Sample Personal Statement for TESOL
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Sample Personal Statement for TESOL
In the thousands of years’ human history,
there has never been a country that blended itself
with
the outside world faster than China is
doing right now. Today the Chinese people are
displaying
unprecedented emphasis and
fanaticism towards English study. As the most
populous country in
the world, China is proud
of more English learners than any other country in
the world. This is
especially the case after
it joined WTO when the demand for English experts
increases by the day.
As a graduate from
English department, I have a clear vision of the
present state and the promising
future of
English teaching in China.
To our
disappointment, the enthusiasm and quantity are
not merited by quality and English
teaching in
China is being maneuvered into a dire corner. The
lack of scientific guideline and the
need of
profound theory of linguistics and education as
its support may be the answers, among
others.
As a result, we are in want of not only effective
teaching methodology, but also the
mechanisms
for feedback, testing, evaluation and comparison.
On the other hand, empirical
ideology and out
of date teaching methods prevail in the teaching
practice, which results in
deplorably impotent
education and serious resource exhaustion.
On the other hand, Language is not isolated.
It has, as its background, profound culture,
without
the understanding of which, language
study would not only be ineffective, but also to
no avail. Yet
presently in China, what English
teachers learn is purely concerned with language
itself, brooding
a deplorable lack in a deeper
understanding of western culture and thinking
modes. During the
process in which China is
opening fast to the outside world, English is a
vital means, a superficial
knowledge of which
will bring more harm than good to our cause. For
that reason, the renovation
of English
education, an honorable duty of the English
specialists, proves to be a must. Thereby I
apply to your school for PHD of Teaching
English to Speakers of Other Languages. Yours is
an
accomplished one in TESOL, with first class
teachers, scientific curricula, bountiful research
achievements and heuristic teaching ideology.
Above all, English teaching is particularly
featured
in your school, where I will be
ingratiated with the opportunity to get acquainted
with original
English culture and the
integration of various cultures as well. After
serious consideration, I came
to the
conclusion that your school suited me the best.
The application is not filed without
careful thoughts. Currently I am working in a
bank, where the
income and social status are
quite respectable in China. Moreover, my English
ability and 10 years
excellent professional
experience render me a promising future. In spite
of that, as a graduate from
the English
department, I am often lost in an unexplainable
despondent mood. Considering my
personal
interests and inclination, it would be
unimaginable to spend my whole life in the bank,
where my specialty could not be fully
exploited whereas teaching English would make it
possible.
Overseas study is the only way for
me to change my career.
Certainly I am
clearly aware of the academic requirement for
application to study in your school.
Yet with
inspective reflection, I come to be confident of
it. Owing to an instinctive love for the
English language, my English study performance
has been ranked in the forefront since primary
school. In the university, I made full
use of the 4 years time and for 5 semesters I was
granted
scholarships. In the end, I boasted
the second highest scores in passing the English
Proficiency
Test Band 8 among the students of
the same grade in my department, of whom only one
out of six
managed to be successful. Out of my
strong interest in American literature, my
graduation thesis
was decided on the title of
Commentary on Sister Carrie, in which using rich
references,
convincing evidences and creative
analysis, I provided my commentary as to the
artistic and
ideological achievements of the
great masterpiece, which with its original and
persuasive
conclusion completed my university
education with perfection.
During the 4
years university study, the comprehensive
development in my listening, speaking,
writing
and reading abilities was well balanced. With the
substantial curricula and sufficient
references, a solid foundation was laid in
Guangsi University, where I especially preferred
extensive reading and English literature. In
extensive reading class, my teacher, a copy a
week,
provided materials, whereby I covered
many brilliant books on literature, history and
culture.
Besides I was also a voracious and
voluntary reader in the library, absorbing
nutrients from a great
variety of English
works. Another of my favorites was English
Literary History, into which my
American
teacher filled much of culture and history
alongside the 17th and 18th centuries’ literary
works and turned the lesson into a kind of
enjoyment. In the senior years, I got a better
idea of the
rich origin, the theoretical modes
and the development process of the English
language through
higher-level courses such as
linguistics, lexicology, literary history and
literature study etc, where
I was further
introduced to the beauty and profundity of the
English language.
Owing to the special
feature of credit card department and
international settlement department
where I
worked, I dealt with large quantities of English
documents in my daily work. The
conventions we
followed in our work were also in English. By and
by my ability in using the
language was
greatly improved. Besides, I also persisted in my
English study and intentionally
read and
collected, through internet, library and so on,
books and references such as English
grammar,
language acquisition, methodology of teaching
English to speakers of other languages
and
cross-cultural communication, etc to get myself
prepared for further education in specialty
study.
My love of English teaching is
inborn. In my spare time, I applied what I learned
into practical
teaching work and gave theory a
chance to perfect itself in practice. In my
English teaching, I
emphasized the
comprehensive ability of listening, speaking,
writing and reading and I exploited
many
teaching method suitable for Chinese people such
as situational teaching, happy teaching etc.
The quick progress of my students’
comprehensive English level in the shortest
possible time was
the evidence of my success.
Undoubtedly the United States leads the
world in the theoretical research and practice of
TESOL,
I plan to learn first the theory on the
English studying process of students of other
languages and
at the same time, English
teaching methodology, i.e. how a teacher deals
with the problems found
in the students and
helps them achieve good study results. Moreover, I
will get further acquainted
with the language
and culture, communicate with the locals and
enhance my own comprehensive
ability of the
English language. I believe outstanding research
achievements will be obtained
through
my careful observation, mindful reflection plus my
creativity and inspiration.
Back from
overseas education, I intend to go in for English
teaching in a top university in China
first
and eventually establish an English teaching
school of my own, where I will be actively
engaged in searching for the English studying
method that best suits the Chinese people to turn
out
more students with skillful mastery of
English, the personnel required in China’s
economic
construction.