What do you want to learn?

[Sathish']

Hi Torsten,

It is good to see your reply. I would like to thank you first. I'm from India. I would like to develop my written English and I would love to learn more English words. Please help me to enhance my writing skills in all the way. Also, I need to learn more about mail drafting. Hope to hear from you soon.

Regards,
Sathish

[Torsten]

Hi Satish,

Thanks a lot for getting back to me. I'm very glad that you want to improve your writing skills together with us. Please tell me more about your current situation so I can help you even more. What do you do? How many emails do you write each day and how many of them are in English? One of the things you can do to improve your writing skills is to try and use phrases you have read somewhere before. Also, try to create short and simple sentences instead of long and complicated ones.

Let me know what you think.
Best regards,
Torsten
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[TARIQ LAHDOUR]

Dear Torsten

Thank you very much for your lesson I really liked it, also many thanks to your friend for the listening lesson. Ok you said you want to learn about me. I am tariq Lahdour I am male 26 I have a BA in English Literature and I am sports teacher.

Please if you want to know more ask.

Thank you again for your lessons

TARIQ LAHDOUR

[Torsten]

Dear Tariq Lahdour,

Thanks a lot for your message. I'm very glad you liked our first listening lesson and responded to my email. Could you please tell me where you live? Also, how many sports lessons do you teach and how many students are there in your classes?

I look forward to your next message.
Best regards,
Torsten
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[Eduardo]

Thanks a lot for your e-mail. I didn't expect that surprise and I really appreciated that kindness. I would like to receive more audio stuff, specially with the British accent which I will love to manage someday.

I am from Costa Rica, Central America. A country with a beautiful nature, including volcanoes, virgin islands and plenty of nice people. I work in a private high school in the capital which is called San José: I teach English as a second language. I have about 34 years of experience in this field. I lived in New York city for about 12 years. I haven't been in England, but I wish I could visit it one day. I have been in Germany, France, Italy, Holland.

I would like to hear from you, pretty soon,

Eduardo

[Torsten]

Dear Eduardo,

Many thanks for writing to me from Costa Rica. It's interesting that you prefer the British accent over the American one -- after all Costa Rica is pretty close to the United States, isn't it? Please tell me more about your work as an English teacher. Who are your students, what level are they at and what kind of materials do you use? Also, how many teachers work at your school and where are they from?

You say that you have been to a number of European countries. Did you visit them on vacation or did you work there too? What do you think about Germany?

I look forward to your next message.
Best regards,
Torsten
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[Ms Hoa Luu]

Dear Torsten Daerr,

Firstly, I would like to send my sincere thanks for your mail.

Then, I would like to take this advantage to introduce myself. I am Ms Hoa Luu, coming from Vietnam. I am 24 years old, young and ambitious.

Moreover, I joined this website as I want to improve my English level. As your advice, I tried the grammar test and listening test through your links and I did them well. Nethermore, I register the forum with User name as MsHoa, and I hope to work with you regularly.

Finally, I must frankly say that, my target is to get mark 7.5 Ielts Test this year and I wonder that if you could help me in your way? Or else, I would highly appreciate if you could introduce my someone else or the ways to reach my target?

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,
Ms Hoa Luu

[Torsten]

Dear Hoa Luu,

Many thanks for your interesting message. It's great to hear you want to score a 7.5 mark on the IELTS and I'm sure you are on the right track. In order to give you more advice on how to improve your English even faster, it would be great if you could tell me what kind of activities you have done so far. For example, how much time do you spend listening to English every day and what do you listen to?

I hope to hear from you soon.
Best regards,
Torsten
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[Ravindra]

Dear Torsten,

Your newsletter is very interesting. However, it contains a sentence which bothers me:

"So, you are already familiar with the personal pronouns?" Shouldn't there be an inversion? ("...are you...")?

Sincerely yours,
Ravindra

[Torsten]

Dear Ravindra,

Thanks a lot for your interesting question. You are right, it is possible to say "So, are you already familiar...?" which is indeed an inversion. However, you can also say "so, you are already familiar..." as in the email. If you use this sentence, you are not really asking a question but rather making a comment. In other words, you are pretty sure that the reader is already familiar with the personal pronouns, which you are, aren't you?

Please let me know what you think.
Best regards,
Torsten
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[Salah E. Sabry, Ph.D]

Dear Torsten,

Thanks for this email. Please note that I registered with you not as a learner of English, but as a professor of this language who would like to be abreast of all the new trends, exercises, tests and quizzes that you regularly issue.

Currently, I teach ESL to university students majoring in science and humanities courses.

I,therefore, would appreciate receiving teaching materials and tests about writing, speaking, grammar and reading comprehension plus topics for debates in class.

Again, thank you for your concern.

Sincerely,
Salah E. Sabry, Ph.D

[Torsten]

Dear Dr Salah E. Sabry,

Many thanks for your positive feedback regarding our email English course. It is great to hear you are using our materials to keep abreast of new developments in the ESL industry. Please tell me more about your job. What university do you teach at and where do your students come from? Also, what kind of materials do you use in your classroom?

Best regards,
Torsten
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[Tamar]

Dear Torsten
Thank you for your e-mail. You have been very useful. Your lessons and tests are very good. I am an English teacher and I would like to have some useful advice and tests for my students. They are intermediate and upper-intermediate.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
With kind regards,
Tamara

[Torsten]

Dear Tamara,

Thanks a lot for your positive feedback. It's great to hear you find our email English course useful. As for intermediate and upper-intermediate ESL materials, you might want to take a look at our English Test Package as it contains exercises for students of all levels.

Please let me know what you think.
Best regards,
Torsten
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[Marckenson]

Good morning dear Torsten!

I'm so happy to hear from you. That means you're really thinking about me. Thank you for help, for It's been a long time since I've been looking for someone to teach me English. Now, you're here for me, blessed is the Lord!

Have a nice day.

As I'm studying the first lesson looking forward to hearing from you again.

Thank you.
Marckenson