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课程介绍
In this lesson, we will focus on learning how to write naturally in English.
Japanese students of English generally have a large vocabulary and good grammar knowledge. They know how to create many types of sentences, but they often do not know which ones sound "natural."
By learning to write commonly-used words, expressions, and phrases, you can improve your knowledge of English. This will also help your conversational and listening skills, too!
This lesson can also be personalized! I have experience with writing:
- Fiction
- Non-fiction
- Letters
Please tell me which topic you would like to focus on when you begin the course.
Lesson Contents
- Please write ~200 words on a selected topic and send it to me as a message on Cafetalk or as an attachment (Word document).
- I will proofread it and send you a Word document with corrections. I will highlight the sections that need improvement.
- Then, I will write out detailed explanations of 1) Why the highlighted selection is not natural and 2) What is a better way to write and express this idea.
I believe it is as important to explain why something is correct as why it is incorrect; this way, we can learn from our mistakes and learn good habits, too!
- For the first lesson, please write an introduction (~200 words) about yourself and what you would like to study.
- After the first lesson, I will send back the corrections in 1-2 days.
Here is an example with a business focus:
(Original Sample)
Thank you. I’m sorry it was hard to explain. Feel free to ask me anything with e-mail or something at any time.
(Errors Highlighted and Numbered)
Thank you.(1) I’m sorry it was (2) hard to explain. (3) Feel free to ask me (4) anything with (5) e-mail or something at any time.
(Corrections Inserted)
Thank you [very much,] and I'm sorry it was [so] hard to explain. [Please feel free to email me any questions (6) you may have.]
(Natural Phrasing)
Thank you very much, and I'm sorry it was so hard to explain. Please feel free to email me any questions you may have.
- ありがとうございます can be a sentence in Japanese, but in English, we generally follow "Thank you" with a comma "," and join it with the following sentence. "very much" is also better for a business context.
- "hard to explain" by itself sounds a bit harsh/strong. It implies "you were not able to understand," which is slightly impolite. By adding "so," it creates the idea/feeling that "We both know this was difficult, and I'm sorry it was difficult for you," similar to how 「大変お待たせしました」 is a small apology that is said to someone who had to wait so long.
- With any imperative in English, "feel free, wait, go" it is imprortant to remember "Please."
- Natural ideas are expressed with as few words as possible. By changing "ask" to "email" , we can delete the now unnecessary "with" in the sentence. However, "any questions" sounds nicer than "anything," especially in a business context.
- "Or something at any time" sounds unnatural because it uses many words to describe something that could be said with one word "question."
- Finally, "you may have" is a polite way to end this sentence: "Feel free to email me your questions," is casual. "Please feel free to email me any questions you may have," is formal.
Thank you very much!
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