Dear Dalal

Thank you so much for your beautiful card especially because it’s animated. You really picked something that I like so much and I never tire of looking at. Do you know that I have seen such a scene in reality, in Canada. I have similar pictures and I have the same picture in a calendar at my office.  Bye the way, I do not want you to feel that you are dumb and ashamed of you mistakes. This won’t be the only e-mail, you’ll get from me. The purpose of exchanging e-mails with my students is to get them to write what they feel and what they think, away from the formal lecture.  It is a way of helping my students improve their English by writing all the time. If you like to hear from me, you have to write to me and I will respond even after the semester is over.  As to mistakes, do not worry about them too much at this stage. I’ll explain in class how you can spell check your e-mail. Can you write to me about your family next time? Looking forward to hearing from you.