Canguro English Hello from Ukraine 🇺🇦Christian, I thank you so much for the great video. Listening to you is pleasure. I wish you good luck in this ;) I would really appreciate if you find time to recommend me some Spanish-studying channels. I’m just a beginner, so I think it’s a good chance for me to do it right, with a proper material!
My father's teacher told him: "think in english" to learn english, but the teacher did not tell him: "thinking in english takes time, practice and patience" thank you very much for that important lesson.
I’ve been studying English for about six years now. In the beginning it was impossible not to make any translation in my head, but as time went on I turned Portuguese off and started thinking in English. It takes a lot of time and energy. If you want to start thinking in your target language, you have to be focused and work hard every day!
Excellent. I'm an english teacher at Dominico Americano in my country, Dominican Republic, and I totally support and encourage the understanding of this amazing and rather interesting theories in my classes. Thank you Christian. I bless the LIGHT in you. Namaste.
I've been studying English for a long time and now I can think in English properly. There is a weird thing I noticed in the recent years: I can't turn off one language or another. Some situations appears to be better to ponder about in Portuguese and others in English.
I take it Portuguese is you native language? I'm curious, do you ever find yourself thinking speaking or writing in Portuguese in stressful situations? For example I haven't really started thinking in French (My second language from English), but in a tressful situation I can only think speak and read in English.
Yeah that just happens, I'm Argentinian and currently live in Buenos Aires but I was raised in the USA. I grew up having 2 native languages, I spoke English at school and with my friends but Spanish at home. Sometimes I think in English, sometimes I think in Spanish, it just comes naturally.
Hi guy, I think the same way like you! Everytime my brain turn off and I feel my self like a american person, but there is other moments that is so dificult to understand the context inside the conversation. Thanks..
in the journey of learning English i ususally translate the words into my mother language, but after 1 year i try to use monolingual dictionary (English to English dictionary), at that time i think i can understand some words without translating into my mother language, but there still some words that even i look for the meaning by using monolingual dictionary that i can not understand, at that time i have to translate its meaning into my mother language, and as i translate its meaning so one day it's no need to translate that word into my language. my writing is very slow, because it takes time to think about the words that i need to use but but but without translating. and it is slower when i speak. i think the answer for fluent in english is: immerge yourself into the language that you're learning, and be patient.
it's happened to me too, i translate to my mother language ,but when i want to use it again i mean the words translate i found my brain forget it, every languages needs practice..
Professor your method of teaching English is very intelligent and has deep knowledge, because you make me thinking the reason our brain get the understandings with the words in a context. I’ve never seen a class like that. Congratulation to you.
When I was leaning English (because my native language is Spanish) I never really used mental translation. However, now that I'm learning Portuguese mental translation helps me to make the process easier. The main reason is that Portuguese and Spanish are very similar and making the connection of them both is super helpful. I believe my Portuguese is improving a lot more.
My man, you are making ones of the most fanny and accurate explanations about English issues we all the Spanish speaker people are going able to get in UA-cam, I've spent around 3 hours today watching at you and your wonderful videos, and I haven't felt bored at any time. I don't really know how I found you but it has been one of the most thrilling things that have could happen to me by far. Thank you, good stuffffffff.
Grazie Christian! Con te non ho più paura di parlare in inglese... evvaiii!!! Tu sei semplice e rendi tutto facile! Non so come esserti grata! Grazie davvero!
Thank you, I am from Algeria I am a professor in physics. English is my third language but now I realized that english is very very important for me for my children so we spend a lot of time and mony to become fleunt and I think you are the best one in youtube gives us the effective helpness.
BRILLIANT! I love how you explained everything so simply! I've been working as an English teacher, and I know the theory of language learning, but trying to communicate it to my students so that they get a better learning experiences is one of the things I need to work on, and it was so magical the way you explain it 💕 Thank you for sharing!!
Absolutely fantastic your explain. I already read in English several years and now I have determined to speak the language fluently. The first dificulty is how do think in english. Your explain help me a lot!
I will put in this comment in spanish and i hope that you understand it. Mi hermano usted es un maestro (Master, no teacher). Me quito el sombrero con tu nivel pedagógico. Felicitaciones eres un grande mi pana. Mil bendiciones.
Hi Christian. That was a good answer! The pin pon ball theory. Pacience, yes why not. From the time I started to watched all the videos in youtube at the present time, I can say now that I can write to you a comment and put it in the comments' line. Before of these activities I never imagen to do that!
Yes *Patience* . For all of those out there the way that I started picking up on speaking English fluently were by using the power of the internet and what I mean by that is watching videos on UA-cam . *It tremendously helped* . Video content ranging from tutorials to lectures to rant videos and podcasts ,and also, I made sure that I was consuming content of creators from english speaking countries(for the proper pronunciation) . You can practice english by picking up a topic and speaking to yourself, not mentally but literally using your mouth, for like 15 minutes or so , every single day . Practice consistently every single day and you will see the results changing for the best . PS : BTW my native language is Malayalam ; )
Interesting this approach to explain why the people translate...I perceived this phenomenon in my mind also at beginning , in other side, I noticed which I wasn't thinking in my Portuguese while using English .I even never mind about this phenomenon of automatic translation , now I'm able to use English without effort. Perfect you didactics teacher , the way which you approach about a subject that everyone surely already experienced is brilliant ! Keep ahead with your work , you're light up many minds :)
You're amazing, Christian! We have much more than English learning, here! And that's awesome! Because you just made everyone think in English during the video. But, further, you clarified the process! That's the point! You explore the subject like a scientist and bring it to us as a teacher, an excellent teacher!.... I think you are not only a teacher, but a good language scientist. Thanks a million for sharing it with us!!!
THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE THIS. One of my subscribers posted this video to me and I subscribed immediately!! Im a master student in applied linguistics and my channel has been talking about languaging mixing and translanguaging (I did not use the technical term but it was the concept) Most of the content is in Chinese (mixed with English, you know, tranlanguaging). Your video really addresses the common problem that learners (including myself) face. Also, thank you for pointing out that mental translation decreases over time. Is it possible for me to know the title of the articles you mentioned so I can search it up? Agian, thank you so much for the great content, great editing, and the ping pong balls. :P THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE THIS.
I remember when you told us watching tv in English language or films is method more easily to leard English so one day turn on tv well it was Mr Bean ....... you know the rest he doesn't talk
Funny! But, you know what? There are plenty of worksheets online to practise English using the Mr Bean series. So you can still learn and produce without Mr Bean saying a word! 🙂
I'm brazilian and I already speak english, but it's really nice to watch your videos just because they have so much usefull and interesting information. One more subscriber for you :)
I just wanted to thank you for a no-nonsence scientific approach to language teaching. It's a rare thing in the world where a growing number of self-proclaimed language gurus offer 'magic pill' methods which in fact lead nowhere.
I'm able to think in English, even though I never had any practice in actual speaking. The best thing that worked for me is listening. Watching movies, TV shows, youtube videos and listening to songs in English is helping me a lot. After almost 4 month of watching English movies exclusively, my understanding of language and my vocabulary grew significantly. It's very hard at the very beggining though, but it gets a lot easier after only a few movies. The key is that you have to like what you're listening or watching to. I noticed the biggest improvement last month when I watched 7 seasons of Futurama, which is my favorite TV show, entirely in English. That's when I started to really think in English without any efforts. Now i think in English about 15% of the time. Sometimes I can just randomly switch in my head to English. It happens instantly and usually I don't even notice it. So, it takes a lot of patience and practice to start thinking in English, but I think it's not that hard as everyone thinks.
I was a bit like " woo is getting boring......" But you are absolutely not! and you are right Christian, just patience and passion. Compliments you are bloody good mate
Your a master! I like u use the science to make your point. Some people just say what they think is happening but you make your argument based on science. Thanks!
Thanks, Christian. I am a native English speaker, but these videos are very helpful for me learning Spanish as well. You are helping a lot of people and we all appreciate your effort and hard work to teach us!
Dear Christian, you suggest us try to read , speak and listen in English as much as possible, that´'s the great problem!!! because in spanish speakers countries, as mine, you don't have many time to do this. We are 10 hours at work during normal days and we can only practise at weekends....unfortunately .. besides I love your classes and tips!! Thank you for your passion!!
I've been working hard and apparently without good results this year 2019 but as soon as I came across with this presentation I have changed my mind, now I realize that after hard work and dedication I can become fluent in English, I would be able to speak without a mental translation up there in my head. Yes it takes time but who cares as long as you know that you are in the right way. It is only a matter of time, as you are saying: BE PATIENT! Gracias y Happy New Year.
GreatChristian!! Clear and honest, I think you’re not seen very well by your so-called 'colleagues' .. but don't worry you and them do jobs different .. and I have not to add something else.. Thank you very much from all of us
Hi Christian! Great class!! I am starting to learn English, but I am 52 year old, and its a bit difficult to me. But I enjoy it. Your advices are perfect for me. Greetings from Argentina. See you.
I'm native Hindi speaker and I'm capable of thinking in English and talking to native English speakers, its the result of binge watching English videos on youtube.
Yes, I agree with you, according to my experience learning English you start thinking in English over time. You've explained it easy and understandable plus funny. Thank you
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! i am learning Spanish and many of these videos work for any language! I have been looking for videos with explanations like these for a while! thank you so much.
I somehow thought of this video today so I went back and watched it again. The first time I watched this video was several months ago. At that time, I was bothered by the 'translating in the brain' thing, I watched a lot of 'how to stop translating in your head' 'think in English' videos, I had to say none of those videos helped. I watched this video as well, but at that time, I don't understand what you said. After 6 months of speaking practice, 'translating in my head' decreased a lot. Time and practice! So true. Do you know about the Ping pang ball? Now I know. Thank you so much, Christian.👍
You are the best teacher here on UA-cam! I was looking for a lot, and I had only found boring classes, but your classes are dynamic and very interesting. And besides, your accent is British, and I love that accent. Grateful!!
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Canguro English Hello from Ukraine 🇺🇦Christian, I thank you so much for the great video. Listening to you is pleasure. I wish you good luck in this ;) I would really appreciate if you find time to recommend me some Spanish-studying channels. I’m just a beginner, so I think it’s a good chance for me to do it right, with a proper material!
Christian you prove to us there is no lumitation for human thinking, thanks a lot
Pp
Pp
"The special technique is patience."
Best words from the entire video.
Thanks a lot, now i know, i am on the right path
Yes! Keep going!
Yes bro, it takes the years. But the result is unbelievable
My father's teacher told him: "think in english" to learn english, but the teacher did not tell him: "thinking in english takes time, practice and patience" thank you very much for that important lesson.
My pleasure!
I’ve been studying English for about six years now. In the beginning it was impossible not to make any translation in my head, but as time went on I turned Portuguese off and started thinking in English. It takes a lot of time and energy. If you want to start thinking in your target language, you have to be focused and work hard every day!
Excellent. I'm an english teacher at Dominico Americano in my country, Dominican Republic, and I totally support and encourage the understanding of this amazing and rather interesting theories in my classes. Thank you Christian. I bless the LIGHT in you. Namaste.
The world needs more heroes like you
You are the best teacher that I found ever . You guide very well.
Thank from Ecuador South America nothing has been SINCERO like YOU thank for give me real motivation and strategy
200 people couldn't learning with the video. Amazing, thank you!
I've been studying English for a long time and now I can think in English properly. There is a weird thing I noticed in the recent years: I can't turn off one language or another. Some situations appears to be better to ponder about in Portuguese and others in English.
I take it Portuguese is you native language? I'm curious, do you ever find yourself thinking speaking or writing in Portuguese in stressful situations? For example I haven't really started thinking in French (My second language from English), but in a tressful situation I can only think speak and read in English.
Yeah that just happens, I'm Argentinian and currently live in Buenos Aires but I was raised in the USA. I grew up having 2 native languages, I spoke English at school and with my friends but Spanish at home. Sometimes I think in English, sometimes I think in Spanish, it just comes naturally.
Hi guy, I think the same way like you! Everytime my brain turn off and I feel my self like a american person, but there is other moments that is so dificult to understand the context inside the conversation. Thanks..
It's truth!
The special technique is patience. That's masterpiece, seriously. I'm enjoying your intellectual videos all the time
Dr. House is teaching me about learning languages!
in the journey of learning English i ususally translate the words into my mother language, but after 1 year i try to use monolingual dictionary (English to English dictionary), at that time i think i can understand some words without translating into my mother language, but there still some words that even i look for the meaning by using monolingual dictionary that i can not understand, at that time i have to translate its meaning into my mother language, and as i translate its meaning so one day it's no need to translate that word into my language. my writing is very slow, because it takes time to think about the words that i need to use but but but without translating. and it is slower when i speak. i think the answer for fluent in english is: immerge yourself into the language that you're learning, and be patient.
it's happened to me too, i translate to my mother language ,but when i want to use it again i mean the words translate i found my brain forget it, every languages needs practice..
How's ur english now? Do u speak english now without having to translate it in ur head?? Just wanna know
Professor your method of teaching English is very intelligent and has deep knowledge, because you make me thinking the reason our brain get the understandings with the words in a context. I’ve never seen a class like that. Congratulation to you.
The best explanation of thinking in English. In all the world! Thx
Patient and enough practice is the clue!!! Thank you!!
Excellent video! Thank you very much!
You're a great man teacher!! Blessings from Argentina!!
Christian are the best English teacher in the world! Eres un fenómenos amigo. A greeting.
You are the best Christian !
When I was leaning English (because my native language is Spanish) I never really used mental translation. However, now that I'm learning Portuguese mental translation helps me to make the process easier. The main reason is that Portuguese and Spanish are very similar and making the connection of them both is super helpful. I believe my Portuguese is improving a lot more.
I'm the opposite. I'm native portuguese speaker and I use mental translation for english but I don't use that for spanish.
My man, you are making ones of the most fanny and accurate explanations about English issues we all the Spanish speaker people are going able to get in UA-cam, I've spent around 3 hours today watching at you and your wonderful videos, and I haven't felt bored at any time. I don't really know how I found you but it has been one of the most thrilling things that have could happen to me by far. Thank you, good stuffffffff.
From now on, I'll start writing comments on this kind of youtube clip in English. Thank you for your motivative teaching.
Can we call this the philosophy of teaching a language. Your style, if it’s right to say ( style ), is unique.Thank you, Chris.
Thanks for showing us how to learn english form a scientific perspective!!
I am from India but it is easy to understand your English accent. Love from India 🙏
You aren't only teaching English but the cognitive processes behind the way we actually learn a second language. Thanks for that!!
Thank you Cristhian, you are a big professor.
Thanks for all the hard you put in the explanation. Thanks.
Grazie Christian! Con te non ho più paura di parlare in inglese... evvaiii!!! Tu sei semplice e rendi tutto facile! Non so come esserti grata! Grazie davvero!
Thank you, I am from Algeria I am a professor in physics. English is my third language but now I realized that english is very very important for me for my children so we spend a lot of time and mony to become fleunt and I think you are the best one in youtube gives us the effective helpness.
BRILLIANT! I love how you explained everything so simply! I've been working as an English teacher, and I know the theory of language learning, but trying to communicate it to my students so that they get a better learning experiences is one of the things I need to work on, and it was so magical the way you explain it 💕 Thank you for sharing!!
you are my best teacher in youtube... i Want to tell you thank you so much for your help
The best teacher for ever 💖
very interesting and enlightening
You are brilliant. I love the way you speak your mind. Thanks.
Thanks!!! Finally someone who really understands that thinking in a different language takes time. Greetings from Mexico 🙂
Absolutely fantastic your explain. I already read in English several years and now I have determined to speak the language fluently. The first dificulty is how do think in english. Your explain help me a lot!
I will put in this comment in spanish and i hope that you understand it.
Mi hermano usted es un maestro (Master, no teacher). Me quito el sombrero con tu nivel pedagógico. Felicitaciones eres un grande mi pana. Mil bendiciones.
Hi Christian. That was a good answer! The pin pon ball theory. Pacience, yes why not. From the time I started to watched all the videos in youtube at the present time, I can say now that I can write to you a comment and put it in the comments' line. Before of these activities I never imagen to do that!
the best teacher ever
You are Mr. Motivation, Congratulations!
Thanks Christian for all of you videos! all of them are very userful! thanks thanks!!! and many more thanks!!! for your work..
Keep READING,LISTENING,WRITING,SPEAKING,these are the skills in learning english
Yes *Patience* . For all of those out there the way that I started picking up on speaking English fluently were by using the power of the internet and what I mean by that is watching videos on UA-cam . *It tremendously helped* .
Video content ranging from tutorials to lectures to rant videos and podcasts ,and also, I made sure that I was consuming content of creators from english speaking countries(for the proper pronunciation) .
You can practice english by picking up a topic and speaking to yourself, not mentally but literally using your mouth, for like 15 minutes or so , every single day .
Practice consistently every single day and you will see the results changing for the best .
PS : BTW my native language is Malayalam ; )
You are fantastic man and teacher. Thank you!
Interesting this approach to explain why the people translate...I perceived this phenomenon in my mind also at beginning , in other side, I noticed which I wasn't thinking in my Portuguese while using English .I even never mind about this phenomenon of automatic translation , now I'm able to use English without effort.
Perfect you didactics teacher , the way which you approach about a subject that everyone surely already experienced is brilliant ! Keep ahead with your work , you're light up many minds :)
I don't know what I do for to thank you teacher. I really love your lessons. I'mm from Brazil and would like know you. Thank you guy.
You're amazing, Christian! We have much more than English learning, here! And that's awesome! Because you just made everyone think in English during the video. But, further, you clarified the process! That's the point! You explore the subject like a scientist and bring it to us as a teacher, an excellent teacher!.... I think you are not only a teacher, but a good language scientist. Thanks a million for sharing it with us!!!
I love how you speak very calmly and not in a rush, so non-fluent listener like me could understand better :)
THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE THIS. One of my subscribers posted this video to me and I subscribed immediately!! Im a master student in applied linguistics and my channel has been talking about languaging mixing and translanguaging (I did not use the technical term but it was the concept) Most of the content is in Chinese (mixed with English, you know, tranlanguaging). Your video really addresses the common problem that learners (including myself) face. Also, thank you for pointing out that mental translation decreases over time. Is it possible for me to know the title of the articles you mentioned so I can search it up?
Agian, thank you so much for the great content, great editing, and the ping pong balls. :P THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE THIS.
Great video ! It is far beyond the regular english video we see out there.
Yes, of course😊
Actually , 'the ping pong balls teqnique' works really well to illustrate such a complex concept. Brilliant video, teacher!Thank you!
I remember when you told us watching tv in English language or films is method more easily to leard English so one day turn on tv well it was Mr Bean ....... you know the rest he doesn't talk
It's great, very good, I'm smiling a lot!
😄
Lol
Flavio Tigrão
I'm laughing a lot ** you can say LMAO
Funny! But, you know what? There are plenty of worksheets online to practise English using the Mr Bean series. So you can still learn and produce without Mr Bean saying a word! 🙂
@Christian, I personally started to think in English after more than 20 years learning and using English. Very good stuff man.
Hello Christian, greetings from Germany. I hope you continue to do such a valuable job and have a lot of fun with us.
Extremely interesting. Thanks a lot for giving us this precious advises 🙏
I'm brazilian and I already speak english, but it's really nice to watch your videos just because they have so much usefull and interesting information. One more subscriber for you :)
Teacher your tecnic is the best I have heard thank you a lot!
I just wanted to thank you for a no-nonsence scientific approach to language teaching. It's a rare thing in the world where a growing number of self-proclaimed language gurus offer 'magic pill' methods which in fact lead nowhere.
I love this video. Bravo!
I'm able to think in English, even though I never had any practice in actual speaking. The best thing that worked for me is listening. Watching movies, TV shows, youtube videos and listening to songs in English is helping me a lot. After almost 4 month of watching English movies exclusively, my understanding of language and my vocabulary grew significantly. It's very hard at the very beggining though, but it gets a lot easier after only a few movies. The key is that you have to like what you're listening or watching to. I noticed the biggest improvement last month when I watched 7 seasons of Futurama, which is my favorite TV show, entirely in English. That's when I started to really think in English without any efforts. Now i think in English about 15% of the time. Sometimes I can just randomly switch in my head to English. It happens instantly and usually I don't even notice it. So, it takes a lot of patience and practice to start thinking in English, but I think it's not that hard as everyone thinks.
I was a bit like " woo is getting boring......" But you are absolutely not! and you are right Christian, just patience and passion. Compliments you are bloody good mate
The best teacher on internet for sure!
Love you, dear brother Christian. You are my best teacher. from IND
thank you so much! you are so professional and precise!
Your a master! I like u use the science to make your point. Some people just say what they think is happening but you make your argument based on science. Thanks!
I am an English teacher in Brazil and I completely agree with you! Congratulation, very good video!
Excellent as usual. Tnx, a bunch, Christian!
Incredibly brilliant analogy
Thanks, Christian. I am a native English speaker, but these videos are very helpful for me learning Spanish as well. You are helping a lot of people and we all appreciate your effort and hard work to teach us!
Thanks, I really appreciate your kind words!
Dear Christian, you suggest us try to read , speak and listen in English as much as possible, that´'s the great problem!!! because in spanish speakers countries, as mine, you don't have many time to do this. We are 10 hours at work during normal days and we can only practise at weekends....unfortunately .. besides I love your classes and tips!! Thank you for your passion!!
I've been working hard and apparently without good results this year 2019 but as soon as I came across with this presentation I have changed my mind, now I realize that after hard work and dedication I can become fluent in English, I would be able to speak without a mental translation up there in my head. Yes it takes time but who cares as long as you know that you are in the right way. It is only a matter of time, as you are saying: BE PATIENT!
Gracias y Happy New Year.
Thank u my teacher and see u in class! You are genius!
See you in class!
Great, great class definitely!
GreatChristian!! Clear and honest, I think you’re not seen very well by your so-called 'colleagues' .. but don't worry you and them do jobs different .. and I have not to add something else.. Thank you very much from all of us
Hi Christian! Great class!! I am starting to learn English, but I am 52 year old, and its a bit difficult to me.
But I enjoy it. Your advices are perfect for me. Greetings from Argentina. See you.
Excellent video. Thank You
My pleasure!
Thanks a lot teacher, you are the best in the field.
Logical lucid explanation of how our brain works learning foreign language. Thanks.
Thanks dear Christian, I have been playing Ping Pong for more than 10 years. However, I would say after your video I have improved it definetely.
I'm native Hindi speaker and I'm capable of thinking in English and talking to native English speakers, its the result of binge watching English videos on youtube.
Well done!
im a new fan Christian from the Philippines. I love how you explain ideas. Patience is a virtue even in speaking a second language.
Yes, I agree with you, according to my experience learning English you start thinking in English over time. You've explained it easy and understandable plus funny. Thank you
Fantastic class, every day I learned more and more. Thanks for all tips shared.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! i am learning Spanish and many of these videos work for any language! I have been looking for videos with explanations like these for a while! thank you so much.
You are fantastic!!!
The best!
I love your approach! Thanks for sharing!
great teacher, davvero bravissimo. Grazie
Thanks on your guidance.
I really love you Christian. You are English teacher i’ve ever seen before. Thank you for sharing us. ^ ^
You being amazing as always...perfect...I completely agree with everything you have said ..
Just wanna tell you thanks for this amazing lesson , respect Sir from algeria
It was a awesome)👏 .Thank you from Russia 🇷🇺
I liked your way of explanation and making things clear ,you are genius.hats off to you.
The same connecting way I feel while learning English and French. It's very true.
I somehow thought of this video today so I went back and watched it again. The first time I watched this video was several months ago. At that time, I was bothered by the 'translating in the brain' thing, I watched a lot of 'how to stop translating in your head' 'think in English' videos, I had to say none of those videos helped. I watched this video as well, but at that time, I don't understand what you said. After 6 months of speaking practice, 'translating in my head' decreased a lot. Time and practice! So true. Do you know about the Ping pang ball? Now I know. Thank you so much, Christian.👍
You are the best teacher here on UA-cam! I was looking for a lot, and I had only found boring classes, but your classes are dynamic and very interesting. And besides, your accent is British, and I love that accent. Grateful!!
Amazing podcast! Really triggered me. Thanks a bunch!!!