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在美国奖学金和助学金都能协助学生,尤其是家境不佳的学生顺利完成学业,但很多人却不了解助学金。来具体了解一下奖学金申请自述吧。
一、在什么情况下需要助学金申请自述
助学金申请自述并不是所有申请者都需要的。一般在以下两种情况下会需要助学金申请自述:
1、有些学校在给予申请者admission之后,需要申请者提交助学金申请自述申请助学金。
2、在申请者拿到录取之后,虽然学校没有明文规定需要助学金申请自述,但是作为申请者可以写一份自述作为补充材料进行提交。
二、助学金申请自述的分类
助学金一般是两种:TA(Teaching Assistantship)和RA(Research Assistantship),也有学校提供给学生行政助学金。
那么助学金自述也分为三类:TA自述,RA自述和行政助学金自述。三种自述因为需要从事的工作是不一样的,所以自述的侧重点也是不一样的。
三、助学金申请自述的写作技巧
我们在进行自述写作的时候,一定要紧扣工作内容,通过相关经历展示自己所具备的从事该份工作的实力和潜力。接下来将根据实例进行分类阐述:
(1)TA申请自述
TA是从事教学工作,或者作为教授的助手。所以在写自述的时候,必须表现出作为一名教师的实力和潜力。
As an applicant to apply teaching assistantship, I have worked as a part-time teacher to teach foreigners Chinese in a Language school for three years and as a full- time assistant teacher to assist foreigner professor to teach in ×××(写上工作单位)for half of a year. Through all of these experiences, I have accumulated the following abilities and literacy which make me have full confidence to be a qualified teaching assistant in your university.
1. Language Ability
When I worked in the Language school, I used English masterly to teach foreign students Chinese and communicate with them freely. While I work in ×××, actually I play a role of a good interpretor in the class. The foreign professor is imparting the specialty Knowledge, and I interpreting them into Chinese for the students and tries my best to maintain the professor’s language style and guarantee the veracity of knowledge.
2. Sense of Responsibility
When I taught Chinese, I found although Chinese is my mother language, there was a great difference to speak and to teach. In class, Chinese is taught as a language course which requires specialty knowledge in this language. Therefore I spent much time to learn Chinese from aspect of linguistics and culture.
In ×××, I graduate from Donghua University which is the best university in the field of garment and textile, however, garment design is not my major. In order to make accurate and professional translation, before every class, I will look through the prof’s teaching material and consult him the terms that I can not understand clearly. After class I will collect the students’ suggestions about that class to improve them in the next class.
3. Multi-cultural perspectives
I taught the language according to the requirements specified in the textbook. At a later time, I recognized that my job also had to do with cultural exchange. So as to guarantee the validity of my teaching, I came to understand different cultural backgrounds of my students, taught Chinese according to their ways of thinking, perspectives and meanwhile spread Chinese customs and perspectives.
4. Combination of theory and practice
In ×××, as soon as the professor and I complete the class, sometimes I will supplement some knowledge in the real world for I worked in the garment company. I will tell them the application of these theories and marketing demands in the real world in order to help them understand the knowledge in depth and in reality.
In a word, I believe I will be an outstanding teaching assistant in your university and it is my honor to obtain this position.
(2)RA申请自述
RA主要是帮助教授做研究的,那么毫无疑问在自述中需要紧扣教授的研究项目,展现自己已经具备的做RA需要的技术上的实力和良好的个人素质。
RA:
As an applicant to apply research assistantship, through four years accumulation, I have obtained good computer literacy, a micro-view of Instructional technology, and logical thought, diligent, strong sense of responsibility.
1. Computer Literacy
Firstly, though studies my major: Computer science for four years, I have accumulated solid computer theories. My GPA is ranked ## in my department, especially, I got high score in ###,###and### etc.(写上理论课程的名称)
Secondly, I have grasped many kinds of computer languages and application of many software and hardware: such as: DOS, Window 98/2000/XP, UNIX; Office 2000, Photoshop, Authorware, Flash MX, Matlab, etc.
Thirdly, I have brought in a good harvest in the course of applying information technology in education.
In ××(时间), in order to promote the teaching quality and efficiency of secondary school, I wrote High School English and Mathematics modules,which is based on the following technology: EduPortal, flash, dreamweaver.When I worked as a part-time assistant to educational software engineer for three summer holiday in Ladder Digital Education Corp. I was responsible to develop EduPortal: a kind of software to establish a website effectively. In this project I applied the newest architecture technology of ASP.
2. A macro- view of instructional technology
Since have strong interests in the field of education, in particular, instructional technology, I take many education courses such as: ×××, ××× and××× etc. In the meanwhile I have spent a lot of time studying educational technology. To grasp it on a macro level, I exposed myself to theoretical studies: the development and the status quo of educational technology, learning theory and its various branches, course design and software development, audio- visual teaching in the 80s and MIT’s conceptualized classrooms. The more I know, the more interest I show in educational technology.
3. Logical thought, industrious, strong sense of responsibility
In the course of self- study of educational technology, I am expert in search various papers, publications and documents on Internet and sort them clearly. At the same time because my second degree is English, I have not any obstacle to search English websites and read English information.
I believe diligence plays a key role to achieve success. During the period of developing EduPortal, if writing wrong one code, sometimes the whole programming can not be run. In order to complete task without delay, I would check, rewrite, test over and over again until identify the wrong code.
目前由于美国经济不景气,TA和RA的竞争非常激烈。需要资助的童鞋们要尽早准备哦。
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我是本科生 | 1.TOEFL或IELTS成绩,GRE或GMAT(商科可选); | 6月前:准备出国考试(TOEFL,IELTS,GRE或GMAT) | |
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数量庞大、内容精深的阅读任务
不客气地说,中国的很多大学教授在备课上下的功夫远远不够,他们对一整个学期长达十几周的学习过程缺乏严肃的审视和科学的设计,也极少向学生公开他们的授课思路。一般来讲学生根本无需、也无法知道老师下次课打算讲什么,于是绝大多数学生也就没必要去操心如何提前准备。
美国高校教授们则完全不一样。以华盛顿大学为例,教务系统在每个学期开学前一周左右,就会推出本学期每一门课的教学大纲(syllabus),上面会详细列出课程介绍、教学目标以及本学期15-16次课的预习内容、课堂主题、课后作业、考试时间等等,一目了然。
所有的教授都会严格遵照这个既定的方针去推进教学进程,不会轻易中途改变授课节奏和顺序,学生们可以放心地按照学期初就收到的教学大纲去规划本学期的学习。
我们的阅读任务就在这份教学大纲上,每周的阅读任务量都是以“章”(chapter)为单位的。你可能会好奇:一章应该也不多吧,毕竟又不是要我一天看完一本。而真相是:这本教材的总长是1000多页,平均每一章大约有150页,字号极小。也就是说,仅按照这门课的要求,每周我们需要看完将近500页的教材。
美国教授从不会像中国教授一样在课堂上照本宣科,他们会默认来上课的学生都是完成了阅读任务的学生,直接进行引申的讨论和知识应用的训练。他们甚至会礼貌而诚恳地说:假如你没有完成阅读作业,建议不要来上课,因为你在浪费你自己的时间,还是留在家里读书吧。
这样的局面直接导致了第一年的留美学生普遍睡眠不足,一般大家一个学期至少也要选择三门课程,reading累加起来可以达到近千页之多,再算上不计其数的报告(presentation)、讨论(discussion)、小组项目(group project)、quiz(测验),压力可想而知。我自己就曾经有过通宵达旦补reading的经历。
说到这里,一定会有些人迫不及待地问我:阅读材料难吗?生词多不多?不是说GRE词汇、SAT词汇当中有很大一部分是正常人的对话里根本用不上的吗?我不由反问一句:当你决定把自己送去美国,在美国的高校里挣扎,在浩如烟海的专业文献和应接不暇的考试中,你的目标是成为一个“正常人”,还是一个具备专业素养和自由精神的知识分子呢?如果是后者,那么无论你选择哪一个学科,你的阅读任务都不可能是通俗易懂的童话故事,生词,甚至是艰深难懂、文化底蕴深厚的生词都是需要你补上的短板。
在美国读大学,你需要完成数量庞大、内容精深的阅读任务,体裁主要是教材和期刊文献,而话题可以非常广泛。生词会很多,阅读材料的文化背景会给你的理解带来挑战。不论你在出国语言、学术考试中拿到怎样的成绩,压力都是相当大的。
多而刁钻的验收方式
在美国高校,大多数的学生都会认真完成阅读任务,一方面是因为这些阅读任务是由教授精挑细选所得,一般都有益有趣;另一方面是因为教授们开发出了“多姿多彩”的考核方式,一不留神你就会中招。
第一种方式是随堂测验,专考阅读材料的理解程度。教授在每个学期随机抽取几周,就阅读任务出题。题目可以刁钻到“请问本篇期刊中第一个案例里的六十四岁同性恋男子共病哪种疾病: A.肺癌; B.艾滋病; C.COPD(阻塞性肺病); D.高血压”。在绩点的压力下,每个人都是枕戈待旦。
第二种方式是随机指定一位同学,带领全班做基于阅读材料的课堂讨论。作为主持人,你自己首先要对这些阅读材料非常熟悉,并且预判出班上同学们可能会提出的问题与观点,做好回应的准备。一旦出现冷场,你需要抛出新的方向引领讨论。教授会从旁打分。
第三种方式就是weekly reflections。每周读完材料之后,教授会要求写一篇读后感,并且在课堂上公开对学生们的reflections作出反馈。如果你的观点他很喜欢,还会就这个观点邀请大家共同讨论。所有的读后感计入期末成绩,谁敢怠慢?
第四种方式其实最残忍,就是没有任何考核,但把所有的考核都堆积到期末考试。这样的教授都是“笑面虎”,他会让你舒舒服服过完一个学期,然后在期末人困马乏之际告诉你,“本学期所有阅读材料都是重点哦”,让人酸爽得一塌糊涂。
美国高校的阅读任务不仅在于任务量大,单词难,更在于验收的形式多而刁钻。敬业的美国教授们会不辞辛苦地把阅读任务里的所有细节一点点编织到你的期末考试里去,让懒惰和小聪明无所遁形。
怎样才能出色地完成阅读任务?
1、在出国之前,就要把眼界放宽
出国考试只是手段,不是目的,拿了再高的分也无须沾沾自喜,要时刻将眼光放在自己的未来。出国前夕,如果有时间,可以多阅读一些书扩展自己的涉猎。要知道在美国读书最大的痛苦不在于单词不会,而在于文化不通。多一点阅读的积累,就是向一个未知的文化接近了一步。
2、不要过分依赖教材中的习题
依赖习题,你可以凭借托福、SAT考试中练就的信息定位能力迅速搞定你的阅读作业,但是你会发现你什么都没有学会,什么都说不清楚。中国学生在应试教育的多年浸淫中,变得越来越懒了,对结论比对推理过程更感兴趣,把对错看得比思维过程重要得多,这在美国,在高等教育阶段是绝对行不通的。静下心来,一行一行地读,才能真正看懂书。
3、学习去复述和讨论
中国学生长期在美国课堂做“隐形人”,甚至还瞧不起那些“观点像垃圾一样还说得那么high”的美国人。这些学生最终的结局就是直到毕业,他们仍然无法用英语准确地表达自己,说服他人,连对话都超不过三个回合。读过书之后要勇于在课堂上提问、讨论、接招,磨砺自己的沟通能力,提高自己的思维力度。
4、不要放弃
很多留学生第一年踌躇满志,结果发现阅读的速度和能力完全无法应付排山倒海的阅读量,于是在后期“学了乖”,想尽办法投机取巧。阅读能力的上升需要一个过程,读不懂的时候,读不完的时候,要接纳自己的挫败,给自己时间。
5、结伴而行
我在国外的第一年,与一位尼泊尔国际生和一位韩国国际生成了很好的朋友。我们三个人当时阅读的能力都不太够,所以我们约在每个星期二去学校的一个露天天井里一起吃午饭,顺便为彼此补课。我们把已经读过的部分用口述的形式分享给对方,以此来达到提高阅读效率的目的。就这样彼此支撑着度过了那段上不来气的岁月。
希望上述对你有帮助!