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 Yasmina,
You must be really excited about moving to Sydney. How are all the preparations going? In your letter, you asked 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 the most useful, so if I were you, I’d try to speak in English
as much as possible. And I think you should try to sign up for one of the online courses. I have a friend who took one of those and benefited greatly from it as it
As for listening, you should tune in to English
programmes on your TV or radio. Also
, listen to podcasts while you are commuting or at home as they provide a valuable resource of interesting topics and insights and will greatly help your listening skills.
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