Motivational Letter HELP !!URGENT

Hi,

I am really struggling with my motivational letter. I would be very grateful if you can help me .

To whom it may concern,

I would like to apply to the Master’s program in European Culture in support of my career objective of conducting a research on migration and integration of the Asian diasporas in Europe, giving special focus to large groups such as Turkish, Chinese and Indian.

I aspire to investigate how these groups have experienced, from antiquity to modern times, different cultural phenomena associated with transculturation (i.e. acculturation, assimilation, neoculturation ) and how they have been adapting their identities ,specially their religious beliefs to the host culture .

My vocational purpose is to work in the solution of issues regarding the integration of minorities, centering on the development and awareness of Intercultural Competence with a Transcultural approach.

Background

I completed my undergraduate studies on Portuguese/Spanish Translation and Portuguese Language at ^^^^University in ---, where I was awarded a B.A. degree in Portuguese with a major in Teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language with high distinction.

By the time I graduated from University, I got a job on a cruise ship in Europe where I was exposed to hundreds of people everyday. They spoke different languages and dialects and I often had to resolve conflicts and differences as a result of cultural misunderstanding. I learned to understand how different people who are well intentioned and rely upon their customs can misinterpret another’s communication and intent.

For many years I worked for GFK (Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung) an international research company and I travelled across the country interviewing and collecting data of people. Education, politics, delinquency, ethnicity, religion and lifestyles were some of the numerous issues covered in the interviews. I was learning how to interact with countless culturally different groups and individuals. This experience motivated me to acquire more skills in order to make “intercultural communication”, successful.

I studied languages in order to be competent in communication and I learned others on the way. My first language is Spanish and I speak fluent Portuguese. Moreover, I can communicate in English , French and Portuguese and I have basic understanding of Danish and German.

Expectations

Within a globalized era, there are many topics I would like to study such as “ethnocentrism”, due to the fact that I’ve been constantly wondering what we could do in favor to unite each other and co-exist regardless our culture, background or beliefs. Do we need to acquire a bicultural, multicultural, or a universal approach? Transculturality seems to be the answer to this question since a “transcultural perspective” benefits us to understand how that culture we identify with our own was embodied through history and during present.

My strong interest in pursuing my studies at XXXX comes from deep within, from the learning that all these multicultural experiences shaped through the years on myself, from longing to make a contribution in the history of co-existence. Because I am an immigrant in Europe and I understand clearly my own culture is not only confined to where I was born, but it is the result of a great number of cultural relationships and entanglements from before I was brought to life and from what I have lived so far. Furthermore, I am highly acquainted with the Asian people who have relocated in Europe. I know what they go through since I interact with them in daily life and because my experience as a 3rd world immigrant relates to theirs.

I am aware this interdisciplinary approach (transculturality) would support the acquisition of a better understanding of methods and theories, and that the multidisciplinary environment, interaction with people from different disciplines and freedom would help me to understand different fashions of working which I can integrate to my working style during this M.A. program.

To conclude, I am truly confident I can become a real asset to the program due to my international background in Phylology ,Translation Methodology and experience regarding culture.
Aditionally, I am convinced that my fellow students and educators would benefit from my passion, broad-mindedness and perseverance.
Thank you for considering my application and I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,