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Anna B
Professional TeacherMy English isn't englishing today š
You know the feeling. You've been learning for years, your vocabulary is fine, you can hold a conversation ā and then suddenly your brain just... stops. Someone asks you something unexpected, you didn't sleep well, the question is harder than usual. Whatever the reason, the words won't come.
One thing that genuinely helps: start with what you want to talk about, not how you'd say it in your language.
Russian puts the verb first: "In our company works 50 people."
English puts the subject first: "50 people work in our company."
Same information. But the second one is faster to build under pressure ā because you start with WHO or WHAT, then add the ACTION.
When you freeze, don't try to construct the whole sentence at once.
Just ask yourself: what am I talking about?
Then: what is it doing?
That's it. Subject ā verb. The rest follows.
It feels mechanical the first few times. But after 5ā10 tries it becomes a reflex ā and the pauses get shorter.
Apr 30, 2026 7:30 AM
Anna B
Language Skills
English, French, Other, Russian, Spanish
Learning Language
Other, Spanish
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