How to Write English Well

Monday, November 23, 2009

It is not easy to master a foreign language.  However, it can be told too that you can’t do it. All that is needed is to follow a few steps so that you can have mastery over the language while you read or write. If your dream is to write English in a lucid manner you have to do the very first thing, read all types of books available at hand. Voracious reading helps you to coin different new words and shows you different usages and the formulation of sentences. So the more you read the more you are to go a step ahead to acquire mastery in wring English in a stylish manner.

Try to read the books that are not related with your studies. Go through books quite casually. The fictions can offer you enough fun. At the same time you may encounter with new words and new features of wring styles. Next the thin that you have to follow is to listen with rapt attention what the speakers of English say among themselves, how they make the use of words while conversing. Paying heed to what people say you may easily coin many words and master the art of wring in a conversational style.

There goes a saying that if you really want to be the master of a language like English you  think in English, dream in English, write in English and whatever you do you do in English. It is frequently seen while interacting with the foreign students of English that they first translate their thoughts in their own languages and then express in English after converting them from their language to English. There are controversies regarding learning English through Translation Method. The English people learn English from the very childhood. A foreign learner too learns English from the very childhood. The vital difference lies in the assimilation of that language quite effectively.

To be honed as a writer you must translate a passage from your mother tongue into English. Though there is controversy in learning English through Translation Method I think this is the most effective process. Hence it seems that if you translate a few passages from pour mother tongue into English you may find the way to writing English quite well.

Again the thing you have to follow regularly is to go on writing anything after your heart. Write anything that raises wave in your mind. All you need is to coin enough words and learn the basic construction system. A bit grammar and a bit translation may make you an expert writer all the way. There is no alternative to regular practice. So never take learning of English language quite casually. Your casual approach may lead to catastrophic results.

It may be told in the conclusion that if you think you would grasp the style of writing English you can master it easily. There is no instance that it is only the native speaker of a certain language who writes quite efficiently. It is dedication, steadfastness and the sheer love of a language that makes one the master of that language.

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