推荐信样本—美国教授推荐中国学生

Attn: Francis Ingemann
University of Kansas
Linguistics Department
Lawrence, KA 66045-2140
Dear Prof. Ingemann:
As you can appreciate from my signature my area of expertise hardly qualifies me for writing a letter of recommendation for a prospective graduate student in your department. However, I have a serious and long standing interest in languages. After 3 years of Chinese studies at IUPUI, I entered an intensive Chinese language course during a sabbatical in Beijing last winter and spring. Ms. Chen who wishes to enter graduate studies in your department became my tutor. I feel strongly that Ms. Chen has unusual talents and abilities qualifying her for your program and I hope that you will consider my observations and remarks in evaluating her application.
Ms. Chen is an outstanding teacher. She teaches all the subtleties of Chinese word usage and syntax so effectively because her knowledge of English is so superior. Her English conversation was particularly impressive considering that she has had very limited opportunities to meet native English-speaking people in the past.
Our many hours of lectures became more sophisticated with time, emphasizing more and more the striking differences between the literal meaning of words in either language compared to the meaning of the same words when used in common everyday language.
Because of her undergraduate thesis work and her one and a half years of research employment creating improved software for the correct translation of sentences rather than words, she becomes more and more interested in graduate work in linguistics. Her hypothesis is sound: cultural, commercial and political ties between China and the western countries can be improved by in-depth studies of the striking semantic differences between Chinese and English. I believe she has written a detailed outline of her thoughts in her personal statement.
Ms. Chen strikes me as very serious, ambitious, hardworking person striving for academic excellence. She is quiet by nature, nevertheless, in professional matters she expresses herself with great clarity and emphasis often revealing a wry sense of humor. I was constantly impressed
with her highly organized mind, her innovative ideas and her immediate grasp of new concepts.
I recommend Ms. Chen to your program with the highest enthusiasm. If your department is like mine, you probably receive hundreds of letters from Chinese applicants every year. I have found it useful myself when American colleagues on rare occasions have personal knowledge of an applicant. In the same vein I hope this letter may be useful to you.
Sincerely Yours,
Professor of Medicine and pathology。