Do you want to learn how to think in English without translating in your head? We want to help you speak English fluently. So, in this English podcast video, we share 4 simple ways to think in English and stop translating forever.
Someone asks you something in English. You know the answer... in your language. So, you translate it. Word by word. Slowly. And by the time you finish — the moment is gone.
Sound familiar? Today, Emily and Mike explain exactly why this happens — and give you four simple tools to stop translating and start thinking directly in English.
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✅ WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
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✔ Why translating in your head makes you slow — and why it's not your fault
✔ The real difference between translating and thinking in English
✔ Why some ideas in your language have NO direct English word — and what to do
✔ Tool 1: Label your world — connect English words directly to things around you
✔ Tool 2: Narrate your day in simple English sentences inside your head
✔ Tool 3: When you forget a word — describe it in English instead of stopping
✔ Tool 4: One English thought per hour — small, easy, and incredibly powerful
✔ A live guided thinking exercise — practice thinking in English right now!
✔ 7 key vocabulary words with clear meanings and real example sentences
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? KEY IDEA FROM THIS EPISODE
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Translation is a detour.
Instead of going directly from thought → English,
you go: thought → your language → English.
That extra step is what makes you feel slow.
The goal is not to translate faster.
The goal is to remove the detour completely.
"Simple is the beginning of fluency." — Emily & Mike
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? TRY THIS RIGHT NOW
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Look around you. Pick one thing you see.
What is the English word for it?
Don't translate. Just think the word directly.
That's it. That's how thinking in English starts.
Now do it with ten things around you.
That's Tool 1 — and you just did it. ?
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? KEY VOCABULARY FROM THIS EPISODE
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translate • detour • narrate • label • flexible • express
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? MORE EPISODES YOU WILL LOVE
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▶ The Secret to Understanding Fast English Speakers → https://youtu.be/C_irtZ-H4AY
▶ How to Make Small Talk Without Running Out of Things to Say → https://youtu.be/VJNAupM5nXE
▶ The 5-Minute English Habit That Changes Everything → https://youtu.be/sZdoVkm8LCs
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? YOUR CHALLENGE TODAY
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Tonight — before you sleep — think of THREE sentences
in English about your day.
? What happened today?
? How did you feel?
? What did you eat?
Don't write them. Don't say them out loud.
Just think them. In English. In your head.
Then come back and tell us in the comments —
What was your first English thought today?
It doesn't matter how simple it is.
We want to read it. And celebrate it with you. ?
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❓ QUESTION FOR YOU
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When do you translate the most in your head?
? When someone asks you a question?
? When you watch a movie or TV show?
? When you try to write in English?
? All of the above?
Tell us in the comments — we read every single one!
Your answer might become our next episode. ?️
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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
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00:00 — Learning English Podcast (do you know this feeling?)
01:00 — Welcome to the English Easy Practice Podcast
02:11 — Mike's real story: the meeting where translation made him too slow
04:16 — Why our brain translates — and why it's actually holding us back
06:09 — Tool 1: Label your world in English
07:51 — Tool 2: Narrate your day — the quiet English radio in your head
09:10 — Tool 3: Forget a word? Describe it — never stop, never translate
10:25 — Tool 4: One English thought per hour
11:54 — Live practice: Think in English right now
13:29 — Vocabulary spotlight: 6 key words
15:09 — Your challenge + full recap
16:45 — Goodbye from Emily & Mike
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