EFL Students’ Perceptions of Their Graduation Internship: A Study at a Center of Foreign Languages in Vietnam
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1601.09Keywords:
benefits, challenges, experiential learning, graduation internship, internsAbstract
Graduation internship is a typical type of experiential learning. Educational institutions have increasingly offered various types of experiential learning through which students can develop knowledge, skills, and values from practical experiences outside traditional academic settings. Gaining professional experiences through graduation internship has enormous benefits, especially in this competitive employment market. This descriptive study aimed to investigate a group of EFL student interns for their perceived benefits and challenges of a five-week graduation internship at a center of foreign languages in a central university in South Vietnam. The findings revealed that all the interns had positive perceptions towards their graduation internship in spite of several typical challenges such as strict deadlines and the time limit of internship program.
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