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Do you have trouble writing English?
When you write English, do you often make
a lot of mistakes?
If you do, this video is for you.
Now, making mistakes is fine as long as other
people can understand your writing.
But it can be a problem in some situations
like when you're trying to write a resume,
taking an English exam, or sending an email
to your boss at work.
In these situations, poor writing can make
you look unprofessional.
It can affect the outcome of your job application,
the score of your exam,
or whether you'll get a promotion.
So if you want to be prepared for these situations,
let me show you the writing exercise that
I do to improve my own writing skills.
To do this exercise, you need to find something
that was written by a native English speaker.
This could be an article on the Internet,
a chapter from a book, or even a resume.
So here I have an article titled "How to Find
a Hobby."
And I'm going to practice my writing with
this article.
So first, what I'm going to do is, I'm going
to read the first sentence
and make sure that I understand everything.
If there's a word or phrase I don't know,
I'll look it up.
So let'say I don't know what the phrase means.
I can go to Google and type in that phrase.
All right. So "line of work" means the activity in your
life that you do to earn money.
So it basically means a job or an occupation.
Okay.
Now that I understand the whole sentence,
I'm going to take a moment to memorize it.
Then I'll switch to this text editor and I
will write down the sentence from memory.
Now, if I can't remember some of the words
in the sentence, I'll just make a guess or
I might use other words with similar meanings.
Okay.
Next, I'm going to compare what I wrote with
the original to see if I made any mistakes.
And if I did, I will correct them.
Okay.
After I've fixed my mistakes, I'll write the
sentence one more time
without making the same mistakes.
So I'm going to delete this and do it one
more time.
And that's it.
After I'm done with the first sentence, I'll
repeat the same steps with the next sentence.
So, step 1: I read and memorize the sentence.
Step 2: I write down the sentence from memory.
Step 3: I compare what I wrote with the original.
This time, I didn't make any mistakes, so
I don't have to do anything.
But if I did make mistakes, I will correct
them and I will delete this sentence
and write it down one more time for repetition.
Now, when you do this exercise, you'll often
come across long sentences like this one.
This is very common in written English.
And it can be difficult for beginners to memorize
them.
So, whenever you have to practice with a long
sentence like this, you can break it down
into smaller parts and practice one part at
a time.
So, for this sentence, you can practice this
part first.
So you do all the steps with just this part
before moving on to the second part.
Okay. So that's how I practice my writing.
I usually do this exercise for about 15 - 30
minutes.
It's simple.
It's easy to do, and very effective.
So what are the benefits of this writing exercise?
Well, when you do this exercise, you're learning
a lot of things.
You're learning how to form sentences correctly.
You're learning how to use adverbs, adjectives,
prepositions, and so on.
And of course, you're learning a lot of new
words and phrases, and not just their meanings,
but also how to use them in writing.
So if you often have trouble finding the right
words to use in your writing,
this exercise is for you.
Now, other than this exercise, there's one
more thing you must do if you want to write
English well, and that is to read in English
regularly.
Although the writing exercise we talked about
is very effective,
you can only do it if you have a computer or a pen and paper.
It's difficult to practice when you're riding
the train or siting in the dentist's office.
I mean...it's possible to do it if you really
want to.
But it's going to be very inconvenient and awkward.
And this is where reading comes in.
Reading is easy to do.
You can read almost anytime and anywhere.
All you need is an English book, or you can
use your phone
to read websites that you find interesting.
But why is reading so important?
Why should you read a lot if you want to improve
your writing?
Well, you can't write English well unless
you expose yourself to a lot of well-written
English first.
If you constanty read the writing of people
who write better than you,
your writing will gradually get better.
So there you go.
Those are the two things that I do to improve
my English writing.
Number one: I practice my writing with the
exercise I showed you,
and number two: I read a lot in English.
Now, if you want to start practicing the exercise
we discussed, there's some additional details
that you should know first.
So before you get started, click here to go
to my website to learn more.
Please play the YouTube video first
I will try it and I hope it helps.
Very useful . It works for me .