admin writes
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Think as you read, speak as you think, write as you speak
The first thing you learn is to speak in English. Then you learn to read in English. Finally you learn to write in English. When you first learn to speak in English you are struggling with words and sentence structure. But what you are actually doing is train your brain to learn the language. After a while (and I hope, by now) this comes naturally. This means your brain has grasped the language enough to learn as you start to read. Next comes reading. When you read “silently”, you are letting your brain say the sentences and paragraphs you are reading. This helps your brain to learn “good” English. So…
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Don’t give up!
A few months ago, I decided that my frangipani tree had to go because all its leaves were infected by a fungus that was so thick that its yellow powder was all over my car. I cut off all the branches, leaving only the main structure and made sure that every attempt to grow was cut off immediately. It just wouldn’t die and kept on trying to grow and at some point, after several months, I relented and allowed it to grow back. While the fungus is not completely gone, it seems to be fairly sparse this time. These flowers are some of the first ones since.
