teach you to think: Nothing. You simply speak.

Traditional lessons teach you to think: "I need to express a past action. The rule for past tense is to add '-ed'. The subject is 'I'. Therefore, I say... 'I worked'." This process takes 2-3 seconds per sentence. By the time you finish the sentence, the conversation has moved on.

Go to your podcast app, search for "AJ Hoge Mini-Story," and listen to the same episode for 20 minutes. Do it again tomorrow. Watch what happens.