Can't Find the Word? Don't Lose the Conversation.
Forgetting a word doesn't have to stop you from expressing yourself. Here's how to keep the conversation going.
From my experience, our minds sometimes tend to focus on the problem instead of the solution.
When you’re speaking English as a second language, you might find yourself stuck because you know there’s a word that expresses what you want to say. You might even know the word, but in the moment you want to use it, it just doesn’t come out.
We experience this all the time: your mind goes blank at the very moment you need a piece of information.
One thing we can do to keep ourselves speaking is develop a strategy for dealing with it. You know what the word means, so why not use that knowledge to describe what you want to say?
By the end of that explanation, the word might pop into your mind, and you can still use it.
And if it doesn’t, you’ve still been able to get your message across, connect with the people you’re speaking to, and, most importantly, continue expressing yourself.
