Do you translate in your head?
When you’re speaking English…
When you’re listening to English…
How To Stop The Translation Habit
How to Think in English
A man walks into a doctor’s office with a broken hand.
The doctor fixes the hand.
But the man will be back because the doctor did not discover the cause of the problem.
If the doctor had asked questions he would have discovered:
New Discovery-Why you Translate in your Head and How to Fix it
Do you translate English words in your head?
Before you speak, do you think in your native language first, then translate
to English?
Or when you’re listening to English, do you try to translate the English
words into your native language?
If you do that’s a problem.
It will hurt your fluency, drain your brain power, and cause mistakes.
But there is a cure.
Four, actually.
But first, you have to understand the reason why…
Why do you translate in your head?
Watch this short video to discover which translation “disease” you have.
Does The Translator Live Inside Your Head?
“And he said, you’re not going crazy, you’re just a bit sad
‘Cause there’s a man in ya, gnawing ya, tearing ya into two”
-lyrics from “Destroyer” by the Kinks
I remember the first time I met The Translator.
It was the winter of 2005 and I was a new teacher.
From The Mailbag Friday – “I Failed the Interview.”
Preeti A. writes:
“I gave an interview for an online teaching job. I got nervous, and because of it I made many grammatical mistakes while speaking. Now I have no courage to give another interview. What should I do?”
As we say in English, you need to get back on the horse.
Do You Make This Common Grammar Mistake?
What’s the easiest English grammar rule in the world?
It’s probably on Page One of your elementary school English book.
It’s so easy you can learn it in five seconds and remember it forever.
Do You Suffer From “Grammar Mouth?”
very English teacher knows this student.
He speaks slowly.
He speaks carefully.
Are you Thriving or Just Surviving?
“Be safe.”
“Stay healthy.”
“Stay home.”
Back to School or Back to the Kitchen Table?
Our Sunday afternoon guests didn’t look very happy.
There were four kids, plus their dad.
And although they had just spent the day swimming and eating banana ice
From the Mailbag Friday
William A. writes:
“I am Tanzanian, most of my friends speak Kiswahili and not English so
how can I Do English?”