Improving your writing (week 1)

It is a fact that writing is one of the most challenging skills in English. Not only because previously you need to be able to speak but also because you need to learn some grammar.We could all agree that writing requires a lot of study and dedication.

Personally speaking I would say that it was reading books what really made me learn how to write properly in English. At first, when I was a kid I just read Spanish books owing to the fact that I was told by my parents that first I needed to learn how to express myself in my mother tongue and right after I would be able to speak more fluently in English. To tell the truth I could not agree more with them, as I reckon reading is essential to improve writing.

Once I knew how to express myself in English and speak quite good I started to learn some grammar rules that helped me in order to write some short texts. The more I practised those rules the better my writing was. In addition, when I grew up I became fan of foreign films so I watched all those films in English with subtitles so I started to learn a lot of vocabulary which I included in all my writings.

To finish off, two years ago I took part in a student exchange in London where I met a lot of amazing locals. Nowadays, I still talk to some of them by whatsapp as we have become close friends and that is helping me each day in order to practise my writing. I consider student exchanges activities of great interest as kids get to know foreigners and not only they improve their pronunciation or writing skills but also they make a lot of friends and enjoy that incredible experience.