Real Talk #61 – Asking for a recommendation letter

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Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

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🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Have you ever had to ask for a recommendation letter? In this episode, Andrew and Kassy teach you many useful expressions that are helpful not only in that situation but also in many other everyday scenarios. This episode is designed to improve your vocabulary and boost your confidence in English. You don’t want to miss it! Fun facts Did you know that recommendation letters have been around for a long time? In ancient Rome, people used recommendation letters to obtain jobs or positions of influence. During the Renaissance era, students began using these letters for admission to universities or higher education institutions. Even today, the purpose of recommendation letters remains the same, providing a personal endorsement of someone’s skills and character, just as it did hundreds of years ago. Expressions included in the study guide Are you available to talk one on one? Undecided To major in [something] What extracurriculars are you involved in? Is there a deadline? With a fine-tooth comb Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free

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0:00.0	Hello there everyone. My name's Andrew and I'm Cassie. And this is the
0:07.6	Culeps English podcast.
0:11.6	Hello. Hello Q-Lips listeners welcome back to our real talk series.
0:19.6	For those of you who don't know what real talk is let me briefly explain it. Real talk is the
0:25.1	series where we teach you the English expressions and vocabulary that you need to
0:30.2	know for real world authentic situations and in today's episode will teach you how to
0:37.2	ask for a recommendation letter for university. Today helping me with this lesson is my co-host Cassie. Hey Cassie how's it going?
0:47.1	Hey Andrew doing great and hello listeners. Okay Cassie well I'm glad that you are here to help me with this episode today because I think you have a lot of experience being on the writer's side of writing a recommendation letter, but then I guess that also means that you have a lot of experience
1:06.1	being asked to write recommendation letters. Is that correct? Do I have that right?
1:12.2	Yeah, for sure, especially during this time of year because it is
1:15.6	prime college application time for the Western area like the UK and the States.
1:24.0	Exactly.
1:25.0	And so maybe just for our listeners who don't know about why you would be writing recommendation
1:30.8	letters, could you just briefly give us a little context in your background
1:34.8	about why you have to do this kind of thing?
1:37.8	Yeah, sure.
1:38.5	So filling out university applications is always stressful, but usually you have to write essays you have to
1:45.8	gather a bunch of paperwork you have to write your school resume and you also
1:51.5	need to have at least two or three recommendation letters from teachers or counselors
1:57.6	so that schools can get feedback not just from you but from your mentors to show that what you actually are doing in class is truthful and
2:07.8	you're not just patting your resume with fake data.
2:11.4	I like that padding your resume. That's what we say when you kind of lie
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