Comparing writing style in English and Spanish

We wrote two short texts about a place we’d visited, one in English (Istambul) and another one in


Spanish (Cuba). Most people said that there were differences: In Spanish we “vomit” ideas

and structures, use more complex vocabulary, use more idioms and different links and

connects; we are even more poetic. In English we tend to use shorter sentences and

paragraphs, simpler vocabulary, less idioms, to be more descriptive and use different

links and connector.



It was curious but neither Helena Massó nor I said that after reading our texts: only shorter

paragraphs and sentences. Our writing styles are different, but we writer more or less

the same in both languages. (I’ll keep mine in my portfolio to revise them! And our

photocopies, too).


What I’m worried about is RUBRICS. I always forget to write them or they are not

good ones. I MUST IMPROVE!


To end up with it today, HOW COULD YOU, COLLEAGUES, HAVE SO MUCH

TIME AS TO PREPARE SO WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES!!! Let me know.