Have you ever wonder how the
great writers become so great? Well, ‘practice is everything.’ If you had ever
to learn a second language, you may have experienced the need to understand the
structure of writing, and many times you will realize how poor the knowledge of
your own language is.
To compose a sentence can look
really easy, and many times we get upset at the lack of structure of someone’s speech
or writing, but we have to realize that getting it right is not easy at all. It
requires a lot of attention and a lot of practice to use properly a new language.
One of my teachers once said: ‘you cannot claim to own a word if you cannot
give its definition in at least three ways.’ It sounds crazy, but it has some
truth, in order for you to own and use a language properly, it is necessary to acquire
vocabulary, and to use it accurately. The adequate use of the vocabulary then,
will give you the opportunity to convey not only ideas, but most essentially
the meaning that you want to transmit.
Meaning is what then has to be
capture in a sentence… and capturing the right idea is an art when we have to
use a language that is not our own. It takes time to acquire vocabulary, to be delighted
and elated by it, and to entice others with the same meaning that can be faithful
to your idea, but as clear and appealing to them.
Therefore, if you ever wonder how
can you become a great writer in a different language that your own, start
writing! Look for corrections, and read as much as you can so that you may
acquire the necessary vocabulary to write outstanding papers, essays, blogs, etc.
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