What to do.....
Hi!! I'm currently preparing my documents for graduate school, which is due March 1st. I'm applying for a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics (TESOL). I only have one school that I really want to go to... It's kind of risky, but I'm thinking about just applying to that school.
I'm almost done with my first draft of SOP, and I hope I can get some advice on this soon too. But first.... I'm having some trouble with letters of recommendation.
I need three in total, so I was planning to have 2 written by my former professors who are in the field of linguistics and 1 from my former employer. I thought I would need one to show that I have experience in the field of teaching. My former employer is a private tutoring company, and I used to work for them as an English tutor throughout my 4 years of undergraduate years. I graduated two years ago and work in a different company, which has nothing to do with education or teaching English. I had been keeping in touch with them, and keeping a good relationship. However, I just found out that all of the staff who could write recommendation letters in English (I live in Japan) left the company a month ago. Now, the only people left are people who I don't even know and can't speak English...
So now I'm thinking, "What am I going to do with my letters of recommendation??"
What do you think about having three professors write my letters of recommendation (2 from the linguistic field, 1 from a totally different field. He knows me well, since he was my teacher for one of my compulsory courses)?
Should I ask the former staff from the tutoring company, even though they work in a different company, which has nothing to do with education or linguistics??
I understand letters of recommendation are important, and I'm really determined to start studying from fall 2011.
Any advice will be appreciated!!! Thank you!!!!
I'm almost done with my first draft of SOP, and I hope I can get some advice on this soon too. But first.... I'm having some trouble with letters of recommendation.
I need three in total, so I was planning to have 2 written by my former professors who are in the field of linguistics and 1 from my former employer. I thought I would need one to show that I have experience in the field of teaching. My former employer is a private tutoring company, and I used to work for them as an English tutor throughout my 4 years of undergraduate years. I graduated two years ago and work in a different company, which has nothing to do with education or teaching English. I had been keeping in touch with them, and keeping a good relationship. However, I just found out that all of the staff who could write recommendation letters in English (I live in Japan) left the company a month ago. Now, the only people left are people who I don't even know and can't speak English...
So now I'm thinking, "What am I going to do with my letters of recommendation??"
What do you think about having three professors write my letters of recommendation (2 from the linguistic field, 1 from a totally different field. He knows me well, since he was my teacher for one of my compulsory courses)?
Should I ask the former staff from the tutoring company, even though they work in a different company, which has nothing to do with education or linguistics??
I understand letters of recommendation are important, and I'm really determined to start studying from fall 2011.
Any advice will be appreciated!!! Thank you!!!!