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English is my third language. Keeping sentences short and simple helped me read and write better. It also makes revising my own notes easier.
by kras143 6y ago
English is my third language. Keeping sentences short and simple helped me read and write better. It also makes revising my own notes easier.
- DoingIsLearning 6y agoWriting for clarity is also something I first came in contact with when learning English as a foreign language. It's interesting, there is also a cultural aspect to the language. Anglo-saxon cultures of schooling and work environments value clarity and generally consider language 'embellishment' as adding friction or just plain wrong. I distinctly remember being in English classes (at a Language institute outside normal curriculum) and learning how to structure an essay or how to structure a letter and thinking to myself why on Earth am I learning about literature pieces in my mother tongue without first covering this basic soft skill? Perhaps I am generallizing but most Romanic languages seem to have a cultural influence from the medieval Francophone 'cathedra' university, with a school of thought, which now to me, seems to overvalue 'sounding smart' and embellishing instead of getting your message across.