How to tackle anxiety when writing in English?

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What's your first language?
Tagging someone that might know something about this.

My native language is Chinese.

Be sure to get plenty of practice in writing and jsut read a number of different types of text before you start in this new school. This may help to give you a better grasp of different texts and improve your fluency!

I see. Well, it would be helpful to know that most teachers would be understanding of this fact and wouldn't get angry with you or anything. Most native speakers of English can't write perfectly either, and regularly make errors, so just try to keep that in mind.

Your post here was fine. Didn't spot any errors, nothing to worry about.

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Yes. I have considered it as one of my solution. However, whenever I write I tend to feel stressful which is rather weird. I don't like this psychological reaction and I think it will affect my study a lot.

By the way, how do you feel the post I've just wrote? Does it sound fluent?

Thanks

My native language is Chinese.

Practice makes perfect and writing as a kind of "hobby" during the holidays will help to take the pressure off of a teacher 'looming' over your work if that makes sense and turning off spelling and grammar checker until you're finished will help to improve it even more and definitely! You're obviously highly academic and I couldn't tell until you said that English isn't your first language, I'm sure you'll continue to adapt to the changes though just keep on practising, plenty of English work and you should be fine!

I am reading The Economist and Bill Bryson's work. Sometimes I struggle but they should be able to help in long-term. I will try my best!

if you have any questions don't hesitate

Can you recommend a good proofreader?

Hi !
My native language is French and I applied abroad for English programms, my English is not 100% perfect and I still make a few mistakes when I am writing.

I am fluent since 3 years only and I was very stressed out at 1st because of the mistakes and stuff , I was so afraid to be judged. But people are very understanding of all of this ! I am not in the schools I applied yet, but I could talk to a few teachers etc, and they did not judge me at all, even though I noticed after sending my mails that I've made a few mistakes

So yes, really don't worry about it everyone will perfectly understand your situation ! To be fair, teachers tend to like foreign students because they had the courage to go abroad

Also, If you practise you won't be that stressed. I joined TSR to practise my English, I was suuuuper stressed at 1st, then you got so used to it that you're not stressed anymore, I promise !

Anyway good luck with your new school, if you have any questions don't hesitate

Ooh very good! As long as you put as much work in as possible there's no more that you can do. Little slip-ups mean nothing in the long run and chinese is a very different language to English, I tried it for a year but it was so difficult, I'm sure you'll be fine and you wouldn't have gotten in if it was that bad!!

Thank you very much. I feel like a relief because I was always worrying about my grammar and vocabulary. In fact, I shouldn't think about them that much and just carry on with what I am doing! Are you still learning Chinese at the moment? If so, I am very happy to help at any time.

You shouldn't do! I'm sure it will develop further overtime and your accuracy improve which is a huge part of being a student and you shouldn't let it affect you! Just know you're doing ace and I'm not sorry I took French instead because I was guaranteed a better grade as it was my strongest second language