One of your penfriends wants to imporve his/her English in advance of moving to Sydney. Write a letter to your penfriend. Advice him/her about the following: listening skills, speaking skills and vocabulary.

I have got your letter and I am really happy to know that you are moving to Sydney. I came to know that you are struggling with
English
and you are
also
planning to improve your
English
skill
. I have gone through
this
situation and I overcome
this
situation successfully.
Firstly
, My suggestion is for you to start
practicing
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listening. You can watch animated
English
movies which will help you a lot to improve your listening
skill
. Listening
news
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regularly will
also
enhance your capability to understand
advance
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English
. By improving your listening
skill
you will be able to understand all the conversation and environment easily.
Secondly
, You can start speaking in front of a mirror to be fluent in speaking. You can select some topics and talk with yourself in front of a mirror which will help you to build your confidence. You can join a language club and start talking with your classmates. You can copy different dialogue from different movies that will improve your speaking
skill
as well.
Finally
, start learning
English
vocabulary. You can start reading news
paprs
Correct your spelling
papers
paper
and mark every new word from each page. Start googling with those new words and try to understand their meaning. You can follow Oxford dictionary
English
to
English
, In
this
book
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you will find
thousand
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of words with synonyms. I think
above
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suggestions will help you a lot to improve your
advance
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English
skill
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. Please write
me
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if you need more guidelines, I will be happy to help you.
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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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