![]() I’ll break down the original text and correct and comment sentence by sentenceĪnd today, we’ll have the pretty well written short story of why the reader David learned Chinese as a young man and is learning German only now, so… let’s jump right in.I’ll read the corrected text and you can read along, with English translations.Maybe, there actually is not THE one best way to present this but for today, I have decided to do the following: ![]() Like … having the mistakes separate means a better flow while reading, but at the same time way more scrolling and searching. Correct mistakes immediately, or show the full text first? Add English translations? If yes, where? As a block or line by line?Įach option has its own pros and cons. Now, while I was preparing this, I realized that there are actually quite a few ways to do it. Many of you seemed to like the idea, and quite a few have already sent me stories, so today, we’ll try it out now :). Like last time, I’ll give you the audio and then the corrected version first, along with a (rather close) translation.Īnd after that, we’ll go through the original text section by section.Īnd this time, I WON’T mark the mistakes right away, I’ll just tell you how many there are in a given segment, so you can see if you can spot them :).Īnd welcome to … your story of the day :).Ī couple of weeks ago, I asked you if you’d be interested in a sort of writing practice where you write a short piece about yourself or your life or whatever, and I go through it on the blog and correct mistakes and give a little commentary about style and phrasing. But there are some basic mistakes in it that many of you will be able to spot. It’s pretty well written overall and has a good mix of long and short sentences. The story of today comes from Ruth and she’s telling us about a somewhat unusual weekend trip of hers. Listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar AND style In each episode, we’ll take a look at a short story that you have sent me and I’ll read it, and I’ll correct all the mistakes and add commentary what needs to be changed and why.ĪND today, you can also guess what the mistake is so you essentially get to practice And welcome to the second episode of the new series
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