11.8.5. Write a letter applying for a place on the course, stating your reasons for choosing this particular college.
a) Write a complete paragraph plan with notes for your, discuss it with your partner. Check yourself according Self-assessment checklist of the Writer`s 5 Ws, see Your Writing Portfolio Section E. Then write your letter individually in about 300 words.
b) Assess your own paper using Writing Assessment Checklist of Letters: Rating Scale, see Your Writing Portfolio. Assess your partner’s paper using the Assessment Rubric for Letters: Analytical Scale, see Your Writing Portfolio.
c) Present the results of your project work to your teacher, group mates. Let the teacher or experts assess your paper.
d) Put your written paper and the assessment results in your Writing Portfolio.
Unit 12. How to write Curriculum Vitae and Resume
Give the definition to this type of formal letter using the information from the previous units.
On a British CV it is usual to put your date of birth. On an American Resume you may choose whether or not to include your birth date, marital status, children, etc.
One or more references may be included on the CV/resume or they may be included in the letter of application instead.
Other useful phrases
Near-native command of English
Adequate spoken German and …
Native French speaker (or any other language speaker)
The qualifications described below do not have exact equivalents in the American system
I enclose photocopies of my English translations (diplomas, certificates or any other documents).
I got an extra qualifications that were on offer …
NB! Your working experience and education should be given in the following order: start with the present position and end with the first.
British style заменить на Successful writing p. 116 CV Curriculum Vitae Name Peter James Green Address 26 Windmill Road, Bristol BS2 6 DP Telephone 0117 945649 Nationality British Date of birth 11 March 1977 Marital status Single
Education/Qualifications
University: BA in Graphic Design (First Class Hons) 1988 – 95 Clifton School,3 A levels: Art (A); Design and Technology (A); Mathematics (C) 10 GCSEs
Employment to date 1999 – present EMS Corporate Imaging, Design Department, Riverside House, 22 Charles St, Bristol Skills Computer literate: familiar with a number of design and DTP packages; Clean driving license Interests Tennis, swimming, Jazz |
American style Resume Jennifer Roberts Married 1320 forest Drive No children Palo Alto, CA94309 Tel: (650) 498-129 e-mail: jlroberts@mailbox.com Objective To obtain a position as a German- English translator with a firm in the Bay Area.
Education 1996 – 98 Master of Arts in Translation,
1990 – 94 Bachelor of Arts Major: German; Minor: Russian, Georgetown University
Experience 1998 – present Freelance technical translator, German – English, mostly for hi-tech industries in California 1996 – 98 Teaching Assistant (German), Stanford University 1994 – 96 English teacher, Cambridge Institute, Heidelberg, Germany
Languages Fluent German and Russian Personal Interests include sailing, cooking and entertaining friends Reference Dr. M. Rosen, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA94305 |
12.1. Using the materials given above do task 2 p. 108 in the book “Successful Writing” , it`s available on CD-ROM.
12.2. Write a CV or Resume to one of the job advertisements in task 11.4.
12.3. Project task:
12.3.1. You`re going to graduate from you’re your university soon. Surf the Net and find a school or other education establishment you`d like to work upon graduation
12.3.2. You`ve successfully passed an interview for the post of a new teacher at a school. The head teacher made the notes given below regarding you as a successful candidate. Write your CV and a covering letter using the notes given below and taking a school you`d like to work into consideration.
a) Write a complete paragraph plan with notes for your, discuss it with your partner. Check yourself according Self-assessment checklist of the Writer`s 5 Ws, see Your Writing Portfolio Section E. Then write your letter individually in about 300 words.
b) Assess your partner’s paper using the Letter Assessment Scale: Holistic Scale, see Your Writing Portfolio.
c) Present the results of your project work to your teacher, group mates. Let the teacher or experts assess your paper.
d) Put your written paper and the assessment results in your Writing Portfolio.