Monday, September 26, 2016

Mai's week 2

I used to read my drafts out loud or silently to myself to find and correct my errors in writing. It depends on how much time I have. For example, when I had to write in class, I only read to myself because I didn't want to bother my classmates, and it is also faster to check my draft that way. However, I had to write something at home, I read it out loud, so that I can find my mistakes. Honestly, I used to write a lot in my language, and I feel like I never had enough time to write, especially when I took a writing test. It is so much easier to write in Vietnamese, I rarely feel like lack of words t write. Instead, I had so much to say and always ran out of time to write what I had in my mind. For me, there is  a big difference between English and Vietnamese in using words. English has words that look the same but have different meaning while Vietnamese words are different in appearance and meaning. Therefore, I sometimes use online resources to investigate questions about language in order to improve my knowledge. I tried "Check your grammar" to find my errors in English, and that worked well for me. I think that is the only strategy I use for writing, so I do not know if there are any ways that not work for me.

5 comments:

  1. I agree with you that writing in Vietnamese is much easier, not because it's our home language. We were trained a lot how to make a sentence with subject, verb, adjective, adverb ...when we studied at primary school and secondary school.

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    1. Hai, your comment is not substantial. How does the training in parts of speech connect with editing? Why is this important (I think it is important - but I want you to say why). What do you do differently or the same as Mai? You need to elaborate more in your comments. This comment does not meet the requirements for full points.

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    2. Hai, your comment is not substantial. How does the training in parts of speech connect with editing? Why is this important (I think it is important - but I want you to say why). What do you do differently or the same as Mai? You need to elaborate more in your comments. This comment does not meet the requirements for full points.

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  2. I think English have enough words to say what we want to explain, but we just haven't reach that high. The Google Translator cannot help us in those specific words. More than that, I wonder how after you read out loud your essay, you can find your mistakes? Is that sound weird when you read it or ??

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  3. I think English have enough words to say what we want to explain, but we just haven't reach that high. The Google Translator cannot help us in those specific words. More than that, I wonder how after you read out loud your essay, you can find your mistakes? Is that sound weird when you read it or ??

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