Weekly Internship Journal: #__12th Week____

The trainee is expected to fill this journal template weekly, and upload the
weekly journal template/s in their Canvas E-portfolio at least once a month.

Yan Liu
Name Trainee:

Week of: Brief description of weekly tasks performed

(insert date: dd/mm/yy) (consider – strongly encouraged - to use some of the suggested reflective prompts pg. 2)

Progress about my curriculum

(_10_/_04_/_23_) During this week, I made progress with my curriculum by finalizing the theme for the
fourth lesson. However, it conflicted with the design of the second to fourth weeks. To
maintain consistency and sustainability, I decided to shift the focus from China's
transportation, agriculture, and tourism industries to food culture. I delved deep into

Hours completed the nuances of Chinese food culture, and in the course design, I combined it with

(amount of internship hours Chinese characters, which served as the inspiration for this lesson.

covered e.g. 1 week fulltime Practice and experience that I bring to school

is about 40) This week, I had the opportunity to design a curriculum that connected modern
Chinese typography with the development and evolution of Chinese characters. By
integrating images and graphics with Chinese characters, I aimed to help students
better understand and remember them using all of their language knowledge. This
approach is informed by the translanguaging theory of Garcia and Li Wei, which
____30_______hours
emphasizes the importance of leveraging all of the language skills that students
possess in language learning.
Perspectives that I need to learn
Through this process, I also became aware of my own limitations when it comes to
innovative approaches to teaching Chinese characters. As someone who learned
Chinese characters primarily through rote memorization, I have come to realize the
importance of exploring the deeper meanings and connotations behind them.
International Chinese language education has opened up new avenues of exploration
for me in this regard, and I am motivated to continue learning and researching in this
area.
Reflection part of my work
In terms of my reflective work, I have made a concerted effort to be more mindful of
my own learning process and to seek out opportunities for growth and improvement. I
have also begun incorporating more interactive and creative teaching methods into
my curriculum designs, which I believe will help students better engage with the
material and deepen their understanding of Chinese language and culture.
Further reflection prompts to consider:

1. What progress have you made towards one or more of your learning
goals this week?
2. What expertise, experience, and practices did you bring to the working
community this week?
3. What expertise, experience, and practices did you learn from the
community this week?
4. What was/is your personal and/or organization-level motivation for this
weeks work tasks?
5. Thinking about your social capital, what is one way in which you have
either worked towards connecting and/or activating your existing work
relationships this week?
a. Who did you come into contact with inside and outside of the
placement? 
b. What can you do to further contribute and build your
professional network?
6. What is something that you would like to improve, practice and/or
learn in the coming week/s
7. Where do you need more support for your work? How will you go about
reaching out for help? Who can and might you contact?