How to think in English?
Recently I wondered How to think in English. If you write this question in the search line on youtube, you will find a lot of video about it. But.. most of these videos were made from native speakers. It's odd, isn't it? For example, I'm Russian and I think in Russian all my life.. How can I give an advice about how to think in Russian? So .. I found a video that was made by a person who is not a native English speaker. He considers that if a student spends five times more time in English than his native language, he will think in English in about six months.
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How to think in English?
Recently I wondered have been wondering "How to think in English?". If you write type this question into the Search line on Youtube, you will find a lot of videos about it this question. But.. However, most of these videos were made from native speakers of English. It's odd, isn't it [[ what is odd? ]]? For example, I'm Russian and I think have thought in Russian all my life. How can I give an advice about how to think in Russian? So .. I found a video that was made by a person who is not a native English speaker. He considers states that if a student spends five times more time in using English than his native language, he will think in English in about six months.What do you think about it? Do you agree with this idea?
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How? As soon as you think of something, you can try to translate it into English. If your translation speed will be faster than you think, you already think in English. :-) But you should be good enough in English to do this.
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How to think in English?
Recently I wondered How to think in English. If you write this question in the search line on youtube, you will find a lot of video about it. But.. most of these videos were made from native speakers. It's odd, isn't it? For example, I'm Russian and I think in Russian all my life.. How can I give an advice about how to think in Russian? So .. I found a video that was made by a person who is not a native English speaker. He considers that if a student spends five times more time in English than his native language, he will think in English in about six months.What do you think about it?
How to think things in English？ It means that you need to think the ways that American think and talk. For example, Americans don't use how are you when they are greeting with each other. Most of them use What's up? How u doing? How's it going? ...
In Chinese language, Chinese people use "have you eaten dinner lunch?" as greetings which was very odd to me. I am just used to it now...
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Thank you for your opinions. You have interesting experiences.
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Perhaps the person in the video was referring to how we have our internal monologues. For me, I grew up in the US in a bilingual family. So I can evaluate a problem, solve the problem and communicate the solution in either language. As for learning how to do it, I am not sure. For me it is natural and automatic depending on who I'm talking with. Sometimes, I even mix the two in the mind when I have an internal monologue. Perhaps, as Francine points out, it will come naturally as you build your vocabulary, understanding of the culture and have more interactions with speakers of English.
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