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Preparation
Reading text
From
Pradeep Ranatunga
To
Carolina Kemper
Subject
Thank you!!
Hi Carolina,
I just wanted to write and say thank you for everything.
You and your family were amazing hosts. I had a great time at your house. Thank you for making me feel at home. I'm sure my English improved a lot because of all your help too! Also, thank you for all the wonderful cooking you did. Now I can tell everyone English food is not as bad as they say .
If you ever come to Sri Lanka, I hope you will stay with me and I can show you my city too.
Keep in touch!.
Pradeep
Tips
- Start with Hi if it is an informal email to someone you know.
- The email can have three main paragraphs:
- the reason for writing (= to say thank you)
- the main point (= more details or examples)
- a wish or offer for the future.
- Use emojis (e.g.
) or emoticons (e.g. :) ) to show you're joking.
- You can say See you soon / See you next year if you hope to meet again.
- Use a closing phrase like Keep in touch, Write soon, Speak soon or Take care.
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Thanks so much, sir. That was really helpful.
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I wouldn't like to live with a host family in a new country. I prefer to live in my own house or own department or whatever it is. I am a bit shy so I did not like that. I like other people who live with me as a guest I do not mind but the opposite is not acceptable.
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I would like to stay with a host family if I go to a new county. Because there are many good points to spend with a host family. And I believe doing homestay is more precious experience than staying at a dormitory.
I think there are roughly 3 advantages. Firstly, we can improve our English skills efficiently. If we stay with a host family, we have to speak only English. There is nobody who help me when host family can’t understand what we say. So, we can focus on learning English.
Secondly, we can expose to the local culture easily. For example, we can experience normal life of household and eat home cooking. I think exposing to the local culture influences our life strongly. So, if we can spend with a host family, we should learn their culture positively.
Lastly, staying at a country we don’t know at all is so tough and we’ll have a rough time and to be alone makes us feel more down. However, in that case, if we do homestay, we have someone who we can talk about our problems. So, a host family will be very big existence for us.
We will never forget the time we spend with a host family. And it will be something irreplaceable to me. So, I would like to stay with a host family and improve my English skills.
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On this era, maybe we could just say thankyou on messages. I only write email for formal occasion, especially for work or my courses.
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I writing to say thank you so much, for the time that I spent in your family.
You made me feel so special guest and you made my travel wonderful.
Thank you for all the places that you sent me, all those delicious dishes that your mother prepared for me. I really have to tell many things about your culture and how you made me feel like part of your family.
You are welcome in Kosovo every time, and it would be our pleasure if you can visit my country and stay guest in my family. Greets your family
All the best.
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Yes really. It would be a great experience.
Meeting new people and learning about daily life routines, picking up new cultures, and trying new cuisine.
It would be a good way to improve my English skills, to understand how the concept of family change from my country, and how people behave when they have a new guest.
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It depends on the purpose of my visit. If it a business trip I would like to stay at the hotel. But if I came to learn my target language for a long time living in a host family would be great. I wouldn't feel lonely and could practice in speaking
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It depends on the country and the country's culture. if I decided to do so I would try to know some info about the country's culture. In a way that makes me interact with them respectfully and at the some time make a good impression about me and my country.
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Yes, I'd definitely like to stay with a host family in a new country because I believe that interacting with locals boots the traveling experience and make it way unforgettable. It gives me the chance to know more about the country's traditions, culture, food and daily life routine. It also allows me to practice the language and make new friends.
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Yes! I would like to stay with a host family in a new country. Because I think homestay is the best way to learn a foreign language and I can change my mind in totally different environment. First, I like study English very much but I am not good at it. I like traveling, touching various cultures, and making people happy. So I want to do a job which makes use of these. For that purpose, if I cannot live without English, I can learn English close to native. This is leads to better service of job. Second I don't like myself now. I want to discover an another world that I do not know by touching many values and feelings. This is one of the ways I can accept myself. Actually I will have a homestay in New Zealand for 3months from September. I will spend a great times by a lot of talk with local people and change to many things. Then, I studying Korean too. I want to study a lot and go to homestay in Korea one day.
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