Can somebody correct my application letter, please?!

Hi, everybody!

I am applying for a scholarship in Scandiavia. I am a bit insecure about the content and the grammar of my application letter... Could somebody, please, correct it for me?! I have to send it in a few days, and I don't know anybody here who can help me.
The proposal is writting about yourself and your background experiences.

Thanks!


My name is ___. Currently, I am living in __, Brazil, finishing my bachelor in Journalism. This is my last year, and I will have my diploma on July. I am looking for adding more international experience to the knowledge I have gained during my years of study. As a potential foreign correspondent, appreciation of diversity and travel skills are more than important.

I have ever had strong interest for languages. I studied English for five years and Spanish for fours years in a language center, and practiced both languages in trips and conversation classes. In 2006, I lived for one month in Paris, learning French. In addition, since last December, I have Dutch lessons and it has been a fun and significant challenge.

The passion for language walks together with the love for the Journalism, which I consider a practical approach of language. I started the university a little bit insecure about the choice for the lack of space in the Brazilian job market, but my internships and work experiences presented me to a world where a few people are able to make the difference as communicators, and it turned to a big motivation.

Now I am quite sure my international background would help me to adapt to a new culture and absorb the most of this experience. Last year, I achieved an amazing goal in my academic life. I was accepted to be part of an interchange program organized by my university in Brazil and the ___. For it, I spend six months in the beautiful Portuguese capital. In addition to studying, I also got an internship in an online tourism magazine. It was a grateful moment, in which I could taste a bit about the many European cultures and points of view. Afterwards, I spent some weeks travelling as a backpacker through some countries and capitals. Those times were essential to improve my independence and my self-reliance.

I have already had three different experiences as a journalist (or as a journalism student), and all of them taught me a lot about professionalism. Since I dealed with students from distinct nationalities and objectives, I got able to work both individually and in groups.

I have studied Law for three years. The juridical universe is undoubtedly interesting, but I would say the principal elements I took from those months were the strength ethical sense and time-management ability.

Even though I consider myself a very open person, I know each trip, each lecture, each hour spent into a good conversation are worth giving. These are the main reasons why I am fully motivated on getting an opportunity to be part of the , which is clearly focused on the union of cultures and on the profusion of ideas.