英文ライティング力を高めるには、文章を書くことと英語で文章を書くことの二つが必要です。書く分量を増やすには、毎日リストを作るとよいでしょう。リス
トを作る習慣ができれば、必然的にリストに加える項目も増えていきます。たとえば、一日に行うライティングのリストを作ってみれば、自分のライティング量
を知ることができます。この量を増やしていきましょう。二番目に、英語で書く文章の量を増やします。今度は英語でリストを作ります。英語でリストを作れ
ば、英語で物事を整理して考える訓練ができるとともに、英語の力を伸ばすこともできます。毎日いろいろなリストを作る習慣をつけてみませんか？
To improve your English writing, you need to
write, and you need to write in English. If you take a minute to think
about all the different kinds of writing you do in a typical week, you
may realize that much of the writing you do has nothing to do with
sentences or punctuation or paragraphs.
Suppose you start by making a list of all the different kinds of writing that you did today.
Here is the first part of my list:
1. a short piece on getting started
2. a list of questions to ask the technician at the Apple store
3. an errand list
4. a list of books to get at the library
5. an email to a friend about where to meet
6. an email to a friend about going to a concert
7. an email to a chorus asking if they are looking for new members
Maybe your list is shorter than mine. The length of your list is not
important. If you get into the habit of making lists every day, the
number of items in your list will get longer. The purpose of making your
writing list was to get you to realize how much writing you now do and
to help you to increase the amount of writing you do in the future.
The next step in getting organized is to see how many of the lists you
could do in English. For me, making lists is a brief daily task.
Sometimes, I make a list at night for the next day. Other times, I make a
list early in the morning to get my day organized. Plus, a list helps
to prioritize my goals and to make sure I remember everything.
Suppose I made my list of things to do today in English. Here's my list:
1. Buy a pair of black pants with pockets
2. Return my books to the library and get two new ones
3. Pick up my package at the post office and buy some international stamps
4. Make a dentist appointment
5. Finish editing the piece on the TH sound
6. Practice my song for tonight's chorus
7. Buy a Hawaiian music CD to find a new song to work on
8. Call the software technician to ask about iChat
Making lists is part of getting organized, and making lists has
additional benefits. Making a list to help you get organized in English
will help your English.
