English Writing
If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
HOW TO LEARN
• Writing is the highest skill to become a proficient English user as learners must have the ability to integrate using vocabulary sources and phrasing grammatically with the understanding of good style. Thus, you can’t acquire writing skills if you fail to seriously invest in the foundation stage of learning vocabulary and grammar. So, if you feel that you aren’t stable in the initial stage, let’s return to fostering them now rather than wasting your time and getting bored while trying to write a lot but ineffective. Learn basic grammar firmly, studiously strengthen academic and formal vocabulary, and focus on READING substantially as writing style is different from speaking.
• Create a habit of repeatedly doing dictation from natives’ Reading or Writing.
• When beginning Writing, practice composing sentences with all the ideas that come to mind based on the words accumulated from Vocabulary and Reading. Then, ask experienced learners or instructors to correct mistakes and learn from them. Next, develop into writing paragraphs and essays. The more you write, the more experience you will have, and there are no tricks.
• Use a variety of English-English dictionaries to compare, expand, and select appropriate Writing vocabulary: Oxford, Cambridge, Longman, MacMillan, Collocation, Synonyms, and Antonyms.
• When you have the ability to read a dictionary, you must always follow English-English dictionary sources to ensure you are writing in English, not writing English in Vietnamese or word-by-word style.
⇒ There are no English-Vietnamese dictionaries that guarantee accuracy. When we first learn, we will look up the English-Vietnamese dictionary to observe the meaning and have to study incessantly until the stage of READING THE ENGLISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY ON YOUR OWN. Congratulations on becoming an independent learner and no longer frustrating yourself with English.
Learning a new language is a long process of acquiring knowledge and sharpening skills. Just diligently study and practice without too concentrating on the exams as the score or grade is merely the evident outcome of the ceaseless progress. Just focus on how to learn so that you can use the language fluently and confidently. So, let’s begin learning and persevering with them.
