Dear Susan,

    I'm glad to hear from you. I'm happy you're learning Chinese. Now I will give you some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} on learning Chinese.

    As we know, Chinese is one of the most beautiful languages all over the world. Chinese words are more beautiful {#blank#}2{#/blank#} any other languages. Chinese culture is rich, such as poems, handwriting, songs and so on. Chinese has the largest number of speakers in the world. And nowadays more and more foreigners want to learn Chinese. But it's not {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for them to learn it. So when you're learning Chinese; listening, speaking; reading and writing are important.

    First of all, you should pay attention to listening and speaking. You'd better {#blank#}4{#/blank#} your best to speak while you do much listening. Don't be afraid of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} mistakes, even though someone laughs {#blank#}6{#/blank#} you, just speak as much as possible.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}; you can choose something short and interesting to read, because maybe you can more or less understand it.

    Third, if you want to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} your writing skills, you should increase the number of your Chinese words. I think making sentences, keeping a {#blank#}9{#/blank#}in Chinese every day. Writing notes or letters are also good ways. Oh, remember: {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Chinese dictionary is very useful for you. It helps a lot.

    Best wishes!

Yours,

Meimei

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