Dear Mike,
It's a long time since we have seen each other. How is going? I'm very miss you and hope to meet you again as soon as possible. To my delight,you are going to learn Chinese. The followings are my advice.
First of all, Chinese has many commons in English especially grammer. So, you should have a good command of your language's grammer.Besides, you can make friends with Chinese such as me. Meanwhile, you'd better take a conversation with him who is your friend in English. What's more,you can watch Chinese movies and listen to Chinese songs.Last but not least,I hope we can help each other.You know,my English is poor.So may we have a pleasant cooperation.
In a word,I'm looking forward to hearing good news from you.
Good luck to you!
Yours,
Li Hua