Author : Teresa Bolen
Get ready, because this is a major key to your success in
becoming a brilliant speaker in a foreign language! And the
incredible secret of it is, that it's really easy.Most teachers of foreign languages I've met don't teach it this way, but thinking in a foreign language and translation back and
forth between different languages are really different skills --
and thinking in the foreign language is much easier!If you think about this for a moment you will discover the truth of it. Think of what happens to the average person who takes a
class in a foreign language. S/he usually gets caught up in
trying to translate everything s/he hears into her own native
language, right? Perhaps you have even had this experience
yourself.Now think of the average person who doesn't know the
foreign language, but moves to a country where everyone is using
the foreign language. How quickly does s/he acquire a great deal
of fluency in that language? Really fast, right? S/he is
learning the language in context, much like a child learning her
native language, so s/he isn't slowed down by the act of
translating. S/he creates direct connections in her mind between
ideas and the words in the foreign language. It's like the
difference between taking the bullet train to your
destination rather than taking a slow train with frequent stops
and train changes.When you allow yourself to let go and think in the target language and just speak from your thoughts, you're going to have
really great results. Many students try to translate and then
speak, which makes speaking exponentially more difficult. The
same thing happens to me even with my own native language by the
way. If I think something in Japanese, my second language, and
then try to translate it into my native language of English, the
initial result is often a choppy mess of very awkward English!There is nothing wrong with translating; it's just a completely
different skill. Though it is an important skill to have, and is
useful for certain things, you are probably going to find that
when speaking you get much greater results from choosing the
direct route of thinking in the target language, and then simply
saying what you are thinking. I encourage you to go ahead and
think in the language that you want to speak in and get ready to
be surprised at how, almost instantaneously, how much more
fluent and brilliant you are.Here's to Your Success!
Teresa BolenCopyright © 2006 by Teresa Bolen. All rights reserved.Teresa Bolen is a teacher at Todaiji Academy, one of the top 5
schools in Japan, and the author of Master Plan to Master Exams:
How to Discover Your Hidden Abilities to Create the Success You
Desire. You can get her 'Academic Excellence Report' at
http://www.MasterPlanToMasterExams.com.'Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life
you have imagined.'
-- Henry David Thoreau --
Keyword : foreign language, language mastery, test anxiety, exam results, exam success, performance anxiety
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