Dear ………………………………. . ,
It is with great pleasure that I take this opportunity to introduce myself in writing. My name is Galina Gradinarova (but you can call me Ms. Galya) and I am excited to be your teacher as you are embarking on your final year of preparation for the IELTS examination. Having heard wonderful things about your learning skills and character, I can safely say it is my privilege to try and guide you towards achieving even greater levels of mastery.
Since I happen to be the “new guy on the block” let me start by telling you a little bit about my background. I am a graduate of the English and American Studies programme at Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski. After taking my final examinations there I went on to study Cognitive Science at NBU. Simply put, this is the science of how people think, learn, perceive and process information about themselves and the world around them. The programme was taught in English, and we were given the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the international world of science and were immediately encouraged to conduct research, write articles, and take part in summer schools and conferences. A fun fact is that I got to put electrodes on people’s heads, observing their brainwaves for an EEG (electroencephalogram) experiment. Don’t worry, however, I do not have the slightest intention of doing this in our classroom. You are safe. But I would be interested in finding out what unusual activities you have had the chance of performing or would like to do. Joke aside, for the better part of my education and career I have been in some sort of academic environment. In 2010 I moved to yet another type of academic setting - the field of Architecture and Engineering. Since then I have been teaching ESP (English for Specific Purposes) at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy. I hope to bring the above experience to our classroom and assist you in becoming more confident with your academic language skills.
Dear ……………………………….
.
,
It is with great pleasure that I take this opportunity to introduce myself in writing. My name is
Galina
Gradinarova
(
but
you can call me Ms.
Galya
) and I
am excited
to be your teacher as you are embarking on your final year of preparation for the IELTS examination. Having heard wonderful things about your learning
skills
and character, I can
safely
say it is my privilege to
try and
guide you towards achieving even greater levels of mastery.
Since
I happen to be the “new guy on the block”
let
me
start
by telling you a
little bit
about my background. I am a graduate of the English and American Studies
programme
at Sofia University St
Kliment
Ohridski
.
After
taking my final examinations there I went on to study Cognitive Science at
NBU
.
Simply
put, this is the science of how
people
think
, learn, perceive and process information about themselves and the world around them. The
programme
was taught
in English, and we were
given
the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the international world of science and were immediately encouraged to conduct research, write articles, and
take part
in summer schools and conferences. A fun fact is that I
got
to put electrodes on
people
’s heads, observing their brainwaves for an EEG (electroencephalogram) experiment. Don’t worry,
however
, I do not have the slightest intention of doing this in our classroom. You are safe.
But
I would
be interested
in finding out what unusual activities you have had the chance of performing or would like to do. Joke aside, for the better part of my education and career I have been in
some
sort of academic environment. In
2010 I
moved
to
yet
another type of academic setting
-
the field of Architecture and Engineering. Since
then I
have been teaching ESP (English for Specific Purposes) at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy. I hope to bring the above experience to our classroom and assist you in becoming more confident with your academic language
skills
.