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ENGLISH
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THE BLANK PAGE SYNDROME
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One of my worst memories at university
was when Monday came and we were
ordered to write a composition in English
about whatever issue of interest our
teacher required from us. Monday, then,
was D-day to start squeezing our brains
and face the void of a blank page in which
we hardly ever knew what to write, or at
least, how to start writing.
This past experience can be set as a good
example to understand the awful feeling
that some students of the English language
undergo when it comes to writing
a composition. It is something that can
be nicknamed as “The Blank Page Syndrome”.
The approach to this skill varies depending
on the students or even on their inspiration
that day. Inspiration is something
that cannot be controlled so some tools
feeling of solitude when facing the writing
test. Thus, there are some students that
due to their nervousness start writing just
for the sake of writing, without taking into
account some crucial points, something
that should be avoided by all means.
We all have to assume that writing a composition
implies a twofold effort: on the
one hand you have to be aware of the appropriate
layout of the composition, of
its structure, that is generally based on an
INTRODUCTION – BODY – CONCLUSION
pattern. On the other hand, a brainstorming
of ideas about the topic assigned has
to be done, choosing those that you consider
to include relevant, easy to develop
information and ignoring others that do
not provide your writing with anything remarkable.
The “first things first” approach is, no
doubt, one of the best, meaning that the
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