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Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc ACKNOWLEDGEMENT During my internship at An Giang University Library, I have accumulated many meaningful experiences and improved my professional skills such as translating, reviewing English books, supporting organized learning programs and problemsolving skills I feel very comfortable working here, luckily, all my assignments I find a passion for translation I think this will be one of the essential skills for my future job First of all, I want t in general and the Faculty of Foreign Languages in particular for creating conditions for me to contact he working environment, quality facilities and the assigned work within my specialized capabilities Hence, I gained a lot of experience and improved my skills to be able to complete this internship term Secondly, I would like to express my special gratitude to the Vice- Director MSc Nguyen Thi Hong Loan of An Giang University library for her guidance and patient during the last two months She has helped me through many difficulties and given me many valuable lessons, advice and skills Particularly, I deeply thank Mrs Nguyen Ngoc Anh Thu- IT Leader who guided me to learn about the working environment In addition, she also guidance and dedicated support in terms of tasks and how to work Likewise, thanks for all the staff at the divisions for helping me complete my work Thirdly, I am so thankful to directive instructors MA Mrs Duong Thi Diem Phuc who gave me advice and guidance I really appreciate it Finally, thank my family for always supporting and encouraging, especially the intern team who supported me when I was in trouble Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST LIST OF PICTURES AND OF ABBREVIATIONS CHARTS INTRODUCTION PART A: CONTENTS OF THE REPORT II Facili ties Equipment Digital documents Brief Introduction to e-News AGU What is e-News? Main content of e-News Form of collaboration The topics for writing Address for collaboration PART B: THE PROCESS OF MY INTERNSHIP I JOB DESCRIPTION II Strengths and Weaknesses Strengths Weaknesses III ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Advantages Disadvantages Experiences learn from the internship……………………… 18 PART C CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION I Conclusion II Suggestion REFERENCES Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AGU: An Giang University MA: The Master of Art IT: Information Technology MSc: The Master of Science e-News: Electronic news LIST OF PICTURES AND CHARTS Picture 2: An Giang University of Logo Picture Chart organization Picture 4: Library staff Picture 5: Equipment of AGU Library Picture 6: Library services Picture 7: e-News Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc INTRODUCTION An internship is an opportunity for students to learn, apply the theories learned into practice and become familiar with a regular working environment and have greater success in real employment The goal of this harvest is to re-evaluate what I did during my internship including activities to gain skills, experience, and knowledge from the work environment The reason why I chose An Giang University Library to practice is because this is a professional working environment with full equipment In particular, I want to learn and challenge myself about the work here such as the translation, review of books, organize English and learning programs This is a good opportunity for me to apply my English knowledge which would be a good job in the future There are three things that mentioned in my report Firstly, I would like to briefly introduce some information about the library and e-News Secondly, to describe my work during months of practical training at AGU’s Library At the end, the conclusion and suggestion of the post I will raise the advantages and disadvantages, the results and give some suggestions to AGU as well as AGU’s Library Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc PART A: CONTENTS OF THE REPORT I Goals of the report The first report aims to describe the work done during the internship at Library The second one is to record the results achieved as well as the valuable experiences and lessons and skills after completing the internship Thirtly, I would like to briefly introduce some information about the library and e-News At the end, the conclusion and suggestion of the post I will raise the advantages and disadvantages, the results and II Basic Information of AGU’s Library General information of AGU’s Library Address: No 18, Ung Van Khiem Street, Dong Xuyen Ward, Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province Tel: +84 296 625 6565 1605 Email: lib@agu.edu.vn Website: http//lib.agu.edu.vn Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc Picture 1: An Giang University’s Library 1.1 Background Library The predecessor of AGU's Library was An Giang Teachers' College Library, established in 1976 At that time, the library was directly under the Academic Affairs Office of AGU with the management of staff members Library 2002 In January 2022, the library was split into AGU’s Library under the management of the Board Director The library officially opened a new campus at Zone A in AGU on September 16, 2002 2011 rd th th In September 2011, the Library moved to a new facility at the ,4 and floors of the Library and Center building 2015 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc The Library is constantly developing human resources and facilities to contribute to improving the training quality of AGU Library activities always follow the mission and goals of the school 2.2 Missions The first mission is an advisor for the Board Directors to develop both long-term and short-term plans as well as organize and coordinate the library's documents The second mission is to develop domestic and international information resources in order to meet the university's demand for teaching, learning, research and technology transfer The third mission is collecting documents published by the school, accepted scientific studies, training programs, textbooks, other school documents, sponsorship publications, donations, and materials exchanged between libraries Last mission is organizing the service and enjoyment for readers to exploit, find and use effective resources and information products and services - the forms of the library service are in accordance with the regulations law 2.3 Goals - Engage with users and staff to improve services continuously - Engage in new and emerging teaching, learning and research practices - Build a dependable and sustainable digital and technological infrastructure to enable the library to carry out its mission - Maintain a skilled, respectful and committed staff who thrive in an everchanging learning environment Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc Picture 2: An Giang University of Logo 2.4 Staff There are 24 staff members with professional qualifications who will always be ready to assist readers Picture 3: Chart organization Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc Picture 4: Library staff Facilities The library consists of floors with a total area of 4,987 m2 Third floor: wCirculation desk wASK ME desk (Customer Service and Information Acquisition) wBorrowing bookstore wResearch room wConference section Fourth floor w Information help desk w Reference section w w Lecturers’ computer room w Newspaper Warehouse - Magazines w Warehouse Reference documents w Asian Foundation collection Fifth floor · Archive Equipment Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc Total number of computers in service: 135 computers · m: Fourth floor (74 computers), third floor (26 computers) · : fourth floor equipped with 13 computers, printer and scanner · Research bureau : 22 computers · Reading room: 03 reading rooms with about 1000 seats for individual study · Conference room Documents · The printed documents: books, grey literature, newspapers, magazines, audiovisual materials The Library documents are cataloged according to the AACR2 international standard with MARC 21, and classified according to the Dewey decimal classification (DDC) Picture 5: Equipment of AGU Library Digital documents 10 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc - Tran Poetry Collection, An Giang Relic, Mekong Delta Fish Collection) -book documents articles about Vietnam http://lib.agu.edu.vn/gioi-thieu#von-tai-lieu Picture 6: Library services III Brief introduction to e-News AGU What is e-News? · e-News is a part of the University Library, e-News launched its readership from O e-News Website address: http://enews.agu.edu.vn · e-News is a place to reflect information on learning activities, student 11 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc · This is a useful platform for AGU students, keeping student memories about AGU · e-News creates an opportunity for students to report their various academic and extracurricular activities Students gain great experiences in communication, time management, and in particular improve their writing skills Main content of e-News The main topic that we can see on e-News such as news, photo report ,science at AGU, surface web with students essays in Idleness, AG perspective, e-News and readers Form of collaboration · Collaborators can submit articles that reflect information on learning activities, student movements as well as teaching activities of An Giang University faculty · The satisfactory article will be posted on the website enews.agu.edu.vn by the Editorial Board Advantages: Each article posted will receive royalties in accordance with the general regulations of the School In addition, the Collaborators with 3-4 or more articles / semester or making a positive contribution to the newspaper site will receive training points as specified in the student handbook The topics for writing ? Learning, difficulties, challenges and conquering challenges to excel in learning, as well as useful lessons, knowledge that students learn in the amphitheater and in real life ? The impacts of the surrounding environment on students away from home, the struggles and lessons that you have gone through ? Personal perspectives of what is happening around them, their own experiences on the way to maturity 12 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc ? The pure emotions of the youth: family love, feelings for the homeland, the country, the school, memories, the dissipation suddenly come before the beauty, the dream ? Teaching and scientific research activities of teachers Address for collaboration Editorial staff e-News: An Giang University Library Please send your writing to: enews@agu.edu.vn, nnathu@agu.edu.vn, htcam@agu.edu.vn Picture 7: e-News omepage PART B: THE PROCESS OF MY INTERNSHIP My Internship course at AGU’s Library started from 22 nd th February to 16 April 2021 It is a short time of only weeks but I got many great experiences in years with English language major students at AGU Practice time from Monday to Friday every week Morning: 7:30am-11:00pm Afternoon: 13pm- 17pm I JOB DESCRIPTION 13 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc There are main activities that I have done during months of internship such as reviewing and introducing English books, translating newsletters and organizing activities to support students to exchange foreign languages Reviewing English books is the first task that I practiced Under the management of the Vice Director of the library, I found Library to read and think Fortunately, I chose Dac Nhan Tam which has probably influenced my lifestyle a lot At first, I was a bit confused with my job but then I adapted in time and got to work Through the first task, I learned a lot of experience and knowledge in the field of book review such as writing structure, content, as well as improving my language ability in both English and Vietnamese Moreover, I stopped reviewing books but turned to recommending and took a photo English books in the library about the last weeks included: · How to Master the IELTS · Believe and achieve · give and take, · lessons for living from the dying · most important decisions ever make · Be a unicorn and live life on the bright side One the other hand, the second assignment that I did to translate the school newsletter I have translated Vietnamese newsletters into English about meaningful activities organized by the school, library or club such as: · closing ceremony of Vietnamese class for Lao students, · AGU welcoming and working with the delegation of Otalk in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City film Association, · An Giang University collaborates with International University on joint · Besides that, I also edited and checked a few other students' bulletins that had translated, structure, spelling, grammar, content, layout 14 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc Finally, there was an activity to support English learning for students and my favorite activity The task for this activity was to be on the computer at the corner of American hangout to answer, instruct English exercises and take notes when you borrow headphones Furthermore, the activity that impressed me the most was organizing a typical program such as an Earth Day event with friends who internship together We prepared content to convey messages to students about Earth Day, edited poster content decoration, explored how to create a google form for you to sign up for the program The activity aim to support students in learning English through earth day topics through mini game shows https://www.agu.edu.vn/en/giang-university-collaboratesinternational-university-joint-training-masters-level https://www.agu.edu.vn/en/closing-ceremony-vietnamese-class-lao-students https://www.agu.edu.vn/en/agu-welcoming-and-working-delegationotalk-vietnam-and-ho-chi-minh-city-film-association http://enews.agu.edu.vn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2161 8&Itemid=114 Picture 8: American Hangout II Strengths and Weaknesses Strengths 15 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc I found my passion in the translation and programming of the mini game shows I easily integrate and adapt quite quickly in the working environment in the past years of university When I had difficulty in a certain issue, I tried to make efforts and take responsibility for my work Weaknesses The biggest weakness I found in the internships was the inability to control my emotions I often quarrel and have a degrading feeling when someone disagrees with me "Emotions are the enemy of success," I think I need to change this My second weakness is Vietnamese and English grammar My Vietnamese structure is often broken or difficult to understand, so it is very unfavorable to translate it into English III ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Advantages Almost all staff at An Giang University Library are very friendly, supporting and answering all questions Especially the instructor Mrs Loan- Vice Director understands psychology and the job assignment were within my professional ability She provides detailed and clear instructions, enthusiastically assisting and helping out when facing difficulties Fortunately, working environment was a comfortable and fully equipped and s Library During practice for weeks at AGU’s Library, I got a lot of many meaningful lessons, experience and soft skills required for my future job Firstly, the internship brought me the opportunity to use my English knowledge in fields like stranlating, reading and writing English book reviews, participating and organizing study English activities, speaking English with other students I learn a lot of vocabulary, information and knowledge in life such as politics, society, environment, stories, title and organization of units through fields that I did 16 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc Secondly, I also learned many important skills such as teamwork skills, problem solving skills, communication skills, how to manage time and work effectively In spite of the short time of practicing, the internship at AGU’s Library makes me feel more confident and patient than before, the ability to self-sense one's own strengths and weaknesses Working comfortable environment and friendly staff also make me feel positive attitude in order to avoid the pressure of work Finally, I feel that I matured in my behavior and attitude and improving my professional skills with a lot of experience after practicing It was a great chance for me to get acquainted with the professional working environment in order to get a good job in the future Disadvantages during the internship The biggest difficulty that interfered with my work was the health problem I often get sick and tired, even stressed therefore, my work usually was interrupted by my health This made me feel troubled and bad about myself The second disadvantage is about English skills, especially grammar and sentence structures I often make mistakes in grammar and broken structure while writing One the other hand, these are also the first jobs that I during my studies at school so I feel strange and difficult However, after that I tried to adapt and be more receptive to my work In Addition, while translating the news, I found myself lacking vocabulary and the translation was not suitable, the content was not clear so I corrected many times Moreover, another problem was time working I had to work by office hours about hours per day, hence I feel quite tired Luckily, everything was fine at the end I have done my job well and overcame myself as well as working hard to improve my weaknesses 17 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc Experiences learn from the internship · Review and recommend books I learned to read books faster, think more deeply about the content The second is to learn a lot of English vocabulary, grammar, and structure In addition, the writing style is clear, coherent and easy to understand Next, how to take good pictures of books and a lot of useful knowledge with topics such as life, society, family · Translation Through the translation of the newsletter, I know more vocabularies I improved my translation ability in terms of structure and grammar I also know how to summarize concise text and Understand the plan and content of the translation · earth day mini game-show activities Through the earth day mini game show, I have acquired skills in front of crowds, problem solving skills, presentation skills, program organization and editing skills, and how to work with computers · American hangout corner experience While on duty at the American hangout corner I have some experience in communication Beside that, I also help other students solve English exercises Hence, I can also review new and old knowledge about my english language major PART C CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION I Conclusion Through an internship at AGU’s Library, I finished my internship successfully with the whole-hearted help and careful guidance of my instructor Mrs Duong Thi Diem Phuc and my training Vice Director Mrs Loan and staff of AGU’s Library for assisting and facilitating me to complete my internship 18 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao Internship Report Instructor: MA Duong Thi Diem Phuc I used to part-time jobs in many different environments, but internship is the practical traning was the first working in my major During the practice, I did some activities such as · Translating · Writing English book reviews, · Recommending English books, · How to read books quickly and effectively, · How to take beautiful pictures, · Speaking skills crowded, · Editing and organizing programs, · Answering questions about English exercises when sudents needed In the activities, I feel that I were suitable for translating, although it was difficult I found myself lacking of vocabulary and the translation was not suitable, the content was not clear so I corrected many times In addition to the knowledge and experience that I have received, perhaps the thing that I really appreciate most is that I have changed my attitude and myself in a very positive direction I had determined myself, how to face and give up my selfishness It is difficult to adapt, accept the problems that may arise and calmly deal with them one by one I became more self-aware and learned many meaningful lessons in life situations in life that no school can teach I will always cherish and be grateful for the beautiful memories during the last practice time Best wishes II , always happy in life and Suggestion An Giang University Library is a good environment in order to intership as well as helps me complete my internship after years at school However, In my opinion, I want the University to extend more internship time such as three to four 19 Student: Phung Thien Nguyen Thao