of phrase that I'm unfamiliar with, I don't immediately think of Google Translate to put it to me in Dutch. No, the first thing I'm likely to do, is to tell Google.com (the English version) to "define: ". Translating to Dutch is hardly ever necessary after that. I'm more likely to ask Google for the English translation of a Dutch word than the other way around. As soon as I had my first DVD-player, I quickly learned that Dutch subtitles are seldom accurate; they use dumb phrases and words, and half of what's said isn't even translated at all. So making sure that every title I bought had English subtitles available, was a no-brainer. Now I watch everything with English audio, and can fall back on English subtitles. The same goes for Netflix. I'm actually annoyed if a show or movie that I want to see, has no English subtitles. Because that forces me to either use Dutch, or do without, entirely. I now have 40+ years of practice hearing and speaking, reading and writing in English behind me. Thinking and dreaming in English is second nature, more likely than doing so in Dutch. While awake, I switch back and forth from English to Dutch without thinking about it. Translating in my head is so 40 years ago! In day-to-day social life, my primary language is Dutch, that may never change. But as soon as I'm home alone, online or offline, I live an English speaking existence. I know that your method works, because without knowing of it, I've done the steps already...

[@rachelsenglish]

That's amazing Bobo! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@edwardzhang8183]

Thank you, Rachel! Great tips and I'll practice them in my daily life!🥰

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome Edward!

[@sergiodefarias6981]

O melhor vídeo sobre aprender inglês que já vi! Parabéns!👏👏👏

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you Sergio!

[@cy5066]

Thanks for all your advices I really care about your advices and try to use them in my routine. I already stop making translation in my head and I have to say it really works but at this this point there is a new problem here. Sometimes I forget the word in my native language and then I use the English one instead of the word I have to use and it's getting annoying

[@JustMeAri]

I'm using this video to start thinking in other languages, because I already think in English (my mother tongue is Portuguese). ☺️

[@manochehrteimory9037]

Hello dear Rachel, I know that there are as many ways of learning a language as the number of people trying to learn a new language. My personal view to a language is that the language learning is a process or better to say a set of experiments in which you try out a learning method for yourself. You are a sample. Personally, I tried out different methods until I found my way of learning English that worked out for me and that was chunks of the language that express different ideas, not words. Not only did I try to focus on chunks, I also tried to focus how they sound when native speakers say those chunks. I found out that the native speakers do not learn vocabularies, they learn chunks associated with a melody that signals a unique idea. Therefore, the native speakers are much more quick to understand the others speech, even if they talk with a mouth full of something they are eating, because the unique melody that they still can recognize. Second, they do not learn even vocabularies, when you ask for the meaning of a vocabulary, they search in their mind for the examples they have already learnt and then, they try to figure out the meaning of the word you have asked for. This is the way everybody has learnt their own native language effectively and easily without any grinds. I think that the language teaching is still in its infancy because I have witnessed so many people struggling with learning a new language, only a few has been successful. I believe that there is nothing wrong with these learners who failed, it is just the methods which should be blamed for their failure. To cut short, stop learning using dictionary books (youglish is much better thank you, even if it is indirect and it takes time to figure out the meaning of the word), stop learning memorizing words (memorize the unique rhythmic patterns associated with an idea of chunk), and start learning speaking from the first day you start learning a language, just like the way you have learned your own mother tongue language. You did not start reading to learn you own language. Instead, build a community of the language learners, a medium, where they can share what they have learned by communication, exactly the same way we have developed our own native language. Otherwise, it won't be a recipe for success.

[@singh722]

Thank u

[@historiasparaquimio]

Indeed! I didn`t read your comment after I`ve sent mine. But that is exactly what I think of teaching and how there is a process of learning.

[@manochehrteimory9037]

@@singh722 you're welcome.

[@jorgecardenas4438]

podrías decirlo en español?,, gracias!

[@yinafrentz]

"Hola querida Rachel, sé que hay tantas formas de aprender un idioma como la cantidad de personas que intentan aprender un nuevo idioma. Mi opinión personal de un idioma es que el aprendizaje del idioma es un proceso o, mejor dicho, un conjunto de experimentos en los que se prueba un método de aprendizaje por sí mismo. Esta es una muestra. Personalmente, probé diferentes métodos hasta que encontré mi forma de aprender inglés que funcionó para mí y que eran partes del idioma que expresan diferentes ideas, no palabras. No solo traté de concentrarme en los fragmentos, también traté de enfocarme en cómo suenan cuando los hablantes nativos dicen esos fragmentos. Descubrí que los hablantes nativos no aprenden vocabularios, aprenden fragmentos asociados con una melodía que señala una idea única. Por lo tanto, los hablantes nativos son mucho más rápidos para entender el habla de los demás, incluso si hablan con la boca llena de algo que están comiendo, debido a la melodía única que aún pueden reconocer. En segundo lugar, no aprenden ni siquiera vocabularios, cuando les preguntas por el significado de un vocabulario, buscan en su mente los ejemplos que ya han aprendido y luego tratan de averiguar el significado de la palabra que has pedido. Esta es la forma en que todo el mundo ha aprendido su propia lengua materna de forma eficaz y sencilla sin ningún esfuerzo. Creo que la enseñanza de idiomas está todavía en su infancia porque he sido testigo de tantas personas luchando por aprender un nuevo idioma, solo unas pocas han tenido éxito. Creo que no hay nada de malo en estos estudiantes que fallaron, solo se debe culpar a los métodos por su fracaso. Para abreviar, deja de aprender usando libros de diccionario (youglish es mucho mejor gracias, incluso si es indirecto y lleva tiempo descubrir el significado de la palabra), deja de aprender a memorizar palabras (memoriza los patrones rítmicos únicos asociados con una idea de trozo) y empiece a aprender a hablar desde el primer día que empiece a aprender un idioma, al igual que ha aprendido su propia lengua materna. No empezaste a leer para aprender tu propio idioma. En su lugar, construya una comunidad de estudiantes de idiomas, un medio, donde puedan compartir lo que han aprendido mediante la comunicación, exactamente de la misma manera que hemos desarrollado nuestro propio idioma nativo. De lo contrario, no será una receta para el éxito". Manochehr Teimory

[@user-nc1ky1by8d]

I am Turkish, so my native language is naturally Turkish, but I really want to learn and speak English and I am working on this subject :)

[@user-nk3to5ww7e]

Thank you i’m trying but i am sure arrived in the end 💪🏼💪🏼 🔥

[@user-lj5hl9qb2e]

It's a great way to learn English. That's what I'm doing. One more thing I can do is to pray in English. I've been using this method for 15 years.

[@delusion7572]

Good thing this works on every language, and it's even easier and more understandable when you're learning another one. I started to think in English like a year ago and it was such an experience. First of all, I got used to language (reading, watching etc a lot, even if I've been understanding not that much). And then, before a university conference (when we were telling some information about innovations to each other) I tried to explain my topic to myself (as if I were telling it to someone) after watching a video related to my topic. And tried to do it without translations. It was hard, but I felt that something has changed. So it helped me a lot. After a conference (where I did well, I was surprised by that fact) and little dialogues in one videogame I couldn't sleep all night because of thinking in English 🤣🤣🤣. I saw that I haven't studied for nothing, I finally saw such results. And after that it was easier to learn (use) English - talk, listen, read, etc. (Ngl I'm far from perfect and still need to speak and read a lot (havent spoken in a while) but still) And now I'll try to repeat this expepience with Japanese, that's why I rewatched the main points for thinking in target language (I knew most of it, yes, but I had to make sure I didnt miss something). Well, good luck to everyone!

[@rachelsenglish]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@escogidoporDios6695]

That's a good point to use.

[@coloresdeira]

I've been doing many of these tips since i was a teenager and It really works. I enjoy to talk about anything with myself, It helps a lot when you need to speak with another person. Thank you for this video

[@rachelsenglish]

My pleasure Colores! Keep it up! :)

[@voxvalorant7954]

i started to implementing this tips and now i started to dream in english!

[@user-rt5rs8wi9l]

Rachel; you and your learning strategy is truly matchless

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks a lot @user-rt5rs8wi9l!

[@jugdergurragcha5802]

When I decided to finally study English properly (after 20+ yrs of reading texts, having talks, watching movies in English only [w/subtitles] ), I switched all my information sources into eng, say navigation system, weather forecasts (despite of never using those hints as I never wore no hats neither umbrellas, spending as a cab driver the most part of my life in a car), news and so on. Well...it works! When I lived in Indonesia, my first challenge was to name/order my breakfast meal in Bahasa Indonesia. It ended sadly - I wrote an English-Indonesian electronic dictionary of 27,000 words (no commercial purposes, just for myself); I don't advise you to go that far, but the approach is not bad ....now I'm studying BrPortuguese

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for sharing!

[@IsraaMSalih-oy8ro]

One thing that is still helping me learn English is watching movies, songs vedios in English Other things is English learning youtbe channels and reading the comments and putting once Some apps may help like "word up, English stories" And that is it

[@alexfarago7512]

me too!