A LETTER TO MY FRIEND

Dear Monica,

I don't know you like it or not, but I am here writing a public letter to you, not love letter of course, hehehehehe.

Because we have different cultures there are a lot of misunderstandings that often occur when we even chat on some issues, for example on my blog "ABOUT LEARNING ENGLISH". Every advice or comment has so far been paid due attention to and high respect to by me.

I have for most of the time learned English on my own, without any guidance, unlike those students at school. Your help is like the early rain in spring, giving me much wetness while I am so thirsty.(is this metaphor meaningful to you? hahahahhahha).

I should take care to write neatly and make sense.

I am not a native speaker. Sometimes I have to resort to big words or just fetch any words that may be accessible to me to use, which may not be correct.

I admire your eloquence and expressiveness when you finish a blog for only several minutes. I can do it in Chinese too. However in English I have no courage to brag about that.

I am encouraging my students to use every word they have learned, no matter how long or short they are. I have also told them that it is a great adventure to use them.

My students, like me, have no language environment in which to practice the English they have learned. Practice makes perfect. Any mistake is a great step forward I think.

English is my major and I am living on it as an English teacher. I wish one day I may go abroad to study and try to sense what a feeling it is when I am surrounded by all native English speakers.

You said that you can read Chinese well. That is great. A lot of foreigners say that think Chinese is the most difficult language to learn in the world.

I also know some Japanese, hehhee. I like learning foreign languages for I am so much amused by them. 

Thank you for your help and please continue giving me advice and comments.

Yours sincerely,

scoundrel1972