Dear Chris
I'm glad to receive your letter. In the letter you asked me how to learn Chinese well. I have some suggestions for you and I hope it is helpful for you.
I think taking some Chinese classes is important for the teachers in the classes will be patient and they will tell you much crux about how to learn Chinese well.
You can listen to Chinese songs and try to sing them. It's a good idea to learn Chinese because listening to and singing Chinese songs can let you remember lots of Chinese words.
Watching some Chinese movies is superior to singing songs by yourself because actors in the movie speak Chinese very well and you should carefully listen to the actors and read after the actors.
Don't you suit that making some Chinese penfriends is good? Let's make some Chinese penfriends! You can request them to write with you in Chinese then you can learn a lot Chinese words with it!
Best wishes!
Yours
David.