3014LHS Reflective Writing and Job Application - Griffith University

This assignment comprises two tasks: a reflective article and a job application letter. The reflective article details the student's journey to Griffith University, highlighting the relevance of the 3014LHS course in achieving their goals, drawing from personal experiences and course content. The second task involves crafting a job application letter for a bilingual writer position at the Sydney Morning Herald, addressing specific selection criteria from the job advertisement and emphasizing the student's qualifications, bilingual skills, and passion for improving communication within the community. The student expresses their desire to contribute to the newspaper's mission and adapt to the institution's evolving needs, despite lacking extensive professional experience.

Running head: reflective writing
Running head: reflective writing
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Authors Note

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Writing a short about yourself
My experience in the linguist world has been quite diverse. My family and I was
living in the china, which is also my native town. Learning English has been a completely
new endeavour, and my journey in term objective reality and subjective adventure has come
to full circle. First of ell before starting with the depiction of my own experience I would like
to inform that Chinese language is not homogenous. Chinese language comprises with
different version or sometime different dialects, which includes, Wu, Cantonese and
Taiwanese. Northern Chinese, popularly known as Mandarin is the mother of 70% of the
Chinese speaker. I particularly belong form that community. Previously before joining this
course I had no knowledge about English, this because English and mandarin actually
functions is very different ways. One has characters and the other has alphabets in it. The
urge to learn English mainly resulted from the need because coming to a new atmosphere I
was not able to effectively communicate. The language barrier was affecting my wellbeing
and I was also getting demotivated, everything were very alien to, thus I could perceive that I
am losing the sense of attachment. Again, it was for this reason that I was feeling quite low.
The is reason I have come to study in your university to gain enough knowledge that will
help to communicate with people. In addition, it will be very beneficial if I could also open
up avenues that will bring some financial gains to my livelihood. This particular course can
be very helpful because it focuses on the bilingual communication. It not only supervises the
verbal communicational skills but also the written formats of writing. They also have a
systematic assessment procedure, where they provide us with the opportunity to examine our
acquired knowledge. The assessment techniques of this particular university is so profound
that it will be very beneficial to me. Initially the problems like having driving license,
interacting with people for direction was a problem, but with the help of this course, I have
effectively translated my driving license, and it is very beneficial to me and I also get the

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feeling complacent. Moreover, when I was migrated to Australia I was exposed to a world
full of opportunity as well as miseries. Along with my family, I also found that there were
young people who were in the same boat as I was. Not only the young but also the old ones
who still communicated with their mother tongue and were denied to a vast area of
information. My experience with bilingual skills has helped me to assist people who are in
my immediate circle. The name of the Griffith University is quite a popular one and when I
was going through my adversaries I took are refuge underneath and I was successfully
motivated by it, both subjectively and objectively.

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Task 2
Part A
(Job Advertisement refer to Appendix)
Writing an application letter to a potential.
29 April 0000
Mr John Smith
Manager, Editor
Sydney Morning Herald
PO Box 9999
Melbourne VIC 3000
Dear Mr. Good,
I wish to apply for the position of bilingual writer, which is for the new opinion
column with Sydney Morning Herald as advertised in the employment column on Epoch
times, pp12, 1st April 2019. You will find an enclosed resume that I will attach with this
letter. My details are as following, I am coming from a background of native Chinese
community and I have gained excellent grades in a bilingual course in Griffith University. I
have come across of your adversities that listed the requirement criteria. I have a degree of
bachelors in commerce, with an additional diploma in bilingual course. I have the adequate
knowledge to translate English to Mandarin and vice versa, however I lack the empirical
experience. Moreover I am too keen to do this job because I will be able to employee my
practice knowledge and will be able to gain important experiences.
As your advertisement is seeking for a bilingual translator, I believe I am well suited
to a position that is requiring a bilingual translator. I have completed my bilingual course and
I have gained distinction mark, you can note my results as indicated in my resume. I also
have the necessary qualification and experience as needed in the by your requirement list. In
my experience, there is dearth of communication strategy in newspapers. The information

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that is available via newspaper rests solely about the issues pertaining to the social or political
unrest. However, the art and literature or various issues that are emerging, are left out, I want
to make reading enjoyable. I want make migrants from china as well as English feel ease at
home in the alien country. Thus I have choses your newspaper agency where I can work and
help people in knowing things better. Since I have good grades in bilingual skills I can do that
effectively, this much I can assure you if given a chance. Along with my conviction, I have
also qualified your three requirement criteria, which to have bilingual skills in English as
mandatory and optional languages like, Chinese, Spanish or Germany. Along with that I also
a degree in commerce where I have scored good results. In addition, my age is fits into the
age group stated in your requirement list, because I am only 25 years old. Being a fresher, I
might not have the ability to proficiently manage the entire task in a professional manner.
However, as I said if given a chance I will be able to prove myself. All I need is your
confidence and faith in me; I will do my best and meet your requirement diligently. Please to
do consider my resume and that will be attaching beneath the file and call me or drop a text if
there is any information that needs to be conveyed.
I would be particularly interested in obtaining a position with your newspaper agency
because I strongly believe in the importance of your going out of the way approach. I am
honest and genuine for with my work please consider my resume because I am looking
forward to it. It will bring immense joy and satiation if are recruited in the company. Though
I do not have required experience I can assure that I have the ability to adapt to the diverse of
the intuition in accordance to the changing notion of time.
Thank you for considering my application.
John Brown
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Reference
SEEK. (2019). [online] Available at: https://www.seek.com.au/job/38718750?
searchrequesttoken=78cd34ab-ef4f-49e6-bb77-6c2252c5e1dc&type=promoted [Accessed 27
Apr. 2019].
Appendix

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