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  • Anonymous avatar

    Judith

    hallo Native Speakers

    voor een aanmelding bij een Engelse universiteit moet ik een motivatie meesturen. Ik heb hem al geschreven en vind hem goed, maar zou het fijn vinden als een Native Speaker er nog even naar kijkt en eventueel verbeteringen doorgeeft.

    Reasons for applying

    My reason for applying for this programme is quite simply that I love History and I want to move beyond being an enthusiastic lay woman to a deeper insight and understanding of History.

    When I went to teacher training college at age 18 I chose History and English as my subjects because I love History and the English language. I had planned to continue onto a master’s programme for History.

    However, due to personal circumstances I didn’t finish my course at that time which is something I have always regretted.

    Luckily a few years ago I had the chance to go back to university to get my degree after all. Unfortunately nowadays teaching degrees are only awarded for one subject and as I was offered a job as a teacher of English (as a foreign language) this practical consideration meant I took my degree in the subject English.

    I have always been an avid reader and when I was in my teens my main focus was on English literature. However, this focus soon shifted more towards History and today about 75% of all I read is History. It is the one subject of which I never tire. My reading is quite diverse, my favourite books include Dairmaid MacCulloch’s “Reformation”, David Cesarani’s biography of Eichmann and “England under the Norman and Angevin Kings” by Robert Bartlett, but, as an anglophile, I read most widely about English History. One of the things that appeal to me very much in your programme is that you offer many units in English History. So I could delve into my preferred area of study to my heart’s content.

    Of course I could just continue reading about History and enjoying that but I have long wanted to do more than that, to understand more and to develop into a real historian. This is my one unfulfilled dream.

    Doing this course in English would provide an extra stimulus as I love reading and writing in English and almost all the books I read are in this language. As you can see I have a Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (enclosed) in which I scored an A grade. Besides that of course I am also a qualified teacher of English as a foreign language (BEd, enclosed)

    I sincerely hope I will be accepted into your BA History programme as it would mean a dream come true for me.

    Ik zie dat als ik deze tekst hierin kopieer hij alles rood maakt omdat hij niet ziet dat het Engels is. Ik hoop dat het toch te lezen is.

    Bedankt,

    Judith

  • Anonymous avatar

    MaCa

    (Reasons for applying) In support of my application I would like to give some background information. .

    My reason for applying for this programme is (quite simply is too colloquial, leave it out) that I love History and I would like to move beyond just being an enthusiastic amateur (better than lay woman) to a deeper insight in and understanding of History. (or wider knowledge of) (I do not know what there is to ‘understand of history’, it is more a question of understanding the significance of it or learning from it)

    When I went to Teacher Training College at age 18. I chose History and English as my main subjects, because I love History and the English language. I intended to eventually round off my studies with a Master’s degree in History.

    However, due to personal circumstances, I did not finish the course; something I have always regretted.

    Luckily a few years ago I had the chance to go back to university to get my degree after all. Unfortunately nowadays teaching degrees are only awarded for one subject and, as I was offered a job as a teacher of English (as a foreign language) this practical consideration meant I took my degree in the subject English.

    I have always been an avid reader. In my teens my main focus was English literature. However, this interest (tweemaal focus is niet mooi ) soon shifted more towards History (mainly English history) and today about 75% of all my reading material is of a historical nature.(is history sounds a bit strange). It is the one subject of which I never tire. My reading is quite diverse , my favourite books include Dairmaid MacCulloch’s “Reformation”, David Cesarani’s biography of Eichmann and “England under the Norman and Angevin Kings” by Robert Bartlett, but, being an anglophile, I read mostly about English History. One of the things that appeal to me very much in your programme is that you offer many units in English History. So I could delve (try and find an alternative to delve)into my preferred area of study to my heart’s content.

    Of course, I could just continue reading about History and enjoying that, but I have long wanted to do more than that, to understand more and to develop into a real historian. This is my one unfulfilled dream. (only one dream?)

    Doing this course in English would provide an extra stimulus( Is an extra bonus/is the icing on the cake) as I love reading and writing in English and almost all the books I read are in this language. As you can see I have a Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (enclosed) in which I scored an A grade. Besides that of course I am also a qualified teacher of English as a foreign language (B Ed, enclosed)

    I sincerely hope I will be accepted into your BA History programme as it would mean a dream come true for me. (or: I hope you will consider me for this programme, I can assure you the tutors will find me a disciplined, hardworking and enthusiastic/eager student)

    Judith, ik ben geen native speaker, maar woon al heel lang in UK en dacht dat je hier misschien iets aan hebt: Verder zou je je punctuation wat kunnen verbeteren.

  • Anonymous avatar

    Judith

    Thanks MaCa, just what I wanted! Now I have to wait and see if I will be accepted.