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Dec 2020
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35. How to improve your writing skills!

Thomas Wilkinson
About this episode

On today’s episode, I'm hoping to give you some tips to improve your writing skills! Writing is one of the key language skills, and often students want to know how they can get better! We’ll look at some of the reasons writing is important to practice, and then I'll offer some advice on how to improve!

Transcript - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2020/12/21/35-how-to-improve-your-writing-skills/

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VOCABULARY LIST

To reinforce (v) - to make something stronger

The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching

Aspect (n) - one part of a situation, problem, subject, etc.

Which aspects of your job do you most enjoy?

Element (n) - a part of something

The movie has all the elements of a blockbuster

Flow (n) - if discussions or ideas flow, people talk and exchange information in a relaxed way

Ideas flow more easily in an atmosphere of trust

Factor (n) - a fact or situation that influences the result of something

People’s voting habits are influenced by political, social, and economic factors

Perfection (n) - the state of being complete and correct in every way

In his quest for physical perfection, he spends hours in the gym

To express (v) - to communicate what you think or feel, by speaking or writing, or in some other way

Children often express themselves in painting

To analyse - to study or examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it

Researchers analysed the purchases of 6,300 households

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