Tham khảo tài liệu 'is it true that one who is good at english', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Is it true that one who is good at English grammar can write well in English Acquisition of good writing skills requires more than Mastery of English Grammar In the English language teaching writing is called a productive skill because it is concerned with the production of the language. The teaching and learning of this specific skill has provoked much discussion about the question of how to write well in English. Some people may think that a good knowledge of English grammar is sufficient to enable them to achieve a high level of competence in written English. However this is a somewhat simplistic view. As will be analyzed below the acquisition of good writing skills requires not just a good command of the grammatical system of English but a wide lexical knowledge a thorough understanding of the topic given and a repertoire of organizational skills. Apart from a good knowledge of English grammar one needs to demonstrate a broad lexical knowledge in a good piece of writing. There is an element of truth in the fact that grammar rules help to generate sentences. However if the writer has no real understanding of the lexis of the English language and just applies the grammatical rules mechanically he will run the risk of producing grammatically correct but semantically inappropriate or anomalous sentences. To use the English language with clarity and precision he needs to know what words mean literally and figuratively what words can collocate and how words though synonymous are different form each other in subtle ways. Therefore the writer s ability to manipulate structures and his word choice are both needed for .
