Personal Statement

主持人_王眾 鄧茗文

Personal Statement

主持人_王眾 鄧茗文

以往基本都是申請理工科和商科的文書，本期我們推出了文科碩士的PS撰寫，看看寫文科專業的申請文書需要注意些什么吧。

Having taught English at the Second Middle School in a high school setting for two years after graduation college, Ican deeply totally understand how painful the English learning experience was for Chinese EFL learners.Instead of cultivating the students’ability to master the language as means of communication, the traditional way of teaching tends to put too much focus on grammar and vocabularies.students’ pain to study English.Unsatisfied with this status quo, since the first day of my job, I have been struggling with the ways to create a fun, happy yet effective learning environment for my students.That’s also one of the most important reasons I am now applying for your applied linguistics programme, hoping to equip myself with more advanced teaching methods and philosophy.Studying English, in my eyes, should be of great fun, but traditional Chinese teaching methods have made some students suffer a lot, such as the diff i culty to rememberEnglish words and the misapplication ofEnglishgrammars.To intrigue students’ interest to learn English in a happy learning atmosphere, Ihave been battling with China’s traditional mode of teaching and sought for thenewest advanced teaching methods based on the applied linguistics.

My interest in English stemmed from my childhood experience, when my mother first taught me some simple English words and beautiful English songs.As I grow up gradually grew up, my passion for studying English is getting stronger became even stronger.Rather than conf i ning myself to Never limited myself to study textbook knowledge only, I have took taken the initiative to absorb extracurricular knowledge expand my horizons through extensive reading English book reading including novels, newspapers and magazines.Consequently, my view was broadened in relation to the cultural, political, social and economic aspects of western culture, so was my sense of the English language.s, newspapers and magazines, inspiring me to expand the breadth and depth of my knowledge , cultivate my sense of English language.Thanks to my diligenceand passion, I was accepted by admitted to XX Normal University, a place that had fostered generation after generation of great English teachers.

Four years there, I was given access to comprehensive training in both English teaching and learning, through which my interest in EFL and ESL teaching began to surface.On the one hand, I was so curious to learn the ways in which curriculum could be designed, the key aspects of lesson planning and classroom management, as well as contemporary teaching methodology.On the other hand, I found myself fascinated with linguistics.For instance, in lexicology courses, I was introduced to the concept and types of morphemes as well as the meaning of common word roots and affixes, which I found will greatly assist EFL students’ learning of vocabularies if it was effectively employed in classroom teaching.Besides, semantics and syntax also seem to be so important in both English learning and teaching.To be more specific, the former provides the learners with useful theories and methods to remember words’meaning and avoid the mistakes caused by polysemy and homonymy, while the latter helps learners to develop familiarity with the structural characteristics of the English language, and thus have the ability to analyze complex sentences.Knowing that theoretical knowledge needs to be put into application to make the most of it, I tried to apply the basic linguistics knowledge into my everyday learning of English, and in return, my English proficiency has been considerably enhanced.Therefore, right after my graduation, I stood out from over X applicants and proudly became a high school English teacher at X school in X.

王眾

廣東外語外貿大學英語專業本科，英國卡迪夫大學國際新聞系碩士，曾DIY申請資料，了解文書寫 作。

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這是一篇經過外教修改的文書，原文出現了不少PS寫作通病。首先，英語論文寫作要求使用第三人稱以顯中立，但PS作為個人陳述，鼓勵多使用第一人稱講述自己的故事、表達自己的觀點。第二，本文用了過多的篇幅羅列自己的本科課程。PS字數有限，寧可少而精，也不要用羅列來充字數，例子最好都與申請方向契合，并且展現一些細節及成果。第三，作者也許為了展現自己對英語語言的熱愛，花了不少篇幅寫自己與英美文學的淵源，但這與自己之前學習和從事的英語教育以及將要學習的應用語言學在學術上關聯不大。

還需提醒的是，修改后，每個段落都太長，不利于閱讀體驗，建議一段文字最好不超過六行，閱讀起來舒適度較高，也有助于讀者（招生官）梳理邏輯。

which hascultivatednumerousoutstandin g teachers.As an English major in MNU, I received strict training not only in teaching English but also in learning English.Full exposure to compulsory courses, such as Extensive Reading, Intensive Reading, Advanced English Writing, Pedagogy, Advanced English, Introduction to Linguistics,and English and American Literature, etc.has laid me a solid academic foundation and make me outshine other students with my academic records.

The more I study English, the greater my passion is.Among the above-mentioned courses, Ipreferred English and American Literature as well as Linguistics.English and American Literature gave me a glimpse of the history and culture of English-speaking countries, which largely arouse my curiosity to know more about English culture and my determination to improve my English proficiency.And Linguistics introduced me to the basic theories of English language.For example, the Phonetics taught me the production of speech sounds by the articulatory and vocal tract, the physical transmission of speech sounds from the speaker to the listener, and the reception and perception of speech sounds, thus enabling me to has a good grasp of Englishpronunciation and English listening.Besides, the Lexicologyled me to the concept and type of morphemesas well as the meaning of common word roots and affixes, greatly improving my ability to rememberEnglish words and enlarge my vocabulary.More importantly, the semantics provideme useful theories and ways to rememberwords’ meaning and avoid the mistakes caused by polysemy and homonymy.Moreover, the Syntax facilitated me to have a profound understanding of the structural characteristics of English, thus further enlightened me to make and analyze complex sentences.That’s all I have benefited from studying Linguistics.Adhering to the principle of making study serve the practical purpose, I applied these basic linguistics theories to daily studying, and in return, my English prof i ciency was greatly improved.On account of my solid mastery of English, I took a hard-won opportunity to teach senior high studentsEnglish at the Second Middle School in Wuchang upon graduation.

Through my two years of teaching, In the process of teaching, I was have been particularly sensitive to students’ needs and active always actively to exploit their potentialities potentials.Rejecting Abandoning the cramming method of teaching, I took the created my own Happy Teaching Method by organizing designing colorful highly interactive and culturally authentic indoor class activities and encouraged students to participate in, such as from pre-class English presentations to debates and speeches, from, brainstorming, English debates and speeches, as well as to English Culture Festival.To my delight, students who were used to be reluctant to speak English in public before were bold to began to state articulate their views opinions in English.Though my teaching method these activities had produced the desired results to certain extent, I was still unsatisf i ed because some students had expressed the difficulty and challenges they experienced in relation to English pronunciation and vocabularies development, in addition to the boredom and annoyance associated with grammar learning.To tackle this issue, I began to teach them basic principles of English word formation and analogical creation including prefixes and word roots, which turned out to be an extremely effective way of memorizing English words.The joy and sense of accomplishment I have tasted from this experience of applying linguists knowledge into actual teaching has further solidif i ed my interest in delving further into applied linguistics, to better complement my Happy Teaching Method to guide my students on their English learning journey.demonstrated theirpain to rememberand pronounceEnglish wordsand their annoyance to study Englishgrammar.I introduced them some effective ways to rememberEnglish words, such as word formation, analogical creation, etc.To remember a word fi rmly, one should know the way of word composition.If students know the linguisticstheories related to the introduction of the pref i x, it will be easy for them to remember words.Therefore, Iinsist on applying linguistics theories accompanied with my Happy Teaching Methods to guide students to study English with ease and pleasure.With this in mind, I have a fervent desire to study linguistics overseas, aiming at increasing my knowledge in Linguistics.

With all these being said, I am now ready to take the next step by pursuing the X programme at X University.Your programme appeals to me for its superior reputation in APLNG and the systematic training provided for a prospective EFL teacher.I am interested in learning about contemporary teaching theories and methodologies, along with the underlying cognitive mechanisms that account for second language acquisition.In particular, I am enticed by courses as A, B and C.With my solid English foundation and unbounded passion for this fi eld, I know I can best be prepared to be a qualif i ed EFL teacher in China, ultimately making particular contribution to the most glorious profession that I love.

Aside from my solid academic foundation, my work experience has taught me to undertake independent studies and equipped me with highEnglishproficiency.Therefore I am conf i dent I am qualif i ed to enroll in your graduate programme in Applied Linguistics, which is renowned for its signif i cant fl exibility and range of options.And I rest assured that your notable faculty can guide me academically and my dream to be a professional linguistresearching on the application of Linguistics in Englishteaching will be realized soon.