Question

How to improve english writing

Answer 1

In conversational English
we are concerned with the ects of stress and intonation
but in writing
we focus on vocabulary
collocations
structure of sentences and development in each paragraph. On top of that
we also pay close attention to form and content. We must be able to express difficult ideas and know how to handle facts and opinions. I believe you have a fairly good mand of English vocabulary. In sit
soap opera
talk show… people use slang and everyday English. You are more interested in the kind of vocabulary that is used in academic writing regardless of which discipline you are concerned with. For example
a petent teacher (a good teacher)
the bank is financially sound. (the bank is good) In other words
you have to focus on diction. (- the choice of words) Collocations are the key to fluent English. Learning words on their own may enable you to municate
but to sound natural
you must learn which words typically go together. e.g. wide awake
sound asleep
launch an attack
spotlessly clean
pronounced dead …just to name a few. Please buy a good collocations dictionary. An essay is divided into paragraphs. Each paragraph is a group of sentences which develop one central idea. You should learn anizing ideas
selecting information and using linking words and phrases. After much practice
you should write a unified
coherent paragraph and know what a well-written text should be. Finally
you should cultivate a good habit of reading the texts from the work of a wide variety of authors (e.g. Gee Orwell
Somerset Maugham
Chris Patten) so you bee familiar with different styles of writing. Most teenagers in Hong Kong rarely read English newspaper daily
let alone classic novels. I suggest you read editorials from newspapers
articles from Times
New York Times or South China Morning Post
essays
biography
book and film reviews if you have time to do so. Good luck!
Different kinds of writing requires different kinds of skill. Writing a poem is different from writing a lyric; different from writing a science report; or a law book. Don't get discouraged by your teacher's ment. I believe what you really want to know is how can I get a better grade from my teacher. Each teacher has his or her own preference on what he or she likes. Borrow some work from your friends who got a good grade. Study what your teacher would consider good and start from there. If your English is good
this should not be hard. After a few times
you should see your teacher will begin to like your work. Sorry
that sometime does not mean your English is getting better. It just mean you now know how to make your work pleasing to him/her. Good work does not always get appreciated. Consider that is a lost to your teachers
not youself. Hope that helps.
To be honest
the best way is to read more books
it's because conversations in drama are very casual
it is quite different from actual writing. However
watching drama can definately improve your accent. If you want to learn more vocab.
perhaps you can start reading dictionary.
A rhetorical style on sentence trformation.To describe something with various vocabulary. (1) They say that he was a popular writer.=He is said to have been a popular writer. (2) She was surprised to hear the (gossip girl)gleeing.=She was surprised because she heard the (gossip girl) gleeing. (3) having gleed=has gleed; was a gossip girl=to have been a gossip girl
=has been a gossip girl.
参考: self
You might need to learn different sentence structure and linkers. If you have to depict sth
you have to make it to be descriptive with vary vocabulary.
参考: from my english teacher's ment towards my writing.