Learn to think in English

Learning to think in English 
Will you make you more confident speaking English because you will speak more naturally, fluently and with less hesitation.
I can already hear you saying.
But l need to think in my native language to translate, it's to hard !

I don't know enough English vocabulary to do it ! BUT listen, that is the long, slow and painful road to English fluency.
When you do this, your English sounds unnatural because the sentence structure is different in your language. And it probably takes you a long time to say what you need to say, because you are translating in your head as you speak.

Let's learn a few strategies to help train your brain to think in English.
So start with very simple vocabulary. When you are at home, think about the english words for things that you see around you : shoes , chair , flowers , desk , door ....
When you are on the train or you are driving to work, look out the window and think of the english word for things that you see :
Dog . Factory . Busy . Windy . People .....

In fact , we are going to try it right now .
So l want you to close your eyes and take a deep breath, because when you open your eyes, you are going to look around the room in front of you and think in English.
Only in English, not in your native language.

You are going to think in English of the words for everything that you see around you, okay, ?
So take that deep breath again and open your eyes and look around you ...Thinking of the English words only.

Fantastic ! Now if that was easy, we can move onto the next level.
If it was hard, that's okay too. !
But you will need to practice every day, doing the same thing in different places - it will become easier.
You are training yourself to think in english .
So you can do it at home, at work, on the train or when you're at the cafė. Waiting for a friend.

Then you can move onto simple sentences.
For example : your hair is very long.
Or what's he eating for lunch ?
Or that chair looks really uncomfortable !
So the same thing now.

I want you to look around the room and make these simple sentences about what you see.
Remember! No translating. You are not allowed to think in your native language, at all !

And if that is too hard. Go back to thinking of simple vocabulary words.
Okay, so close your eyes, take a deep breath and go !

The next level :
Which is to plan your day in English.
Thinking in English. So when you wake up in the morning and you are still lying in bed.
Think about everything you need to do that day in English .

"AFTER l eat breakfast ...l will walk to the bus stop and catch the bus to work.
On the bus l'm going to read my book.
I am meeting Jessica for lunch today and l think we are going to get take-away and eat it in the park. It's going to be such a nice day.

So, when thinking in English sentences and planning your day with simple sentences becomes easy.

Move on to thinking in conversation !
Now, this is great when you are sun baking on the beach, or hiking up a mountain or you are in the shower , getting ready for your day - and you have some time, in your head!

So there is nothing to distract you.
Now, thinking in conversation is really great because you are asking the questions, then thinking of answers to those questions and also, ways to keep the conversation going.
So it's really great conversation practice!

Now ... if thinking to yourself in your head sounds strange , or silly... Well, l guess it probably is !
Get one of your friends to help !

And no, l don't mean ask one of your friend to have a shower with you ! That would get, maybe a little bit weird.

And awkward ... you might not have the same relationship again after that.

I just mean to imagine they are part of the conversation in your head. So when you are asking the questions, how would they answer ? What would they think about the things you are saying ?

As you are walking down the street! In your head you could be saying ...
It's so hot today, isn't it ?
Yeah it is ! I wish l'd brought my hat, that sun is scorching !

It reminds me of a week that l spent in Dubai actually, it was over 40 degrees Celsius!

Hey, are you sure Jess's meeting us here ?
We've been waiting so long.
Practicing this skill and doing it regularly will help to train your brain to think in English.

I recommend that you find in your day where you always do this.
Every day. So for example, every morning, after you brush your teeth, spend 9 minutes thinking in conversation. Or planning your day. Or it could be on your lunch break.
Work on it everyday, and you will make it happen.

You will train your brain to think in English so when it comes to speaking in English, it flows naturally. Your words flow naturally because you are not translating in your head - you are thinking in English !

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Here Are The 12 Types Of Love

Here Are The 12 Types Of Love

Here Are The 12 Types Of Love

1. New Love

Oh, this love is so fun. You don’t even realize you love them. It’s more of a ‘like,’ honestly, because you’d never admit to yourself it’s love. It’s not a deep love, but more of a “call me back, and also don’t get hit by a truck, thanks,” kind of love. But regardless, it’s a bundle of nerves and a whole bunch of fun at the same time. It’s miserable because it can be taken away so quickly, but you’re also just so damn hopeful it’ll last. It’s the cutest of love, next to old people love, which I’ll get to.

2. Routine Love

You’ve been dating for a while, and you love each other. It’s just a fact. There’s this cozy comfort in this person. Routine sounds like it’s a bad thing, but it’s really not. It’s simplicity. There’s no questioning. There’s really no hiding your feelings for each other and it’s great. They’re right there for you, and you’re right there back. There’s comfort in that.

3. Disgusting Love

Get a room, sickos.

4. Infatuation Love

You love the idea of this person. By god, you want them, but outside of that, there’s really no connection. This love is often fleeting, a whirlwind. There’s so much about this person that you want to be a part of of, but low and behold, there’s not much meat to the relationship now, is there? You love the thought of being with this person, and you want to be with them. But once you have them in your grasp, you realize that you aren’t quite meant for each other the way you thought. This kind of love can be the one that breaks your heart in the easiest way.

5. Friend Love

You want to love this friend, but it’s just not there. Like you love them, but you don’t love them. It’s just not there for you. You’d be perfect for each other, but they just don’t get it going for you, hence why you’re friends. But it’s okay. You provide a different support for each other than a lover ever could.

6. Fake Love

You want it to work so badly. But guess what? It doesn’t. So you force this idea onto yourself that this person is “good enough” for you and you are “good enough” for them, so you march along onto this syllabus that was handed to you during childhood about what you should be doing with your love life – fall in love, marriage, house, babies, etc. But not with this person maybe. No, cut it off and find yourself an “In It To Win It Love.”

7. The “One” Love

They’re it. Plain and simple. It might take a while for you to realize it, but they’re it. You might break up, get back together, break up again, etc, but at the end of it all, you realize that there is no one quite on earth like this person. You’d give everything for them. They’re so perfect that you almost hate them for it, because you didn’t think there would be a person in the world that could make you feel this way.

8. In It To Win It Love

You guys are in it. You’re not giving up on this. You’re partners in life. You can somehow watch this person have food poisoning and still want to have sex with them (much later). You’ve been through it, whether it is losing a job or having a child, buying house or the death of a parent…and they were there. They were supporting you the whole way through it. You couldn’t imagine life without them. I’d like to think that this is the next step to “The One Love,” because it goes far deeper than that.

9. Tragic Love

It ended and it shouldn’t have. Unrequited. This kind of love is deeply embedded into your soul, and it passes through you slowly, but eventually you heal. You will always feel the pangs of this love, but it’s never quite the same as it was before. And you know this. Your love would never be the same if you were to be together again. And everyone knows this. No matter what you do or who you love thereafter, you’ll always remember this person. Perhaps, in another lifetime, you’ll be together.

10. Your Parents’ Love

Now this can be taken two ways, the kind where your parents love you even if you totally screw up or the love they have for each other. I’m going to talk about the latter. Their love isn’t always the best. They’ve fought. They’ve hugged it out. They’ve learned how to make it through their 20s, 30s, 40s and so on…and you’ve witnessed it all. They’ve made the biggest impression on how to love. It may or may not have messed you up, honestly, but it might’ve shown you what kind of love you’re looking for whether it’s the same or different from your own.

11. Unhealthy Love

Ugh, we all have that ex. They can’t have you, so they want you. They finally get you, and they don’t want you any more. It’s a vicious cycle. But you still care for them, because it went deeper than that. After all, you had a different kind of love before. You had a new love or a routine love or something else. But it ended and now you still care for each other, but it can never be again. Point blank. You’re toxic to each other.

12. Old People Love

The cutest love of all, obviously. Who hasn’t welled up watching two old people hold hands in the park? They’ve been through it all. Even the most garbage parts about a relationship, they stuck through it. They’re more of a partnership than anything else. They’ve learned forgiveness, strength, perseverance through each other. It’s a long love. It’s a tragic kind of love because one must always go before the other, but they know that they’d never want anyone else by their side than their mate.

By Mary 

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