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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results for 'tag:Motivation letters tag:Writing letters' matching tags 'Motivation letters' and 'Writing letters'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aMotivation+letters+tag%3aWriting+letters&amp;tag=Motivation+letters,Writing+letters&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results for 'tag:Motivation letters tag:Writing letters' matching tags 'Motivation letters' and 'Writing letters'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)</generator><item><title>Re: Shall I write my name and address at the top right side of my Motivation Letter..?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WriteNameAddressRightSide-MotivationLetter/4/gblpp/Post.htm#509488</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:06:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:509488</guid><dc:creator>Clive</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;Send an application letter, for a job I presume, &amp;nbsp;that begins with &lt;strong&gt;&amp;#39;To whom it may concern&amp;#39;&lt;/strong&gt;? Surely you jest! [:&lt;/font&gt;D]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For reasons that escape me, many of our&amp;nbsp;learners here on the Forum seem endlessly fascinated with the idea of writing letters that start with &amp;#39;To whom it may concern&amp;#39;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A search will find a great deal of discussion about this, with many people telling them again and again about how rarely and in what special and uncommon circumstances&amp;nbsp;this phrase is used. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Best wishes, Clive&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Letter of Motivation of a Software Engineer</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetterMotivationSoftwareEngineer/cjclg/post.htm#212030</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2006 23:02:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:212030</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;Hi&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I am a network engineer, I&amp;nbsp;moved to&amp;nbsp;France since 2003.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The motivation letter in France&amp;nbsp;one of the very important documents to get a job and they like the hand writing letters.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have some samples for these letters but I think for each job you have to change your letter according to the job requirements.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;By the way the J2EE is much demanded here.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;My email is: &lt;a href="mailto:markoeg@hotmail.com" target="_blank" title="mailto:markoeg@hotmail.com"&gt;markoeg@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt; you can contact me for any information... or if you want these letters just send me you email.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Rami&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>I urgently need the feedback on my motivation letter to study....</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/UrgentlyFeedbackMotivationLetter-Study/cdvjc/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:23:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:183092</guid><dc:creator>Anulka</dc:creator><description>Hello,&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;I would like to apply to the Vocational Teacher Programme and I have to write the essay.&lt;br&gt;
Write an essay (2-3 pages) and title it appropropratiely considering
the main contents. The essay should be based on the following points: â¢
What is your current occupation and what are your main work tasks?
Describe and justify the choices you have made in the defferent phases
of your work history â how did you get to the current phase? â¢ Discuss:
What are the challenges of your own professional development as a
teacher? How is the vocational teacher profession changing in relation
to the changes in the working environment? How could the challenges you
described above be taken into account in the X... Vocational Teacher
Education?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
I don't know how to title it, so please here is the essay itself. Thank you for any comments.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/i&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dear Sir or Madam,&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;I would like to apply to the Hâ¦. Vocational Teacher
Education Programme in English.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;I work nowadays as an English teacher in Jâ¦.. Comprehensive
School.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;My main task is obviously to teach English (27 hours a
week), but as a full time teacher I take care of two international projects,
such as Comenius- Sokrates and E-Twinning. Both projects involve students and
teachers from many countries. &lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;COMENIUS supports school partnerships, projects for the training of school
education staff, and school education networks. It thus aims to enhance the
quality of teaching, strengthen its European dimension and promote language
learning and mobility. In December 2005 Comenius conference took place in Jâ¦â¦. Our
school was proud to host many project coordinators and teachers from Holland,
 Germany, France,
Italy, Spain,
etc. We had a week to discuss about future projects and other activities. Our
school will take part in the exchange student program. Five students with two
teachers will go to France
in May 2006. &lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;E-Twinning is the
main action of the European Union's eLearning programme. It&amp;nbsp;promotes the
use of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT) at schools in Europe. Teachers and students use the Internet to
work together across borders. They cooperate, exchange information and share
learning materials. Our school has had two partner schools so far. We have done
introduction presentations and have been writing letter to each other. Many
different written projects have been sent among partner schools.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;As the English
teacher I have done web pages where pupils find on-line recourses for learning
English language. They can read different texts, grammar materials and check
their language skills trough on-line exercises.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;But how did I
become a teacher?&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;I have got a degree of Bachelor of Business Administration
in 2001 from the H..â¦.Polytechnic. However since there was no possibility to
take a masterâs degree in English with a polytechnic degree that time, I have completed
other studies abroad.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;When studying international business I got interested in
electronic commerce. Thatâs why I took master courses in E-commerce at B.â¦.
University.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;Finishing business studies had given me a sense of
accomplishment that whetted my&lt;br&gt;
appetite for further studies, so I started studies in psychology at Wâ¦..
University.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;Psychological studies aimed at providing selected elements
of psychological knowledge and skills to the holders of higher education
diplomas which are taken to update or develop professional or academic
knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;








&lt;p&gt;As you can see yourself I have done a lot of work to
increase my qualifications. Moreover I have done my degrees faster than other
students. For example Xâ¦..â¦Bachelor degree I completed within 2,5 years with
good grades although the whole studies usually take 3,5 - 4 years and thatâs
why I was awarded by a scholarship. I was considered to be a courteous and studious student, a
light-hearted friend and an enthusiasm coworker.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;I think my carrier path has also showed that I have
developed as a person. &lt;/p&gt;








&lt;p&gt;Before my graduation I was working as a marketing assistant,
later on as a customer service representative. In the beginning of 2003 I was
ready to establish my own firm and became and entrepreneur. In the same year I
published a book âBusiness in Polandâ
and the publisher Mâ¦â¦â¦.. has been selling out successfully. &lt;br&gt;
I was a language and culture trainer for Xâ¦.. businessmen
and individuals. I was able to help different organizations and companies with
translations and interpreting. That was the time when I realized that I love to
teach.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;My studies in psychology at Wâ¦. University give me bigger
possibilities to be a good teacher. In order to achieve a good command of the language, it
is important that the students master all the four language skills: listening,
speaking, reading, and writing. Therefore my students are always encouraged to
speak up in class. I have created the English on-line&amp;nbsp;exercises
page&amp;nbsp;when making the school web pages to give students opportunities to
study in different environments. Different international projects have been
also part of my teaching methods. It is very important for me to&amp;nbsp;have
a&amp;nbsp;positive influence on a studentâs learning process.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;Since I hold a degree in business thinking about my future
career I see myself in a position of a vocational teacher. &lt;/p&gt;






&lt;p&gt;When studying at W.. University I began to see vocational
education in a different light. It's what good education is all about. It
involves students. It asks them to work together. It asks them to put their
"book learning" to work to solve real problems. That is, education
that helps people learn to solve problems, be creative, and adjust to new
situations. Itâs using theory in practice.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;I thing there are many challenges in my own professional
development as a teacher. &lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;The challenges of teaching have certainly not stood still.
Teaching students today is very different than in previous generations. There
are much higher expectations by students, families and society. Students need
to know more now than ever before to succeed. Yet, students are also less in
awe of authority than in previous generations. Like never before, there is a
broader diversity of students, both culturally and in terms of how they learn.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;Teaching and learning are complex, and teachers need time to
learn and experiment with new concepts in the classroom, just as their students
do. Principles of effective teaching and learning for students extend to
effective professional development for teachers. It should be driven by an
analysis of teachers' goals; it should involve teachers in the identification
of what they need to learn; it should be organized around collaborative problem
solving; it should be continuous and adequately supported; it should be
information rich; it should include opportunities for the development of
theoretical understanding; and it should be part of a comprehensive change
process. Teachers need time to reflect on the meaning of education in a
pluralistic society, on the relationships between teachers and learners, and on
social attitudes about language and culture that affect students.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;I think that the vocational teaching profession should be
changing in relation to the changes in the working environment. Vocational
institutions should develop fully the talents and capabilities of the students.
The industry is still changing and new jobs are being created all the time. Many branches of
studies should introduce subjects which are in particular demand on the labour
market. In particular, when students leave school they should have employment
related skills and an understanding of the work environment; they should have
career options and pathways as a foundation for, and positive attitudes towards
vocational education and training further education, and life-long learning.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;Different teaching methods should be introduced to achieve the goals.
In many countries schools have already adopted E-learning courses or even the
whole programs are instructed via the internet. Also evening programs or the
modular study system should be introduced in all vocational institutions, which
would increase the number of students.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;English Polytechnic Masterâs programs should also come in force as soon
as possible.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;br&gt;


&lt;p&gt;I would like to have the opportunity to enroll in the Hâ¦.Vocational Teacher
Education Programme in English to put my knowledge into a higher standard. &lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;In addition, working and attending this programme , I will have
opportunities to meet people from various professions, offering me different
points of view and contributing to my flexibility and creativity, besides the
cultural and language gains. Moreover, I have come to recognize that a deep and
solid education provided by your programme is needed for me to pursue my career
in teaching area. Therefore, if I successfully graduate from the programme and
I will make practical use of what I have learned. &lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;I&amp;nbsp;hope that I will be accepted as an an applicant of the Vocational
Teacher Education Programme. I understand that admission to the programme is
competitive, but I am also confident that I am qualified and eager, and
prepared to meet all of its challenges.&amp;nbsp;With my good command of English, I
will not have difficulty in studying subjects taught in this language.&amp;nbsp; I
have also taken part in many social activities and worked with foreigners, so I
am able to adapt to a constantly changing work environment and maintain good
working relationships with individuals of different cultural backgrounds.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;I would be most grateful if you could give my application your most
favorable consideration.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;Yours faithfully,&lt;/p&gt;

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