Did you know that learning to think in another language is not just a mental process. It is an ability that depends on respiration, motor coordination, ventilation in the brain, and the speed of thought? As an illustrative example, we can analyse the famous sentence “The book is on the table” which means “O livro está sobre a mesa”, in Portuguese. Compare the number of letters in the two sentences – 19 letters in English and 20 in Portuguese. Also compare the number of syllables – 6 in English and 10 in Portuguese! Taking respiration into account, the sentence in Portuguese is longer, since it has more sounds (syllables) than the English version. If we coordinate thought with language, we certainly have to think more rapidly to think in English since the sentence is spoken in less time (fewer syllables). And this change in the speed of speaking and thought is what is most difficult in developing competency in learning and thinking in English, since it is necessary to alter an old conditioning and accelerate the speed of one’s thoughts.
Research sources:
http://www.englishexperts.com.br/2006/10/13/did-you-know/
André...
ResponderExcluirVery nice post... useful iformations...
For starting to think in english is a relative long process! When people study english for some years, it can be possible... but I think it's an automatic action... you study, study and sudy and... one day... suddenly, you notice that you are thinking in english.
Have it happened with you?
Actually this is true, just by turning an automatic, or becomes a daily habit.
ResponderExcluirBy Guilherme