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| gRodriguez Triglot Groupie BrazilRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3825 days ago 44 posts - 56 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2, Galician Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 1 of 3 04 October 2015 at 12:13am | IP Logged | ||
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Like the idiot that I am, I have only realized now (one day before my TOEFL exam)that I
should probably study a bit. I was super confident until a few hours ago when I realized that unlike every other aspect of the language (reading, listening and speaking), I have no reason to believe that my writing is good. I mean I know how to write the words, but I pretty sure I use the same structure when writing text in both Portuguese (my native language) and English. So if anyone could point me out what the differences are I would be thankful! Edited by gRodriguez on 04 October 2015 at 1:10am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4806 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 2 of 3 04 October 2015 at 8:19am | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, I wish you good luck with the TOEFL, please share the experience later, I would be really interested in reading about it.
First of all: Don't panic. If you've been reading books, articles and so on in English, if you've listened to interviews, radio shows, tv series, movies, you may have prepared yourself enough. Huge enough amount of input is bound to leave a trace in the way you think in the target language, which is the base for speaking and writing. Hard to advice one day before your exam but: 1.you might profit from a bit of grammar studying. Sentence constructions, the "if" constructions, conditional clauses and such things can be reviewed in a few hours. 2.Have you read some exam samples? You might want to do that. Especially examples of writen assignments that passed. And most importantly: don't panic. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5059 days ago 2237 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 3 of 3 04 October 2015 at 1:51pm | IP Logged | ||
I haven't noticed any Portuguese interference in your above writing. Since you asked for corrections (in italics):
Apart from leaving out am in I pretty sure, my only corrections are stylistic. I'm not very good at explaining my own language to ESL learners. There is nothing wrong with "thankful" in your last sentence. I just think grateful sounds a little better to me. It's not a big deal. Relax, you'll be fine. Boa sorte com a prova! Edited by iguanamon on 04 October 2015 at 1:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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