You are going on a short course to a training college abroad. It is a college that you have not been to before. Write a letter to the accommodation officer. In your letter, give details of your course and your arrival/departure date explain your accommodation needs ask for information about getting to and from the college

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Dear John, I am James Muir, a final year computer science graduate student from the University of San Jose, United States. I am excited to write
this
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letter to seek additional information about my accommodation for the crash course at the University of Oxford.
Firstly
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, I want to restate that I am enrolled on the course conducted by Prof Jason Bourne about the Influence of Machine Learning in the field of medicine.
This
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session is going to start on 1st January 2022 and
last
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for 4 days - till 5th January. To get accustomed to the weather as well as to get an extra day to communicate with fellow students, I am planning to reach the hostel on 30th December 2021.
However
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, I will be heading back on the
last
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day of the session itself.
Secondly
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, I do not have any special accommodation needs. I am good with any dorm room that has a bed and attached bathroom. Since
this
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would be my
first
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trip to the university, any information on reaching the premises is really appreciated. My flight will be landing at Dulles airport, which is roughly 60 kilometres away from the hostel. I am grateful for the support and service your team is providing for the international students. Let me know if you need any additional details. Regards, James
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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

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