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To: Dr. Erika Paterson, Instructor, English 301
From: Kyo Tang, English 301 Technical Writing Student
Date: September 19, 2018
Subject: Email Memorandum/Application Summary

i am writing this email to inform you that i have completed the tasks required in unit 1.2. Specifically i posted my application letter to my English 301 Blog.  The summary of the application letter is provided below. Please check the attached word document in this memo to view the full content.

 

My application letter contains the following informaiton:

• Professional Interests
• Learning Philosophy
• Strength and Weakness
• Work Experience
• Education and Achievements

 

Please let me know if you require any additional information. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks in advance.

Best,

Kyo Tang

Enclosure: 301 Kyo Tang Team Application Letter

From: kyo.hideki.tang@gmail.com

To: fiona.ho@alumni.ubc.ca

Date: September 19th, 2018

Subject: ENGL 301 Team Formulation

Hi Fiona,

I would like to invite you to be a part of my writing team for our technical writing course.

I believe our mind utilizes similar principles to operate. For example, you said you learn through decomposing subject matters into smaller units for you to fully understand. Similar to you, I appreciate a principle that is very similar to yours – first principle of physics. I learn through decomposing knowledge into atomic units where each piece of fact is proven true individually then I piece them together afterwards.

In addition, we both have worked in a team environment for software development thus again I believe this is another aspect where we will complement each other.

I hope this email finds you well and looking forward to hear from you.

 

Best,

English Technical Writing Classmate

Kyo Tang

Phone: (604)-720-4984

 

 

 

From: kyo.hideki.tang@gmail.com

To: chulansi@gmail.com

Date: September 19th, 2018

Subject: ENGL 301 Team Formulation

Hi Lansi,

I am here to inform you that I would like to invite you as a part of my writing team.

Having read your letter of application, I realized that we share a lot of common grounds. As your BCS program fellow student, I also had a previous degree however it was in statistics and economics. I firmly believe your communication both verbal and written exceeds my expectations as you have demonstrated that by organizing the hackathon you mentioned in your letter. In addition,  your experience working as a software developer definitely allows us to collaborate better as we all know how to collaborate both collectively and individually.

Again, I would really appreciate you as a part of my team.  Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Best,

English Technical Writing Classmate

Kyo Tang

Phone: (604)-720-4984

 

 

 

From: kyo.hideki.tang@gmail.com

To: sandyen010995@gmail.com

Date: September 19th, 2018

Subject: ENGL 301 Team Formulation

Hi Sandy,

Your impressive work and writing experience make me believe that we would form a great writing team this semester.

As you mentioned in your letter that like me, you are also doing your studies in computer science therefore i believe we share a lot of the same qualities which can be very helpful when it comes to problem solving and analyzing material. Again I would appreciate you to be a member of my team.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Best,

Kyo Tang

English Technical Writing Classmate

Phone: (604)-720-4984

 

301 Kyo Tang Team Application Letter

Team Application letter

417-488 Helmcken Street

Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 6E4

September 16^th, 2018

 

ENGL 301 99A Technical Writing Class

University of British Columbia

2329 West Mall

Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4

Dear Classmates,

I am writing to formally indicate my interest in joining as a member of your professional writing team.  With my writing skill, and academic background, I believe that I can be a major part of your team’s success.

I graduated from the University of British Columbia fives years ago with a combined major in Economics and Statistics. In addition, I completed a master’s degree in economics at UBC the following year. Throughout my studies, I have had plenty of opportunities to refine my communication skills. Specifically, I have trained myself to write in a concise and informative way as it is required to have an abstract or executive summary in all research papers. In addition, many of my course studies had helped me hone my collaboration skills as I was required to work in a team to provide a written analysis on business cases that were given to us.

My learning is done through applying the first principle of physical, where I decompose subject matters into atomic units and I will then piece all the factual information together to form my understanding of the subject matter.

In addition, I worked as a financial analyst for my family’s cement factory in Ethiopia. During that time, I had ample opportunities to improve my writing skill in a professional setting. Specifically, my formal reports include, but not limited to, quarterly financial reports, annual financial reports and potential project reports.

Speaking of weakness, I have my fair share of struggling. I am capable of comprehending people’s underlying message in their writing, however I have yet to master the skill to communicate implicitly. In other words, my writing style is frank and straightforward where certain people may not appreciate it.

I thank you in advance for taking the time to read my team application letter. I would appreciate the opportunity to work with you.  I hope this letter provides sufficient information for you to make an informed decision on whether I would be compatible to be your team member.  If you are interested and wish to contact me, please email me at kyo.hideki.tang@gmail.com .  I look forward to hearing the good news from you.

 

Sincerely,

 

Kyo Tang

 

The letter’s content in word format can be downloaded here

301 Kyo Tang Team Application Letter