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. v.1

Dear Niyi, You must be really excited about moving to Sydney. How are all the preparations going? In your letter, you ask 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 you can work with. Speaking is probably going to be the most useful, so if I were you, I’d try and speak in English as much as possible. If you have time, I think you should do a short, intensive oral course before you go as this will help improve your speaking skills. I wouldn’t recommend you buy one of those language courses on CD though, because they are really expensive, and you don’t get the opportunity to interact with other people. As for your listening skills, you should tune in to English language programmes on television and radio whenever you can. Also, don’t forget that lots of Australian, British and American websites have audio that you can listen to and practice with, so I’d make the most of the internet if I were you. 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, Osa