Wednesday 16 March 2016

How to Write a Blog in English When It Is Not Your First Language

how to write a blog in English

If you are a non-native speaker of English and looking for ways to write a blog in the English language, you have landed on the right page. 

The English language is the most preferred language when it comes to blog writing. More than 65% of the bloggers write their blog in the English language. When you write your blog in English language, it provides a wide range of advantages.

Benefits of writing a blog in the English language

First, English language is an international language and used by a vast majority of people across the world. The majority of digital consumers prefer the English language over any other language.

 According to Jaffbullas.com (Blogging facts and figures), English (66%) is the most preferred language to write blog followed by French (8.7%), Portuguese (6.5%) and Indonesian (3.5). 

Similarly, Sysomos research  on blogger demographic shows that the largest number of bloggers are in the USA (29.22%) followed by UK (6.75%), and Japan (4.88%). Since the majority of the bloggers are from the English-speaking countries you stand a better chance of success if you write your blog in the English language.

Second, a blog in the English language provides you several advantages in terms of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). A majority of web hosting sites, SEO optimization tools, and analytics tools have been designed to offer their services to bloggers who write their content in the English language. So if you write your blog in English you will easily be able to optimize your content for search engines.

Third, the bloggers who write their blog in the English language earn more than the bloggers who write in their regional languages.

Now, let’s get back to the topics

How to Write Blog in the English with a Little Language Skills


The English language has become the most preferred language when it comes to global communication. However, a large number of people across the world find it hard to communicate in this language.

If you have a good command over the English language, you might not find it hard to write a blog in this language. However, if English is not your first language, you might find it hard to put across your ideas in the English language.

The majority of non-native speakers of English do not find it hard to read and understand the English language. However, when it comes to writing and speaking a majority of the people experiences mental block or end up making several grammatical mistakes.

Let’s check out in this article how to write a blog in the English language especially when you are not comfortable writing in this language. You can do several things to overcome writing problems if you follow the below-mentioned guidelines.

Choose a topic you enjoy and comfortable writing about


If you have studied in a school where subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Maths were taught to you in the English language, you will not find it difficult to write on topics related to these subjects. So what topics you can choose to write about.

If Biology was your favorite subject you can write about niches such as health and fitness. Similarly, if you were good at Physics you can become a tech blogger and write about technology. Both of these niches are very popular in the blogging world.

On the other hand, if you have studied in a school where all of your subjects where in your regional language expect English, you can still write a blog in the English language with a little practice.

Write about technical topics


The audience interested in technical subjects looks for information rather than grammatical mistakes in your blog. If you are tech savvy, you can choose the niche you know about. For example, if you have knowledge about computer software or hardware you can share your expertise with your audience.

In the business of blogging knowledge is more valuable than the writing skills. Writing skills can help you put across your ideas more effectively but you cannot engage your audience solely on the basis of your writing skills. Your blog visitors will return only if you offer them valuable information and knowledge that they can use in their daily life.

The good thing about technical writing is that you don’t have to use a wide range of words or sentences to communicate your idea. The majority of the technical words, phrases and sentences are similar and can be used in a wide range of combination to communicate different things.

Read and write a lot about your selected niche


The process of becoming a skilled writer begins with a lot of reading. Select some of the most popular blogs in your niche and read them regularly. It will provide you two benefits. 

First, you will be able to understand the most popular phrases and words used in your niche. Second, you will unconsciously gain some skills that will come handy whenever you will experience mental block while creating content for your blog.

Make sure to write every day. Yes, every day no matter how poor you are at writing. You will gradually gain the required skills to become a skilled writer. 

The majority of today's successful bloggers were not very skilled at writing when they started blogging. Hard work and regular practice are some of the ingredients that helped them in their endeavor.

Let me remind you here that several times you would think of quitting but, believe me, this stage of your struggle determines your success or failure.  Never quit and keep practicing. Focus on your goal. Think about good things in life if you feel low or tired.

Take a break but never quit.

Focus on conversational style of writing


The good thing about blogging is that blog readers mostly prefer the conversational style of writing. You don’t have to use words that we use in academic writing.

Simplicity is the key ingredient of content. The main objective of blogging is to create reliable and useful quality content that your audience can consume easily. 

If you are good enough to put across your idea effectively, even native speakers of English would not mind reading your blog. 

Here are some content writing tips to create content in the English language.

  • Avoid writing passive sentences. Write in active voice. For example, I am writing an article (active voice). Rather, an article is being written by me (Passive voice)
  • Avoid writing complex sentences. Write simple sentences that could be understood easily. Use tools like Hemingway app to improve readability of your sentences.
  • Avoid difficult words. Choose words and phrases that we use in our day to day conversation.
  • Avoid long paragraphs. Write short paragraphs to put across one idea at a time. Do not worry if some of your paragraphs are as long as a sentence.
  • Avoid grammatical mistakes. Use tools like Grammarly to proofread your content.

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Use infographics, tables, videos and slides to improve audience engagement


If your content is not engaging, you are most likely to face problems related to low audience engagement or high bounce rate. Sometimes it could be due to your inability to put across your ideas effectively in writing.

Therefore, I would suggest you use infographics, videos, and slides to improve audience engagement. Infographics deliver useful information in easy to understand way. Moreover, infographics and slides are easy to create and help in improving audience engagement.

Similarly, you can use videos related to the content of your post. Videos are increasingly gaining popularity and perform better than written content in terms of audience engagement.

Finally, don’t try to be a perfectionist


You don’t have to be perfect in English language skills to become a successful blogger. Good language skills do help in creating a perfect blog. However, you can drive tons of traffic to your blog with average skills too if you know how to create quality content. Unique and useful content will help your stand out from the crowd.

No matter how good a person at content writing there is always a scope for improvement. So don’t get obsess to create a perfect piece of writing. You will learn several important skills during the course of your blogging career. In the beginning, it is important to gain necessary skills to create valuable content.

We all make mistakes while creating content and some grammatical mistakes are acceptable as long as it does not distract your audience.

Blogging is the best platforms to know about your writing skills and quality of your content.

The social media likes and shares tell a lot about the quality of your content. So in the beginning, you can publish some posts to understand how good you are at writing. Keep learning from your mistakes and gradually you will become good at creating quality content.


What other content writing tips would you give to write a blog in the English language? Please feel free to share your suggestions or opinion with us. Even if you are a native speaker of English, please share your views on the topics with us. 

If you liked this article, please make sure to share it with others. Keep learning! Keep sharing!

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2 comments:

  1. Thank you.

    This article inspiring me on how to write the english content ..
    Yes , i feel so hard when explore my idea in creating an english content becouse my limitted knowledge in phrase ..

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    1. Thanks TasBatam for taking out time to comment and sharing your opinion with us. I am glad you find this post helpful.

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