One of your penfriends wants to improve his/her english in advance of moving to sydney Write a letter to your penfriend. Advise him/her about the following: listening skills, speaking skills and vocabulary.
Dear Niyi,
You must be really excited about moving to Sydney. How are all the preparations going? In your letter, you ask if I’ve got any advice on how to improve your
English
before you leave. Well, I’ve given it some thought and here are a few ideas.
Speaking is probably going to be the most useful, so if I were you, I’d try and speak in English
as much as possible. And I think you should do a short, intensive oral course before you go too,
if you have time. I wouldn’t recommend you buy one of those language courses on CD though, because they are expensive, and you Remove the comma
apply
don’t
get the opportunity to interact with other people.
As for your listening skills, you should tune in to English
language programmes on television and radio whenever you can. Also
, don’t
forget that lots of Australian, British and American websites have audio that you can listen to, so I’d make the most of the internet if I were you.
Browsing the internet will also
help extend your vocabulary, but you ought to read books, magazines and newspapers as well. You’d better get a good English
dictionary too. I don’t
think you should discard your bilingual one, only use it when you must.
Well, I have to get back to work now. If you need any more information, don’t
hesitate to get in touch.
Best wishes,
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite