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Discussion on: Technical Writing Tips for Non-Native English Speakers

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André Matias

Cool @vtrpldn , that was a one more gratefull article here.
Your tip that could help me a lot is that:

Try writing down the core idea of your text and how you'll expand it. This will help you anchor down your train of thought and help you focus on that specific subject.

I'm always unsure about write or speakin english with others, some times is because I really overplan my idea, so if I do it more simple, maybe I make me to be understood.

I'm also a brazilian, and I don't have many friends or parents that speak in english, so for improve my knowledment with english I try to do the most activities using english in my days, and it has been working for me.

I've tried a course too, but it has been much boring and I feel that I can learn more using my own methods, like reading, writing and speaking too.

Thanks for that.

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Vitor Paladini • Edited

Hey, André! Glad I could help.

English classes also didn't worked well for me. What really worked was listening to podcasts, watching tv shows with subtitles and reading articles on subjects that I'm already familiar.

Hit me up on twitter @paladini_dev if you need to practice sometime 🙂