INTERNSHIP PORTFOLIO

INTERNSHIP PORTFOLIO

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Name: Nguyen Thanh Ngoc

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A35794
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Class: NE32A4
Description of the Host Organization – Thang Long University

Performed
- General description at: Thang
of the TLU Long University

From
- Detailed August
description of 08 to October
English 08,in2022
Department which you performed your internship

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Description of your Job Role
In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the BA in English Programme
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Self-reflection on your internship in relation to academic knowledge acquired at the university

Report of Internship, August 08 – October 08, 2022

- Objectives of the internship

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Date- Submitted: 15 October,
Areas of professional 2022
development experiences during the internship

- Your evaluation on what you performed. For example:

+ Advantages, challenges of the assigned tasks

+ Are there any gaps between the “bookish knowledge” and the “real world”?

+ Which academic courses at university are the most useful for your job? (in what ways?)

+ What did you experience as your strong and weak points in this working environment? (was there any of your “hidden power” unveiled?)
Tuyên Quang, tháng .... năm ....

- Future career plans influenced by the internship

- Other comments or self-reflection

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INTERNSHIP PORTFOLIO

I.
Description of the Host Organization – Thang Long University

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General description of the TLU

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Application-oriented university

A multidisciplinary, multi-vocational, application-focused educational institution, Thang Long University has an upgraded training-

learning approach that takes into account the real-world workplace. We are dedicated to creating the best and most modern learning

environment for kids with the passion of educational designers.

The typical monthly wage for a Thang Long student straight out of college was 9.1 million. 14.9 thousand graduates find employment in

their first year after graduation and reach 93.7 %.

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Timeline

December 15, 1988 was the day Thang Long Private University Center established

1989 - The opening ceremony of the school for the first time at the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam

1990 - Signing a cooperation agreement with ISG Paris, the first computer laboratory in Vietnam was born

1991 - Moved to the new facility at the Pouchkine Institute

1992 - Established Faculty of Management Economics

1994 - Renamed Thang Long Private University

1994 - Awarding university bachelor's degrees to students of Mathematics - Courses 1,2,3

1996 - Moved the facility from Pouchkine Institute to Khuong Trung, Thanh Xuan

1998 - Official training under the credit system

2002 - Cooperation with NICE University and University of Toulouse - France

2007 - Converting from Thang Long Private University to Thang Long University

2008 - Completed construction of a new school and moved to the current campus of the school at Nghiem Xuan Nghiem street, Hoang Mai

2016 - Open the Faculty of Applied Music with strategic partners who are leading art universities: Seoul Culture Arts University, Seoul

Arts and Woosong University.

2018 - Celebrating the school's 30th anniversary

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Infrastructure: Architectural systems alter the way we think

Thang Long University, unlike traditional institutions, is built like a university complex with the goal of giving students the greatest

learning environment possible.

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“We develop Thang Long University into a university city and a national center for research, technology, culture, and education

with the goal of supporting the future shared growth of the nation's society, economy, and educational system.” - OUR

VISION-

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Team

Each of us needs a mentor to help us on our difficult and difficult learning journey. It must be a passionate teacher, always seeking for the

development of students, whether soft or strict, inspirational or pressurized.

+ Administrative Council:

Prof. TSKH. Hoang Xuan Sinh – Chairperson;

Dr. Pham Huy Dung - Vice president;

Engineers. Truong Ngoc Kim - Vice president;

+ Administrators:

Dr. Phan Huy Phu – Principal;

MSc. Nguyen Huu Dang - Vice-president;

Dr. Vu Do Quynh - Vice-president;

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Minh Xuan - Vice-president.

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Mission

In order to support the nation's industrialization, modernization, and international integration efforts, Thang Long University offers high-

quality human resources through its multidisciplinary training, research, and technology transfer programs.

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Target

Training human resources and developing talent at the university and postgraduate levels with a high standard in relation to social needs;

promoting international cooperation and scientific research; constructing the University in the direction of applied university and

international integration; and helping to advance the industrialization and modernization of the nation are all goals.

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Detailed description of English Department

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English Language

A degree in English helps students learn and apply the language proficiently in a variety of career and daily life settings. Knowing English

methodically is a big benefit in the present trend of "multinationalization." In developed nations, learners will have more options and will

have an easier time succeeding in their careers. In order to compete in the job market of today, students who study English have the chance

to approach and study the theory of language, history, and culture of two typical native countries, England and America. They are also

equipped with complementary knowledge in economics, finance, tourism, events, teaching, and other fields. The value of an English

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language major degree remains constant over time, and English language learners will always have a "martial advantage" in the global

labor market.

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Goals for Training

An English-language training bachelor's degree holder possesses the necessary political attributes, morals, information, expertise,

professional demeanor, and strong integration capacity to function well in domains of business where English is used. UK, satisfying the

demands of the labor market and the requirements of the nation's international integration. According to the 6-level Foreign Language

Competency Framework for Vietnam, graduates have solid English knowledge and can speak and write it fluently at level 5. (equivalent to

level C1 according to the Reference Framework for Foreign Language Competency). Common European Language (CEFR) or at least 6.5

on all four language proficiency tests (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) given internationally.

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Future career

Graduates of universities who majored in English can find employment in organizations, businesses, and agencies that use English, such as

translators and interpreters, teachers, secretaries, international relations staff, international cooperation economists, business, office

workers, media, coordinators, or startups, building and owning a business.

II.
Description of my Job Role

In the first semester as a Senior student at Thang Long University, I studied Educational Psychology, Oral Translate, and an important

credit – Graduate Internship. My practice was aided by Ms. Kim Phuong, who was highly committed to coaching and providing feedback.

She gave me a class STC3 on Wednesday, period 1-2 and I teached them in 4 lessons, including Listening and Reading, a lesson Revision

and Case study, and writing a formal email. In this period, my mission was to learn about psychology in education and how to apply

whatever I have learnt to teach. As an internship teacher, I applied the PPP method and let students elicit their lessons because students are

the center, not teacher-centered.

III.
Self-reflection on your internship in relation to academic knowledge acquired at the university

1. Objectives of the internship

The objective of the internship is to help students apply the knowledge they have learned in teaching, and learn how to become an active

and energetic English teacher. This short internship helped students learn how to face problems in the classroom and how to solve it. In

order for the classroom to be student-centered, teachers need to know how to elicit and make students interact more, making the lesson

practical, students concentrate and interested in the lesson.

2. Areas of professional development experiences during the internship

I have accumulated plenty of professional development experience. The first is how can I apply my knowledge and abilities. Thanks to my

internship, my understanding of teaching theories was translated into a variety of useful approaches and abilities that I can now apply in

real-life situations, from completing extensive competition analysis study to building a lesson and teaching plan.

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The second is precious enthusiasm. As an intern, I learned how important it is to be excited about learning new things, open to asking for

additional work, and interested to learn and ask questions. This approach will demonstrate your enthusiasm for helping and enjoyment of

teamwork. Curious and enthusiastic individuals also get more out of their work as interns, which leads to numerous chances.

The third area, journaling, is an excellent way to advance personally. I kept notes during my internship and provided feedback each day on

new things I learned, my teacher's comments, my strengths and shortcomings, and topics I wanted to explore and learn more about. This

played a key role immensely. This improved my self-awareness and allowed me to discover my areas for growth.

Moreover, success in the workplace depends on effective communication. I discovered that it's crucial to speak with my pupils in order to

facilitate their interactions, as well as with my teacher if I have any questions or unsure of how to complete a task. Better than pretending

you understand what has to be done is asking for assistance and explanation. Effective communication is essential for an intern's growth,

productivity, efficiency, and engagement.

Last but not least, I understood the advantages of accepting criticism. It's crucial to get and accept professional criticism. In order to

advance and succeed in your work, it is crucial to make note of both the good and bad things. I discovered that getting or giving feedback

might be challenging, doing so will have a big influence on your life and career moving forward.

3. Your evaluation on what you performed

During this internship, I encountered many difficulties because this was the first time in class, for the first-time teaching students the same

age as me. I have to cope with factors like age, conduct, and social relationships that teachers cannot control when educating pupils. The

pupils already have a strong foundation and a high level of self-discipline, so teachers do not need to shout at them but that also creates

conditions for me that I find very challenging. Another challenge is too much tasks need to do but have lack of times. I have to balance

between majoring, lesson planning, classroom teaching, and other household chores, then timing for teaching practice is limited. Even

though I do not practice more but still try my best and change the way of teaching gradually thanks to my instructor's feedback, guidance

and support.

The gaps between the “bookish knowledge” and “real world” is honestly opposed. “You can forget 80% of what you’ve been taught in the

classroom because we are going to show you the real world and how to apply some of what you’ve been taught and which you need to

forget completely.” The "best" educational resource is a book! It's not the only aspect of life where you spend time learning and

comprehending, and you might not get along with everyone, but that's not what matters. Even though knowledges from books are

unexpected but books do not teach me how to deal with problems, how to teach, how to facilitate students ... in reality, so lack

of soft skills forced me to learn a lot from my colleagues.

Foreign language teaching methods, educational psychology, lesson plan design, language and assessment are academic courses at

university that are the most useful for my job. I learnt plenty of knowledge: how to make lesson plans and teach professionally when

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learning design lesson plans and foreign language teaching methods; the ways of students thinking and how to treat them well in learning

educational psychology; how to test students.

My strong and weak points were unveiled markedly. About strong points, my instructor told me that I am really suitable for being a

teacher; I applied smooth methods on controlling because I have experience in tutoring for quite a long time; and I learnt thousands from

feedback and turned that into strength for the next lesson. However, weaknesses always come as well as strengths. Because I had been

tutored for a long time, I forgot the energy that I used to have. The requirement of teaching is too many tasks and I can not force them

easily. To become a professional teacher, I have to get rid of the childish or informal styles and put on more mature clothes instead.

Moreover, the perspective of speech and manners are also quite crucial. Without being serious, calm, and patient, teachers cannot manage a

classroom. I do not have enough patience and can not focus on doing something for too long, hence controlling a big class with students my

age was entirely tough for me. Difficult in making a perfect lesson plan without asking for help, exhausted from making an active class,... I

think teaching is incredibly difficult and exhausting, thus I would enjoy working in real estate, business, flight attendant or any other field

that I want to try and love it more than teaching, even though, deep down, I still want to work with students and colleagues.

No matter how disappointed I used to be, I am really appreciative that I got the chance to do an internship and that the lessons I acquired

were so valuable.