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Re: Shall I write my name and address at the top right side of my Motivation Letter..?

Tanit — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:41:02 GMT

Hi Tamguatlay,

I am not Nona, and you probably won't trust me because I'm not a native speaker of English. I only wanted to share my experience, which can add something to the topic.

As an ESL student of BrE, I was taught to end a letter with "Your faithfully" when it addresses an unknown addressee (i.e., when it begins with "Dear Sir or Madam") and with "Yours sincerely" when you know his/her name (i.e., the letter begins with "Dear Mr/Ms/Miss [+surname]").

However, during my year in the UK, I saw the expression "Your faithfully" only twice, in two letters written by members of my University staff. Funnily enough, the first one began with "To whom it may concern" (another extremely rare expression ) and the second with "Miss [+ my surname]", two opening formulae I was taught NOT to use, when having classes ... none of them actually began with "Dear Sir or Madam"! Both the letters I mentioned (I've still got them) come from a University, so I'm obviously not talking about illiterate writers.

Another thing I can say is that my British teacher on the one hand strongly advised us to close formal letters in our CAE and CPE exams with "Yours faithfully" or "Yours sincerely" (depending on the circumstances) because those were the expression the examiners were looking for. On the other hand, he also warned us that these day most people, also in the UK, will close those letters with "Sincerely", "Regards", "Kind regards".

If my experience is anything to go by, what we learn sometimes can differ from what is actually done nowadays, just as Clive said.

letter to the university concerning a year-off

mirithomas — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:06:06 GMT

okay guys..i have to write this formal letter to the university i go to for permitting me to take a year's break from classes on medical grounds..to be more precise,i have had to take a lot of leaves in the past few weeks and am under complete bedrest due to infective hepatitis and hence my attendance in class is way below the minimum cut of required to appear for the semester-end exam to be held in may..so i have to take a year's break and rejoin classes next december...i need help with this since its the first time im writing anything like this!!please do help!!!

Re: announcing a specific date

Clive — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:16:56 GMT

Hi,
I would like to ask you question on how to write a formal letter. Suppose you want to extend someone an invitation in order to attend a conference and you must specify the dates when the conferencce will be held. Would you consider correct the following sentence?

Dear Professor XYZ,
in the days 5th and 6th July 2008, the 30th Workshop "Title of the workshop" will be held at the University of ZZZ.

No. There are various ways to say this. eg

On the 5th. and 6th. of July 2008,
On July 5th. and 6th., 2008,

Best wishes, Clive

announcing a specific date

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:24:36 GMT

Dear Members,
I would like to ask you question on how to write a formal letter. Suppose you want to extend someone an invitation in order to attend a conference and you must specify the dates when the conferencce will be held. Would you consider correct the following sentence?

Dear Professor XYZ,
in the days 5th and 6th July 2008, the 30th Workshop "Title of the workshop" will be held at the University of ZZZ.

Thanks for the help and the clarifications.

Re: URGENT ATTENTION BOSS: WOULD YOU PLS COMMENT ON 'MY MOTIVATION LETTER'

Mister Micawber — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:08:38 GMT

I have reviewed your letter again, with suggested changes in bold. I cannot follow all your colours and interjections, so I have merely amended as I think best (and some of them are improvements on my own previous suggestions):

Program Code: MKT2345

February 2, 2008

Dear Sir/Madam:

I am writing to apply for your Masterâs Programme in ***.

My educational background is in the principles and practices of marketing management. I completed a three-year BBA (Honours) IT program in 2004. My studies have guided me through systematic research, analytical thinking, management of resources and information evaluation. I completed my MBA with specialization in marketing in December 2005. Marketing Management, Advertising, Sales Management, Services Marketing, Business Strategy & Leadership Management and Entrepreneurship were among my favourite subjects within the MBA program

After completing my MBA, I started my career at an international level. In June 2006, I was employed as an Operations Supervisor for a large supermarket chain in Saudi Arabia. This was valuable experience in leading a multinational team to plan and manage the availability of thousands of brands with complex supplier networks and demanding international customers.

In addition to daily supermarket operations, I have also been analysing leading brands. For example, the key Saudi fresh dairy product brands are Almarai, Nadec, Nada, and Alsafi Danone. I have been compiling monthly sales figures and attempting to determine why Almarai is the top selling brand. My analysis shows that Alamarai management focuses on high quality product, packaging design, promotions (renting 60% of the category shelf space) and advertising. The company uses a strategy of market penetration to beat the competition; promotion emphasises brand strengths across segments and an intensive distribution network is maintained locally.

My two-year contract will soon terminate and I have now been offered a Store Manager position, but I have a strong ambition to become a marketing/management specialist, which I cannot do without a fuller understanding of a specific marketing/management field. Obtaining a one-year master's degree from *** means becoming a specialist or advancing a step towards that goal.

I have already met people from many nations in Saudi Arabia, and I will further learn from others while living in a new culture. I will make new friends from Europe, will learn their life styles, achieving my objective of personal growth, and when I complete my master's degree I will achieve my objective of professional growth. Your programme will equip me with the necessary skills to continue to acquire new knowledge and understanding throughout my career.

I hope that the combination of my past experiences and academic education will qualify me as a University of *** master's programme candidate.

(Don't EVER use an ampersand in a formal letter unless it is part of a book/course/etc title!)

Re: Informal Letter Composition.

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:13:21 GMT

8 May 2003

Dear Jessica,

Thank you for your interesting letter. I also enjoyed the four weeks we spent together in Australia. All my other friends are so jealous when I show them the pictures. Iâll never forget those days, especially our fascinating trip to Ayers Rock. I wish I could be there now.

Back at university, it seems as if again nothing has changed: because the rooms are too small, the lecturers only allow students who are at least in their fourth semester to attend the courses. So I (third semester) have been kicked out of six courses so far. I really hate not to get into a seminar which interests me. Am I supposed to attend only those seminars nobody gives a damn about? Or should I give in and study several terms longer? I donât feel like doing either. Even if you stand in line for hours and finally make it into a course, the room usually is jam-packed. This circumstance eventually leads to a lower quality of the course. We wonât be as qualified as we should be!

There arenât enough rooms either. No wonder, if you think of the fact that the university in Koblenz was constructed for about 1,600 students and there are actually as many as 4,800 students. The problems have been the same every semester since we moved to the new campus. Iâm so fed up with this situation. It really sucks!

One reason for this disaster is money, as always. Why isnât there enough money? What do they do with all the money? Isnât education one of the most important things in life? If the people in charge donât know how to spend the money correctly, they should ask us. For example, they had to have this stupid, ridiculous and unnecessary fountain. This silly thing even works when itâs raining. Instead they could have built another floor.

By the way, youâve just started college. Do you have the same problems in Great Britain? If you donât, youâre especially lucky. I mean, I hope that you donât have to experience all these bloody things but the situation canât be so much better in Britain, can it? Iâm truly sorry to bother you with all this stuff but I think that you can understand the way Iâm feeling at the moment.

Maybe we could meet during our week off at Whitsun. It would be great to see you again and just get out of this. Please call or write back a.s.a.p.!

Love,

Andrea P.S. Iâm going to write a letter to the head honchoâ¦ or whatever heâs called, right now!!

Re: please help me with this formal letter to a university! It's urgent!

Feebs11 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:08:30 GMT

Inka wrote:
I have to write a (fictive) formal letter to a university, applying for a grant. It's very urgent because it has to be handed in on Monday! Can you correct the letter, see if there is enough relevant information, if things are clear and in the right order, and so on? Is my language enough formal?
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing this letter because I am interested in applying for a grant to study at the Department of Applied Language Studies in the academic years 2007-2008. Lessius University College is one of our partner institution for languages and therefore I would like to continue my study for one year in Belgium and follow the programme â3^rd year Bachelor Applied Language Studies: German-Frenchâ.
Currently, Iâm taking courses such as: Aspects of Legal French, Environment in Germany, French Language, French Grammar, Introduction to French Translation, German Language, Theory and Practice of German Translation,â¦ It has given me a good base to be able to study abroad.
As a student of âModern Languages: German-Frenchâ at the University of Central Lancashire, I have the opportunity to spent the third year abroad. I have opted to study as an Erasmus exchange student in Belgium, because, once I will have graduated, I hope to find a job there. French~~, but also~~ and , to a lesser degree, German are popular languages in Belgium. Furthermore, I definitely would like to learn Dutch. The reason for this is due to the fact that, after several visits to your country, I have become attracted by the Belgian culture and language. Studying abroad gives me the opportunity to immerse myself in the Belgian culture and possibly become more fluent in the language.
Although I already followed a summer course in Dutch in the Netherlands a few years ago, my knowledge of this language is not yet intimate enough. As a consequence, I am willing to take the Crash Course Dutch, which is organized by Lessius University College to allow students to follow courses taught in Dutch.
Moreover, spending a year abroad gives me the chance to discover new strengths and abilities. I will encounter situations which are unfamiliar to me. I am highly motivated to meet this new challenge, which will probably make me become more independent. In my opinion, it will be a life-changing experience.
I hope to be accepted as an applicant in the academic years 2007-2008. I am confident that I fulfill all requirements.
I look forward to receiving your reply. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,

(name)

Apart from that one minor change, it looks fine.

please help me with this formal letter to a university! It's urgent!

Inka — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:51:04 GMT

I have to write a (fictive) formal letter to a university, applying for a grant. It's very urgent because it has to be handed in on Monday! Can you correct the letter, see if there is enough relevant information, if things are clear and in the right order, and so on? Is my language enough formal?

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing this letter because I am interested in applying for a grant to study at the Department of Applied Language Studies in the academic years 2007-2008. Lessius University College is one of our partner institution for languages and therefore I would like to continue my study for one year in Belgium and follow the programme â3^rd year Bachelor Applied Language Studies: German-Frenchâ.

Currently, Iâm taking courses such as: Aspects of Legal French, Environment in Germany, French Language, French Grammar, Introduction to French Translation, German Language, Theory and Practice of German Translation,â¦ It has given me a good base to be able to study abroad.

As a student of âModern Languages: German-Frenchâ at the University of Central Lancashire, I have the opportunity to spent the third year abroad. I have opted to study as an Erasmus exchange student in Belgium, because, once I will have graduated, I hope to find a job there. French, but also, to a less degree, German, are popular languages in Belgium. Furthermore, I definitely would like to learn Dutch. The reason for this is due to the fact that, after several visits to your country, I have become attracted by the Belgian culture and language. Studying abroad gives me the opportunity to immerse myself in the Belgian culture and possibly become more fluent in the language.

Although I already followed a summer course in Dutch in the Netherlands a few years ago, my knowledge of this language is not yet intimate enough. As a consequence, I am willing to take the Crash Course Dutch, which is organized by Lessius University College to allow students to follow courses taught in Dutch.

Moreover, spending a year abroad gives me the chance to discover new strengths and abilities. I will encounter situations which are unfamiliar to me. I am highly motivated to meet this new challenge, which will probably make me become more independent. In my opinion, it will be a life-changing experience.

I hope to be accepted as an applicant in the academic years 2007-2008. I am confident that I fulfill all requirements.

I look forward to receiving your reply. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

(name)

Re: Sample of formal letter writing

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:15:24 GMT

Anonymous wrote:

To :

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Please find attached a brochure including descriptions on available training facilities of the training courses for your experts with the aim of improving mutual cooperating.

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(thank you for your comments in this regards)

Best regards

Re: PhD Cover Letter ! Need help to correct it

Kathrin — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:21:41 GMT

Hello all,

First of all, i would like to thank everyone who have good posts on this forum. It helps me a lot when I learn English.
I am now writting a PhD. Cover Letter. I would highly appreciate any help to improve it.
Please help! I am not good at writting .

Thank you in advance.
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Dear Sir or Madam,

On recommendation of Prof. Dr. ***, University of ***, I am writing to you in order to apply for ~~the PhDt~~the PhD-program you are offering. ~~Student position at ***. I have enclosed a completed resume for your review.~~

My name is Quan Nguyen, a fresh graduate from University of *** [Please don't introduce yourselve in a formal letter, it is very unprofessional. Besides, your resume is enclosed.] In March 2007, I ~~hold~~ got the Master degree in Communication and Media Engineering. During my last academic year, I had a chance to do an my internship and master thesis in the *** company. There I gained profound ~~developed not only my~~ knowledges in web development ~~but also real~~ as well as working experiences in an international environment. My thesis is related to the issues in Business Intelligent and Web 2.0. I obtained skills in J2EE programming and advanced web technologies for Enterprise Applications including Jboss, Portal/Portlet, Ajax, Web services,etc.. ~~It was a great experience for me, which~~ has focused my interests on the topic of Web 2.0 technologies.

After my graduation, I worked as a PHP developer for ***, an IT and business consulting company. I gained further experiences in web programming, project management and team-working.

As well as my good understanding of academic principles, I am a very motivated, hardworking and effective individual. Throughout my career, I obtained a good communication and organizational skills. It makes me confident that I will be suitable for your research team.

For my future career, I see this PhD program as the way to broaden my knowledges in designing and implementing Enterprise Distributed Applications, as well as how to ~~apply~~ ~~these applications~~ use them in business, ~~which~~ in the case that SAP is now the best solution. ~~This~~ Your program ~~proposes~~ covers areas of research that match my interests, such as Business Process Management and Semantic Web Technologies. ~~I have no doubt in mind that I have enough knowledges, skills and competence to pursue the PhD program in your research center.~~

I would appreciate the opportunity to meet with you to discuss how I may be suitable for this position. I am now on vacation in Vietnam, but can be reached at any time via email or telephone at number +***.[Your contact data should be in the resume and every person in the business wourld know how to reach an other person. If your contact data are not on the resume, you should put it there and don't write about it. Again, it looks very unprofessional, sorry, if I am too hard by trying to help]

Thank you very much for your time an ~~your~~ consideration. My resume is enclosed. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Quan Nguyen