Welcome to Thinking English!
Do people finish your sentences for you because you speak English too slow? Do you stop and pause a lot in the middle of your sentences? Do you have trouble thinking of words in English? Do you often start a sentence with "uhhhh" or "ummmm"? Are you translating from your mother/native language into English? This takes too long and it is one of the leading causes of "broken English". Let us show you how to kick the translation habit.At Thinking English we have created a system of convenience for our students that is based on flexibility with a customized learning experience utilizing the 5-steps to learning English.
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Flexible Learning Experience
Thinking English has gone to great lengths to ensure an interesting, comfortable, and convenient learning experience for each and every one of our students.Flexible Schedule
Choose a class time that is convenient for you as well as the days of the week you wish to have class.
Class Material & Lesson Types
Thinking English offers a variety of lesson types including...
- 1. Learn what to say and how to say things in daily conversations.
- 2. Are you planning a vacation to an English speaking country? Learn the useful phrases and terms to make your trip easier and more fun.
- 3. Perhaps you are taking that next step and planning to move to an English speaking country. We have lessons designed to help you make that transition easier as well.
- 4. Phrases and idioms/expressions
- 5. Answer fun questions designed to improve your listening skill.
- 6. Have you heard the words…BUSINESS ENGLISH…but are unsure what it means? Well if you…
- a. Write emails, faxes, or white papers
- b. Negotiate contracts or have phone conversations in English
- c. Do public speaking such as presentations or lectures
- d. Phrases and idioms/expressions
- e. Perhaps you just finished university and need help writing a resume or want some help with preparing for those first job interviews.
Note:
If you don't see your desired course of study in the list below please Contact Us and we reply with in 24 hours.
Class Fees
Internet Based Classes
| Type | Regular Fee | DISCOUNTED Fee | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 on 1 | $10.00 per Credit | $8.50 per Credit | 1 Student and 1 Teacher |
| 2 on 1 | $7.50 per Credit | $6.00 per Credit | 2 Students and 1 Teacher |
| 3 on 1 | $5.00 per Credit | $3.50 per Credit | 3 Students and 1 Teacher |
Telephone Classes
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Easy Payment Wallet
As you can see from the table above Thinking English has made paying for your classes very easy. Simply add money to your account in advance and our system will automatically deduct from your account for every class you participate in.
The 5 Steps to Learning English
You have probably heard of the "12 step programs" that recovering addicts go through. Well, Thinking English has established a 5 step program to help you learn English. Very similar to the 12 step programs, ours is also designed to help people and it is based on principles used throughout the ESL community.The TOEIC test is a well-known industry standard test designed to test English skills of people throughout the international community. The test is used by companies and schools alike but it limits itself to only 4 areas of English. Thinking English goes a step above and beyond and we teach 5 areas.
Thinking English teaches Speaking, Reading, Writing, Listening and THINKING English. The first four everyone is familiar with but what is Thinking English?
Thinking English? What is that?
Thinking English is learning how to NOT translate English to and from your own language. It's learning how to separate your brain into 2 parts. The first part being the English half and the other half is your language. When speaking your language you use no English at all but when speaking English you have to try to forget your own language.For example, if you see an apple on a table you should think "APPLE". If your language is Spanish you should not think "MANZANA". If you are Italian you should not think "MELA". You should see that apple and think "APPLE" and that's it.
Why you ask? Because that second or two you take thinking "manzana" or "mela" before saying "apple" is a second or two of silence or "ummmm" or "uhhhhhh".
This is not how I learned English in the beginning.
You are absolutely right. This is not a technique taught by most teachers. Most ESL students are taught the basics of English by a person from their own country or by someone who speaks their own language. This is generally easier because if the student doesn't understand something the teacher can explain it in the student's own language.It is easier for the student and the teacher to do it this way and that's great. The problem is it just reinforces the concept of translating English to and from the student's language.
