You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

You and your colleagues have recently attended a foreign language training course organized by your company. Now you all want to do some more language training.

Write a letter to your manager. In your letter,

• say how you and your colleagues felt about the course
• explain why you all want to do more language training
• suggest when and where the training could take place

Write at least 150 words.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing this letter to request an extension of the one- month Mandarin language training course, which concluded last week.

As a part of our staff training programme in Beijing in September, all the employees in the mechanical section underwent a basic training in Mandarin Chinese which was concluded on last Friday. It was really beneficial for all of us, and we feel that it would be really worthy in a country where people use limited English.

However, we feel that we could hardly get enough time to practice the language with the teacher, as the training session went slow. This happened because for all of us, the language was totally new. Therefore, we request you to add one more week to the schedule, so that it would enhance our confidence.

It would be appreciated if you could conduct the class at the same venue: ‘The Hudson Hall’, which is adjacent to our section. We prefer the sessions at 8 pm, two hours after the completion of the day shift.

I look forward a prompt and positive reply,

Yours faithfully,

Simon

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