studying abroad I got admission for one of the best Canadian universities 2 months ago and I'm really happy about it. But there are some small things that make me worry about living abroad. I've never lived far away without my family. I know that everything will be well but I'm still worried because I think I'm not fluent enough in speaking English. I can understand conversations very well and my reading skill is good, but I'm a little worried about speaking English. I'm looking for some ways to improve my speaking skill before going there. Can you help me with this?

correct me pleas :) Hi dear friends! As usual (if you have seen my previous notebooks before! :D), I'm trying to write a polite email to inform my professor that I have done my application. would you correct my probable grammatical errors and say if it is a polite email or not? Thank you so much: Dear Dr. X I'm writing to inform you that I have just completed my online application. The other necessary materials will be sent to Y department in next few days. Best regards

would you correct it plz? I want to indicate in which sub-areas (among 3 general areas) I'm interested more. I wrote these sentences: Among various X sub-areas, I have already worked on X1 and I'm interested in X2 and X3, too. In Y area, Y1 and Y2 attracts me more than the others. The other fields I would like to choose for researching are Z, Z' and Z". Is it grammatically correct? I'm completing an application form in which I have chosen 3 general areas. The next part of application asks me to indicate in which sub-areas I am more interested. I don't know if a brief paragraph (like what I wrote above) is enough or not. There is no limitation on minimum and maximum of paragraph. Do you have any experience or comments?

how to request? I want to ask my professor to write a recommendation letter for me. Is it a polite request? Dear Dr. X Thank you in advance for sparing time to read my email. I hope you remember me, the student who drew those teddy bears! ( I drew something for her which she liked and always remember me by those drawings. so I prefer to mention drawings to help her remember me :) is it ok?) I passed X and Y courses with you and got A in X and A in Y. I would appreciate if you do me a favor and give me a recommendation letter to apply for Z university. I think the recommendation forms are online. Let me know if you have enough time to fill the form for me. I'm looking forward to hearing form you

is it a correct and polite request? Dear Dr. X I would like to talk to you about some aspects of my application. What times and which days in week can I call your office to talk about it? Best Regards

What Happened today Like other days in summer, I got up late this morning. My parents were at work and my sister was at English class but my brother was still asleep. First of all I ate breakfast ( maybe its better to say lunch instead of breakfast! ) and as usual turn on my laptop. I always check my Facebook messages, Gmail and read some news. Then I remembered that long time ago i registered in italki.com and thank to being busy didn't visit it for long period. So I decided to come here and write something to evaluate my writing skills.

My Broken Heart Most of people like Disney stories. The stories about love,princesses,true love, first kiss etc. But how much they really exist? This is the question I always ask in my mind and I couldn't find a proper answer yet. I don't know if it is right or not but in my opinion , despite people love this stories, they never can act like them in their true life. Most of the time you never find your "true love" at the first time you fall in love and even you don't fall in love at first sight ... But why such stories exist and we love them when they can't exist in real world? I don't know if anybody has seen such kind of loves in real world or not, but as I have experienced some sad stories and have a broken heart now, I can't believe them. These days I just try to go out with my friends, dance , listen to nice musics to forget what happened to me. but it is a little hard to forget the man who I thought that is my true love. May be my problem, seems so funny and simple to you but as I have a sensitive personality it is a hard situation for me. I'm just trying to forget him.Wish me luck ...

my cousin Today my cousin and her husband came to visit us.My cousin is 25 years old and she is 2 years older than her husband.They got familiar with each other via Internet ! This is the first marriage in our family that happens through Internet. Her husband is from a city in north of Iran, the city that is about more than 600 Kms far away from our city. He is really nice guy.They were friends for about 2 years and after that , he came to ask my cousin to marry him. They are now engaged and will marry this year. (What are usual Englishexpressions for saying congratulations and hopes to young couples?)