You are going to visit New Zealand for an 'English and Homestay ' program. You have just received details of your homestay host family. Write  your first letter to the family.In your letter •introduce yourself • ask the family some questions to get information that is important to you •tell the family about your arrival date and time

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Dear Sir or Madam I am Umid from Uzbekistan, have recently registered for a two-week English Homestay program at your house in New Zealand. I am fascinated to have you as my mentor during the program. I really appreciate your letter that I received yesterday and writing for some information and to notify you of my arrival date I am really delighted that you have agreed to host me for the program.
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will definitely enable me to fully immerse myself in the English Culture and
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enhance my understanding of your tradition and way of life.  Would you please
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me about New Zealand's weather
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  Because I don't know what kind of clothes I should bring
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like to inform you that I am a vegetarian.
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, I need your suggestion about the things I should bring with me to your house .
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, I would appreciate your advice on the type of books  I should read about New Zealand that might help me understand your culture I look
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to hearing from you
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faithfully Umid
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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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