How to improve the English writing skill?

China
October 6, 2008 8:33pm CST
Hey mylotters!As a little bit different from you,I was educated from childhood till now in my own country,therefore,all in Chinese.As for now,I need to write reports and articles in English,it is somewhat challenge for me coz I need to write more formal than before..ooopps~`Could anyone give me some idea of improving or upgrading my writing skill?~`thanks v much!!
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
7 Oct 08
Hello tonytt. I think that mylot is a very good place for you to improve your English writing skill.For example, each time you respond to a discussion. You may start your response this way. Make a list of topic sentences in each paragraph and then give some detailed information to the topic sentence. And in the last paragraph, you make a summary of the topic. This way, your writing is more clear for readers to read and it helps a lot to develop your writing style and skill. You would like to have a try this way or some other way you prefer to improve your English writing skill? Have fun learning English, dear tonytt.
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• China
7 Oct 08
Hi william,thanks for your kindly comment.I would like to try your way in mylot which you will find in the next few days`lol.You always give me some good idea~thanks~
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• China
7 Oct 08
Hello again, friend. I am so happy that I can be of some help to you on this topic. I wish to see a different tonytt in a few days when I read your response to one of my discussions so that I won't miss it. Happy mylotting, my dear friend. By the way, always remember practice makes perfect.
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• Hong Kong
7 Oct 08
Practice makes perfect. This is the golden rule in language learning.
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@gary_law (84)
• Hong Kong
7 Oct 08
You may read more formal writings which may help you with your writing skill. Reports and articles are with different kind of structures from what we are writing here on the discussion board.
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@lrglara (1334)
• Philippines
7 Oct 08
continuous practice. just write. you'll eventually notice that your grammar is improving and the punctuations are all correct. also, it never hurts to read in english. just keep writing. Happy posting!
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@artibg (292)
• Bulgaria
7 Oct 08
My native language is not English, too but i have read somewhere that you could learn to write well only by writing a lot :/
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