You are currently trying to improve your knowledge of a language which is not your original language. You have a friend who speaks this new language perfectly. Write to your friend. Explaining why you want to learn this new language Asking him/her for suggestions on how to learn more quickly Proposing that you meet your friend to talk about these steps Begin your letter ‘Dear Do not write any addresses
Dear
Peter
I thought it was time to get in touch, especially as I remember you’re a fluent speaker of Add the comma(s)
Peter,
Italian
. I might have mentioned this
before, but I’m working for an Italian
company now, and so I need to speak quite a lot of Italian
when I have meetings with the staff. I wonder if you could give me a few tips on how to speed up my Italian
learning?
Do you think I should have lessons, or are there any self-study books which you can recommend? Sometimes I think about doing a crash course in Italy, but I think Change the punctuation
.
this
might be too intensive, and I’d be interested to hear your view on that too. Maybe, if you’re going to be in the area in the next few weeks, we could get together and I could pick your brains about this
subject. There is actually a very well-known Italian
restaurant in my street, so dinner would be my pleasure, and the surroundings would be perfect! Let me know what you think, and I hope to see you at some point soon. All the best, NestorSubmitted by kambiz.pirzad on
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Structure your letter
A letter needs to be written using a proper format, including the following:
- A greeting (Dear sir/madam, Dear John, Dear Mr. Smith)
- The main body (consisting of paragraphs for each part of the letter)
- A closing (Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Best wishes, Kind regards, Love)
When writing a letter as part of the IELTS General Training Writing Task 1, it is important to include the bullet points presented to you in the question.
All three bullet points need to be presented. And remember that some bullet points contain more than one element. So, make sure to watch for ‘and’ and plurals.