I am taking a Japanese course and I was told to write a composition about a
place I like. I have currently just finished the first book of Minna no
nihongo, which is up to lesson 12. I am thinking of: このさくぶんの中で好きなところのことを話します。
Can anyone tell me if this is correct?
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How to write "I am going to talk about a place that I like"
I think that 場所 is more appropriate than ところ for your sentence because ところ
means not only "place" but also "point" such as "それが彼のよい所なんだ。(That is his good
point.)"
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好きなところについて話します／話す or 好きなところに関して話します／話す

The other guy is right, you can also use 場所 instead of ところ but I personally
don't think it makes much difference in a conversation.
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In the question you stated that **I am going to talk** , however, in your
Japanese translation you simply state this fact, i.e. 話します - I will talk. In
Japanese there are two structures which you could use, namely

> 話したい - I want to talk  
>  話すつもり - I intent to talk

Next, if you want to talk about something I think that について is more
appropriate

> について話すつもり (you could refer to <https://www.italki.com/question/270533>)

Finally, I would say that your sentence might look like this

> この作文には好きな場所について話したいです
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I would personally phrase it in the following 2 ways:

> １：この作{さく}文{ぶん}の中{なか}で、（私{わたし}の）好き{すき}な場{ば}所{しょ}について話{はな}していきたいと思{おも}います。- I
> would like to talk about the place I like in this "essay".

or

> ２：この作{さく}文{ぶん}の中{なか}で、（私{わたし}の）好き{すき}な場{ば}所{しょ}を紹{しょう}介{かい}していきたいと思{おも}います。-
> I would like to introduce (to the reader) the place I like in this "essay".

I think both are fairly used. I will try to breakdown one of the sentences so
you understand how all the bits work.

> この作文の中で - In this essay - Pretty straight forward.

> (私の)好きな場所 - The place I like - It is ok to omit the "I" in Japanese.

> について - About - Nothing to add here.

> 話していきたい - I want to talk / I want to go and talk - it has the nuance of
> going to(していく). It is the `たい-form` of 話していく（していく).

> と思います - I would like to - したいと思います is polite way to say that you want to /
> will do something.

Now for the second sentence, the only difference is we are changing 話す for
紹介する, which means to "introduce" and it is used a lot in those situations
where you are talking about something you know, but your audience does not. In
that case we will just change について話す for を紹介する (していきたいと思います).
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