At the time of birth one’s linguistic repertoire consists of nothing but his body language. Slowly one learns how to speak. Speaking doesn’t come in a day. It is a slow continuous process. The child tries to imitate his/her parents a number of times, before he/she can really learn the words and phrases of the language. After words, come sentences and slowly he/she starts speaking proficiently. All this process takes more than a year for most of the children. Thus a child learns a language by his persistent effort to speak.
Similarly, it also takes a continuous effort to improve one’s writing abilities. It can be extended to English writing too which is main theme of this article. Some of us have a knack of writing good English, from quite an early age. But for others, the urge to improve their writing abilities comes much later. This urge may be due to various factors like professional requirements, or pure interest etc.
Any person has high observational powers when he/she is an infant. Infants learn things very quickly. Crying when they are hungry gets the mother's attention is the first thing which they learn. As age progresses, observational powers decrease and he/she takes more time to learn. It is much easier to pick up any skill at a younger age rather than at a later stage. The same applies to writing abilities too. A person who has started late will require more time to improve his/her abilities, but this should detest him/her from pursuing it. Hence one should never compare another person’s English with his own.
It would be quite wrong on one’s part to think that he/she shall not freely express his/her thoughts till his/her writing abilities reach a particular standard. By doing so, he/she will not only be writing fewer articles but also making it difficult to achieve the set standard of the writing abilities. The only way one can improve one’s standard of English is to write more and more. Thus one should never feel any inferiority complex in this regard and should express his thoughts freely.
Similarly, it also takes a continuous effort to improve one’s writing abilities. It can be extended to English writing too which is main theme of this article. Some of us have a knack of writing good English, from quite an early age. But for others, the urge to improve their writing abilities comes much later. This urge may be due to various factors like professional requirements, or pure interest etc.
Any person has high observational powers when he/she is an infant. Infants learn things very quickly. Crying when they are hungry gets the mother's attention is the first thing which they learn. As age progresses, observational powers decrease and he/she takes more time to learn. It is much easier to pick up any skill at a younger age rather than at a later stage. The same applies to writing abilities too. A person who has started late will require more time to improve his/her abilities, but this should detest him/her from pursuing it. Hence one should never compare another person’s English with his own.
It would be quite wrong on one’s part to think that he/she shall not freely express his/her thoughts till his/her writing abilities reach a particular standard. By doing so, he/she will not only be writing fewer articles but also making it difficult to achieve the set standard of the writing abilities. The only way one can improve one’s standard of English is to write more and more. Thus one should never feel any inferiority complex in this regard and should express his thoughts freely.
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