internship report in English major

I also would like to sincerely thank the Faculty of Foreign Languages for providing mewith foundation as well as advanced knowledge of English language in learning process... did not hav

Many thanks also to Ms Tran Thuy Xuan Thao, Mr Nguyen Van Nha, Mr Tran DuyTuan, Mr Ngo Xuan Dieu and Mr Nguyen Xuan Vinh who help me so much by allowing me

to come to their classes to observe as well as study from their teaching technique to see thedifferences about learning styles

My appreciation is also extended to a numbers of classes AVSC 002, AVSC 009,AVSC 018, AVSC 033, AVSC 024, especially the cooperation of students in classDHAV178, they were very enthusiastic when I gave them instructions, they are encouraged

me in being confident to accomplish my practice completely I am really appreciated theirsupport

Very special thanks are due to my close friends who are also other members in mygroup They are Nguyen Thi Phung, Bui Hai Linh, Nguyen Thi Linh, Nguyen Thi Le Quyen,Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, Doan Vu Thanh Nhan, Bui Thi My Phuong, Thai Thanh Tan, VuThi Kim Oanh and Nguyen Vuong Boi Ngoc With their suggestions and supporting, I havemany good ideas for my lesson plans and using them effectively

I am deeply indebted to Ho Chi Minh University of Industry as an active learningenvironment where I have chance to receive knowledge and experience life as a universitystudent In the school, I have been approached professional training and educating that isrequired by modern society

I also would like to sincerely thank the Faculty of Foreign Languages for providing mewith foundation as well as advanced knowledge of English language in learning process If I

did not have the faculty’s permission to observe in some classes I cannot finish my internship.The faculty brought me the most favorable conditions to carry out this internship period.And last but not least, my heartfelt thanks go to Mr Nguyen Xuan Hong M.A, he helped

my class so much in our internship, he gives us a form to observe the class He also gives usthe ways to write the internship report

In short, I would like to thank all people supporting me to finish my internship course

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: 1

INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT OF THE REPORT 1

1 SELF- INTRODUCTION: 2

2 SUPERVISOR AND PARTNERS: 2

3 THE OVERVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY AND FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE 3

3.1 INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY 3

3.2 THE OVERVIEW OF FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE: 4

4 SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERNSHIP: 5

5 CLASSROOM OBSERVATION: 6

1.6 Teaching practice 6

CHAPTER 2: 8

CRITICAL CLASSROOM OBSERVATION AND EVALUATION 8

1 THE FIRST PERIOD 9

2 THE SECOND PERIOD 10

3 THE THIRD PERIOD 11

4 THE FOURTH PERIOD 12

5 THE LAST PERIOD 13

6 CONCLUSION 13

CHAPTER 3: 15

REFLECTIVE EVALUATION OF TEACHING PRACTICE 15

1 THE FIRST PERIOD 16

2 THE SECOND PERIOD 18

3 THE THIRD PERIOD 20

4 CONCLUSION 22

CHAPTER 4: 23

CONCLUSION 23

1 DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTED 24

2 NEW SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE GAINED 24

3 RECOMMENDATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS 25

CHAPTER 1:

INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT OF THE REPORT

1 SELF- INTRODUCTION:

My full name is Duong Thi Tuyet Nhi, I am studying in Faculty of Foreign Language in

Ho Chi Minh University of Industry, and my major is English One of my favorite is studyingEnglish When I was young, I saw my uncle talked with the foreigner, I felt interested Ithought that when I am adult, I will choose English as a major As a result, after my effort, Ican be a student in Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City I love English so I havepassion to study day by day I have try my best to master this great language What I study inclass is focus in linguistic term by researching knowledge of English language Being major

in English lets us acquire academic theories of English language, for instance, how topronounce a word correctly, how to analyze the smallest element of language English majorhelp me discover the essence of language in order to apply them in real situation

This report might be considered as the overall result of three weeks internship time.Although three weeks might not be long for me to get totally used to a new workingenvironment, I tried my best to take up and apply what I learned during four years into myinternship course

2 SUPERVISOR AND PARTNERS:

Thanks to the help of my beloved supervisor- Mrs Nguyen Thi Thuy Loan M.A,working in Faculty of Foreign Language of Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, shegives me a lot of feedbacks to correct my lesson plan that make me have a successful teaching

in my internship course My group usually sends ours questions to her e-mail for a help or heradvices She works with us enthusiastically by giving us advice to create lively activities forour non- English major students Besides, she gives us instructions to write a better plans andinternship report lately without grammatical mistakes Whenever our group comes and meetsher, she is always eager to talk with us and point out many ideas to make our classroomactivities more creatively Teacher always show us the way to stand in front of student, theway we express, the way we behave like a real English teachers and how to applymethodology to teach and adapting textbook She also shares her experiences of teaching such

as using classroom time effectively, controlling classroom activities and interacting withstudents

Furthermore, I cannot finish my internship successfully without the supports of mylovely friends They are always my motivation whenever I am in my teaching periods Wehave gone to library or canteen regularly before the day we have lessons One memberpretends to teach students and others of group will consider the good sides and bad sides then

we give advice for each other to make the lesson better In classroom, I always sit on the back

of the class and talk with those who are near me These partners often sit at the middle,therefore we seldom have a conversation However, thanks to this internship, we have hadmore chance to talk and share together I was getting along well with them As a matter offact, there was not any conflict or disagreement between us Every single matter involving tothe internship, we shared, discussed and solved together One again, I want to thank them, mygood partners

3 THE OVERVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY AND FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE

3.1 INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY

Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH) is one of biggest technical andvocational education providers in Vietnam It has 3 campuses:

A Campus 1 (Headquarter):

Address: 12 Nguyen Van Bao, Ward 4, Go Vap district, HCM City.Phone : 08 38940390

Website: www.iuh.edu.vn

B Campus 2 (Quang Ngai):

Address: 938 Quang Trung Road, Quang Ngai Province

Phone : 0553 250 075Website: http://www.iuh.edu.vn/QuangNgai/

C Campus 3 (Thanh Hoa):

Address: Quang Tam Commune, Thanh Hoa City, Thanh Hoa Province.Phone : 0373 675 092

IUH has built long term cooperation with partners from Europe, North American,Australia, and regional countries whose education and training are well- established anddeveloped on the basis of high quality technologies Annually, IUH offers the internationalcooperative training programs at university and college degree in the training areas ofinformation Technology, Business administration, Electrical Engineering, Electronics,Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Science and Garment and Fashion DesignTechniques.

IUH is determined to construct a modern teaching and learning environment, offeringits students the achievement of advanced education IUH constantly upgrades its capacity ofproviding academic education and technical training courses to meet the needs of the industryand community in Vietnam as well as to be one of the key universities in the country wherethe latest technical advances, teaching methodologies, and training services are applied.Certificated by ISO in 2005, it has been striving for a prestigious trade mark on the labormarket nationwide

3.2 THE OVERVIEW OF FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE:

Located at the ground floor of the block B, Faculty of Foreign Languages (FFL) hasplayed a significant role in IUH Established in 2005, it takes responsibility for training andreaching English in the entire university IUH’s students have to get a certain Englishcertificate, depending on their levels Every single English certificate, therefore, has to becontrolled and managed by the FFL From being established till now, FFL has trained 9courses of university level from DHAV1 to DHAV9, 8 courses of college level from CDAV7

to CDAV15 and 3 courses of vocational college from NCAV2 to NCAV5

Under the lead of Mr Bui Van Hat M.A., Dean of the FFL, Mrs Do Kim Hieu M.A.and Mr Nguyen Xuan Hong M.A., Deputy of Dean, the staff of over 55 skilled andenthusiastic lecturers have performed very well in their teaching Besides teaching, some ofthem have also complied course book for internal use

Beside Dean and Deputy of Dean in FFL, we have some lecturers as a head of a major.Mrs Hoang Le Thi Tuyet is the Head of Basic Major including Speaking, Writing, Listening,Reading Mr Nguyen Khanh Du is the Head of British- American Literature and Culture,Linguistics, Translation and Interpretation major Mr Nguyen Xuan Hong is the Head ofEnglish Teaching Methodology major Though I have not worked with all of the FFL’slecturers, my common sense is that they are really good, in terms of professionalism andmorality

The FFL at present has more than 1000 students with different levels: four years, threeyears and two years At the beginning, they will study macro skills including speaking,listening, reading and writing These are very useful for them in the further learning Afterthat, they have chance to get more accesses to linguistics and foreign social cultures as well.Moreover, the FFL’s students are also equipped with specialized subjects like translation,interpretation and teaching practice methodology Thanks to these, after graduation, thestudents will have various choices and more opportunities in their future job.

4 SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERNSHIP:

Having assured knowledge of English is not enough to be successful unless studentshave chance to practice it in real life That is the reason why internship plays an importantrole in changing theories into specific circumstance lively By doing internship, I am gotacquainted with new friends who are from other faculties and observed their English learningattitudes and demands in order to apply suitable teaching strategies and methods for eachsubject Though the internship- the foundation step, the students become more confident andactive to face any difficulties in my future job

Our group started the internship at the beginning of the second term of 2013-2014 Notsimilar to any students from different major, we fell so lucky when IUH created goodconditions for us to practice teaching English at our school It lasted 4 months from December

2013 to March 2014

My internship course including two main activites: classroom observation and teachingpractice In the first part, classroom observation, after my supervisor guided, I asks totallyfour teachers (Ms Tran Thuy Xuan Thao, Mr Nguyen Van Nha, Mr Ngo Xuan Dieu and MrNguyen Xuan Vinh) for their permission to observe five class During this part, I receive fromthe teachers many experiences that I have never had I can learn the way they express to theirstudents, the ways they force students… Thanks to this part, I continued the next part, it isteaching practice Teaching practice was a turning-point in my life It was also an interestingexperience that I went through

This internship not only provided me with an opportunity to understand all dimensions

of teaching, but also began to apply what I have learnt in real challenges For me, thisinternship helped me open my knowledge, be more confident

5 CLASSROOM OBSERVATION:

Firstly, we have to observe some class by the permission of the lecturers of thoseclassrooms They are enthusiastic and professional in teaching English Through this activity,

I have some experiences for my teaching practice

The table below shows my classroom observation schedule:

The table below shows schedule of my teaching performances in details

CHAPTER 2:

CRITICAL CLASSROOM

OBSERVATION AND

EVALUATION

1 THE FIRST PERIOD

The first teacher I got the permission of observation was at class AVSC001 at roomB2.05 on December 18th, 2013 at period 14th The students started studying Unit 11 inAmerican Headway 1B ‘Looking Good’ The teacher taught Grammar point about the presentcontinuous tense The total of students is approximately 35 Their level is pre- intermediate Isat at back row of the class so that I could observe the whole class, which was well-attended.Before beginning the lesson, the teacher checked students’ homework to warm their up.She gave the students 2 minutes to complete and then she calls anyone to answer Sheexplanations in English first, and then translated them into Vietnamese to get studentsunderstood When students did exercise, she moved around and supported students if theywant a help After 2 minutes, she started checking the exercise by calling someone go to theboard to write down their answer She really knew how to force students working She raisedher hand up and said “class, who can help me answer? This sentence is easy, so who can give

me the answer” During checking exercise she repeated the main grammar point of the presentcontinuous tense After that, she called some students to give examples Then, she explain thenext exercise for students She divided students into four groups and analyzed the good andbad sides of working in group She wanted every members of each group to show theirsolidarity with each other, and if the group worked well in class, each member got bonus inregular tests According to what I observed, most activities and more than 60 of questionsrelated to group work The students had 3 minutes to work in group She called some group toanswer after that

Then, she moved to the new lesson, she divided class into 6 groups She also explain therule of the exercise by English and Vietnamese She did not forget to explain new words Shegave her students 10 minutes to do exercise in the course book about describing their partner.After that, she called some members to write down the answer on the board in order to correcttheir grammar point She also called some groups to describe their partner When her studentsdid not speak correctly, she corrected immediately This exercise took 20 minutes

The third exercise was reading Students read aloud the sentences in the course book.Based on that sentence, students should provide the structure of grammar point After that,student guessed the tense they would be study that day It was the present continuous tense.The teacher taught the form and usages of that grammar point She also gave her examplesand asks some students gave the examples In production part, she asked the students do

The teacher was so kind and friendly I saw that the relationship between her and thestudents was very good To the students doing the internship, she was very helpful Inaddition, she has a strong voice After her class observation, I can study from her voice andthe way she forced her students I had some experiences for my next teaching practice thatsometime, the students will fell tired, I should know how I can force them and when I must letthem relax A strong voice can attract students And last but not least, my friendly and helpfulcan make the relationship more closely.

2 THE SECOND PERIOD

After the first period, my group members and I moved to the room A4.11 for our secondobservation The class was AVSC 009 This room had more equipment than the others It hasLCD, speaker so the effect of the period can be better One of my classmates told me that theteacher was very kind and he would accept all Therefore, our group decided to go to askinghim As expected, he agreed to let us observe his class The total of students was alsoapproximately 35 We observed the second period so the students was learning grammar spotcomparative in unit 11 (Life is an adventure)

To warm the class up, he showed two pictures on the screen and described them Heasked his students find the differences between them Then, he wrote on the board thesentences he said He told to the class all sentences on the board were the way we comparesomeone of something After that, he leaded to the main lesson At the presentation part, hegave to the students the structure of comparative sentence He showed some examples andasked students construct sentences He gave students ten minutes to complete Then, he calledsome students write down their answer on the board After that, he corrected the answer

In the next part, he asked students do exercise 1 in the course book He also explain therule of that exercise by English and Vietnamese Once again, he repeated the structure how touse “some, any, how much, how many” The students had ten minutes to complete Then, hecalled some students to answer At the last part, he supported his students finish the exercise.After this classroom observation, I saw some things I should apply to my teachingpractice Firstly, the effect of technology is so important A beautiful and clear PowerPointcan help students easy to get the lesson

In addition, when I looked at his face, I felt comfortable The teacher made a happyclass by his smile He usually smile to his students This action can make a good relationshipbetween the students and him On the other hand, I think I will cooperate CLT and GTM, I