You live in an English speaking country and you want to do some voluntary, unpaid work in a developing country. Write a letter to a company called Cultural Expeditions, which organizes such trips. In your letter: Explain why you want to do the voluntary work. State what your skills and experience are. Indicate where you would like to volunteer and for how long.

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Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing
this
letter regarding your advertisement for
voluntary
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a voluntary
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job
which I saw
last
week in the newspaper. I have lived here for five
month
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and I could not get a
job
for myself. So I
decide
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to do some voluntary
job
instead
of staying at home. I believe that by doing
voluntary
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job
I can improve myself both in being
discipline
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at work and personal life and earn valuable experience by interacting with people.
Also
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I can prepare myself for my future
job
when I hire in
near
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future. When I was living in my homeland, I decided to learn some general software.
Besides
, I am a patient person and do not lose my temper so easily which I think is an important factor in your
job
.
In addition
, I
work
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in
coffee
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a coffee
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shop as a cashier for one year so I am familiar with different
type
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of people either good or
bad tempered
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. I prefer to work as a volunteer for at least 6
month
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in kindergarten because I love dealing with children
age
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between 4 to 6 and I think they make
feel
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I am still young and can tolerate my difficulties
through
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my life in future. I look forward
receiving
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your prompt. Yours faithfully, Khashayar Partovi
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Task Achievement
To enhance task response, make sure to directly address all parts of the prompt clearly and thoroughly. Ensure that your reasons for wanting to do voluntary work, your skills and experience, and your preferred location and duration for volunteering are all distinctly highlighted and elaborated upon.
Coherence and Cohesion
A more logical structure could be achieved by organizing your letter into clear paragraphs, each dedicated to addressing a specific part of the prompt. For instance, one paragraph for explaining why you want to volunteer, another for detailing your skills and experience, and a third for stating your preferred volunteering location and duration.
Task Achievement
Including a polite closing statement can improve the tone and formality of your letter. Additionally, it's important to proofread for minor grammatical errors and ensure that your letter follows a polite and formal tone throughout, suitable for a job application.
Coherence and Cohesion
To improve coherence, use transitional words and phrases to better connect your ideas and paragraphs. This creates a smoother reading experience and shows a higher level of language proficiency.

Use a variety of complex and simple sentences

You should use complex sentences in your writing, but it does not mean that you should try to make all of our sentences complex.

‘Complex’ sentences are not actually very complex; they are just two or more simple sentences put together. Putting them together makes the essay more coherent and cohesive.

Examples:

I really want to study but I’m too tired.

I wore a warm coat because the weather was cold.

If action is not taken soon on climate change, global warming will get worse.

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