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Your son is learning a second language at school, but he needs some extra lessons. Write a letter to a teacher asking for his/her help. In your letter  explain why your son needs help  ask the teacher about her teaching experience and methods  and suggest a possible schedule for the lessons

Your son is learning a second language at school, but he needs some extra lessons. Write a letter to a teacher asking for his/her help. In your letter  explain why your son needs help  ask the teacher about her teaching experience and methods  and suggest a possible schedule for the lessons K2KN

Dear Mr. Smith, I am writing to ask whether you are available to help my son with some after-school Spanish lessons. My son, Tom, missed the majority of the autumn school term due to illness, and he is struggling to catch up. His problems is Spanish lessons stem from the fact that he was off school when the teacher introduced some new verb tenses. He was also unable to attend a course of pronunciation lessons, and so he lacks confidence when asked to speak in front of the other students. Can I ask you about your experience teaching high school students? Are you familiar with the curriculum, in particular the grammar and vocabulary topics that are covered in year 9? Perhaps you could also tell me a little about the methods you use to build students’ pronunciation and conversation skills. Tom is free every weekday after school, so I was hoping that you could come to our house to teach him in the later afternoon or early evening. Two lessons per week would be ideal. I hope to hear from you soon, and that you will be able to help. Yours sincerely, Paul Jones

Dear Mr. Smith,

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help
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some
 after-school Spanish lessons.

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 he lacks confidence when asked to speak in front of the other students. Can I ask you about your experience teaching high You use this word too often, consider replacing it withinstituteacademyuniversityhalljailfaculty
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 students? Are you familiar with the curriculum, in particular
 the grammar and vocabulary topics that are covered
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tell
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little
 about the methods you Make sure that 'use to' is correct. For habitual actions in the past or to mean 'accustomed to', use "used to".used to
use to
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skills
.

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so
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come
 to our This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :residence
house
 to teach him in the later afternoon or early evening. Two lessons per week would be ideal.

I hope to hear from you This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:in the near future
soon
, and that you will be able to This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :assistassistance
help
.

Yours sincerely
,

Paul Jones