 #2 (permalink) Tue Dec 09, 2014 17:10 pm Thinking & Speaking in English |
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Hi, Papatyaesin.
From my experience: I learnt to convey my thoughs in many different ways (that is when I'm lost for proper vocabulary) only when I was forced to SPEAK. And English was the only language I could communicate with, if not in English I wouldn't have said what I wanted at all. So if I don't know a word, I try to describe it or use a synonym, or I try to say it in a different way: instead of trying to find a synonym for "I walked my dog" I'd say for example "I took my dog outside".
Do I think in English? Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. It comes naturally when your language is alive, when you use it. It's all a matter of practise, of moving your skills from passive to active.
I think in my mother tongue when I'm completely lost for words (so when I can't find any synonym or description for it or I can't do it fairly fast). But it's hardly ever a good way to be understood.
I'd recommend you to speak to yourself out loud, read news/books out loud, repeat phrases you heard in films or in the radio OUT LOUD. It's really somewhat different than doing it in your head. I'm sure that would help at least a little bit to improve your language skills. |
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 Violino
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