Comments on: How to think (and dream) in English and stop translating in your head

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:15:37 +0000

In reply to attilio mARCHI. Thanks for sharing this Attilo. It's a good approach.

By: attilio mARCHI

attilio mARCHI — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 22:15:55 +0000

My old German teacher send us: “It comes first speaking” So she invited us to listen to her and to avoid taking notes.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:40:23 +0000

In reply to Clarence.

Hi Clarence. Great question. Dictionaries like OALD and LDOCE are great when you know the word in English and want to learn more about it, but what if you don’t.

‘Google translate’ is a very handy tool, and I’m wondering: are there any online translation dictionaries for your language?

By: Clarence

Clarence — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:45:08 +0000

I had some trouble in looking up words. I tried to look up words using other English words or sentences, and most of the times I can’t find an answer.

Example: surf (sport). I googled “sport sea board” and all I got in the first 3 pages are advertisements for traveling to Hawaii.

Occasionally, I succeed: Hourglass. I googled “sand timer device” and the first Walmart page is the answer.

So, do I look up the words in my native language?

By: Vicki

Vicki — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 01:26:07 +0000

In reply to Karen van Mierlo de Souza. Thanks so much Karen. So glad you like the videos and we really appreciate your writing.

By: Karen van Mierlo de Souza

Karen van Mierlo de Souza — Wed, 24 May 2017 22:44:38 +0000

Thank you very much for such great work. I always give my students the same tips but sometimes it seems they don’t take my adivices seriously. I hope that by showing them this amazing video, they feel inspired and start taking action. Thanks again. I love your work.