Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
BBC’s My Story Competition: No Need to Write English
Receiving the entry form for the BBC’s My Story competition, I had a nasty shock. Red letters at the top told me to “Remember, judging is based on how great the story is, not on grammar and spelling.” I suppose this attitude coincides with the recent development that you don’t need to talk proper English to be a speaker either. More
Labels:
BBC,
competition,
English,
language,
Literature,
Received Pronunciation,
Shakespeare,
Spelling,
Writing
Expand Your Vocabulary
Writing is using your vocabulary to the fullest. To become an even better writer, it is essential that you keep on expanding your vocabulary. Writing doesn’t do that for you, but reading will. More
Labels:
English language,
expanding vocabulary,
french,
German language,
greek,
language,
Latin,
vocabulary
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