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November 14, 2012Dayle Seidenspinner-NunezChair, Department of East Asian Languages and CulturesUniversity of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN 46556

Dear Dr. Dayle Seidenspinner-Nunez, As passionate, innovative, dedicated, and reflective language teaching professional, I have

always been embracing the mission of cultivating life-long learners, thus maximizing theopportunities of ongoing personal enrichment for numerous language learners. I want to bring thesame mission to the Chinese lecturer position at the University of Notre Dame.

In my teaching experience at the Monterey Institute, I have worked with students of variouslevels to equip them with the knowledge and skills to navigate and explore the popular Chinese socialnetworking site Weibo , where they can access authentic materials of personal interest for bothpresent and future study. As I provided one-on-one instruction on a regular basis, I successfully

offered customized and constructive feedback to my students, which contributed to their continuousimprovement. As I am expected to teach for the Custom Language Service Hybrid Distance-Learning Program next spring, I will still devote myself to providing tailored instruction to guaranteethat lifetime learning be promoted.

Moreover, I have substantial experience working as part of a team to collaboratively developcourses and build programs. For instance, I coordinated with the faculty in the Monterey InstituteSummer Intensive Language Program to independently teach three level-appropriate classes onWeibo , which matched the goal of the program fluency component by reinforcing the learning of

vocabulary and grammar in a communicative context. Additionally, I am an instructor as well as theacademic coordinator for a growing ESL program, where I not only demonstrated my co-teaching ability but also my organizational leadership through training and supervising my fellow instructorsand implementing outreach activities. Finally, I was lucky enough to get involved in over ten languageprograms, for example, assessing and teaching adult learners and collaborating with overseascolleagues in an online setting. Next March, I will be working for a Chinese for ProfessionalPurposes Cross-Strait Immersive Module, which affords the opportunity to collaborate with andlearn from both language and content experts.

Last but not least, my remarkable educational background and language competence alsogive me the confidence to teach college-level Chinese. With a bachelors degree in Translation andInterpretation (Chinese-English), I will obtain my masters degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (specialization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning) by next May. By the timeI graduate, I would love to enlighten and inspire more and more learners of Mandarin Chinese as a

full-time Chinese lecturer. I am looking forward to discussing my fit and qualifications with you ingreater detail. Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Sincerely, Yinghua Caiyinghua.cai.chloe@gmail.com(831)-224-0339