October5,2011

　　DearLiMing:

　　Iamveryhappytoseeyourletter.YoumentionedthatyourEnglishwasnotgoodenough,andhopedtoimproveit.Acutallyitisnotatrickyquestion.Aslongasyoumakeupyourmindtotakemeasures,youwillachieveyourprogress.

　　Firstly,youshouldkeepinmindthatEnglish,asatoolforcommunication,isessentiallyalanguage.Andasalanguage,theultimatepurposeforlearningitistouseittoexpressyourselfandunderstandothers.Sowecannotlearnitthewayyoulearnmathorphysics.Ithasitsownway.

　　Secondly,youshouldtrytorememberthewords.Becauseit'sthebasicofEnglishwithoutwhichthelanguagesystemcannotbeformed.Itisnotrecommandedtorote.Yet,youshouldtrytolearnthewordsthroughcontext.Itworksbetterespeciallyforthebeginners.

　　Thirdly,youshouldreadmoreEnglishmateiralsinordertofosterasenseoflanguage.BywatchingEnglishmoviesorTVseriesorreadingEnglishnewspapers,youwillholdavagueimpressionofthesentence,anditmayhelpestablishyourownlanguagesystem.Afterreadingalot,youwillfinditeasytoexpressyourselfwithproperexpressions.

　　Andlast,youshouldfindmoreoppurtunitiestopractiseyourachievement.Namely,tofindsomenativeEnglishspeakersorfriendsorteacherstochatinEnglish.Duringtheconversation,youshouldtrytopayattentiontowhatothersusetoexpresstheirmind.Andifitissomethingnewtoyou,youshouldmemorizeasmuchaspossibleandmakeityourown.

　　Ihopewiththemethodsstatedabove,you'llsoonmakeachievementinlearningEnglish.Goodlucktoyou.

　　Sincerely

　　Tom