who can help me to find out the reason which is about English Listening
these days,I'm listening the lines from tv programme named FRIENDS and JOEY.when I was listening I can hear them out clearly and even I can write them down which as long as they were learned by me.but the problem is that I can't understand immediately,I mean I can't translate them in my mind.of couse,if you give me some seconds,I can ponder them into my mother language.but that's not what I want,I want to get the meaning clear when I was listening,which part of exercise I lack? who can help me with this~

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who can help me to find out the reason which is about English Listening
these days,I'm listening the lines from tv programme named FRIENDS and JOEY.when I was listening I can hear them out clearly and even I can write them  down which as long as they were learned by me.but the problem is that I can't understand immediately,I mean I can't translate them in my mind.of couse,if you give me some seconds,I can ponder them into my mother language.but that's not what I want,I want to get the meaning clear when I was listening,which part of exercise I lack? who can help me with this~

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You just need practice AND patience.  It's perfectly normal to have a 'lag' of a few seconds when you're getting used to a language; it happens to me too.

The 'lag' happens because you're actively thinking in order to find the meaning. Either you're translating, or rifling through your second-language vocabulary to see what matches.

There is no "trick" to getting past this. Just practise, relax and soon you'll recognise the phrases and words naturally.

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I had the same problem but then i started to think english, so don´t translate, stop thinking in your own language when you listening english and soon you will understand. Of course this is not happened over night and it needs training but you will succeed. I am sure of it. Keep trying and never give up

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Translating in your head is quite normal when learning another language, but the more exposure you get to the language the less you'll translate.

One thing that may help is trying to associate the meaning of words with pictures or actions, not words in your native language. Eventually, you will think of the action rather than the translation.

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It will only  come with more practice unless you have the subtitles as well.

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