Learning How To Write

Learning How To Write


Copyright 2004, Michael LaRocca








As a student of Spanish, my goal was to think in Spanish. Skip


the word-by-word translation so I'd have the necessary speed to


speak and listen. I know words in Spanish that I'd be hard


pressed to translate. Usually profanity, I confess. Chingow!





For years my students here in China have studied grammar, and


know it better than you or I. They read. They write. But


speaking involves moving faster than that. In conversation, we


don't have time to write it first and make sure it's all


grammatically flawless, then read it aloud, perhaps after a bit


of rehearsal.




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