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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2025.10.001
Leshan Normal University, Leshan, China
Internship programs are opportunities for undergraduates to gain practical knowledge and skill, as well as to cultivate personality on how to deal with real working environment. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of normal English students’ internship, as well as the improvement aspects and causes. The study was designed to investigate internships through the use of quantitative research of 57 normal English students guided by theories of reflective teaching practice. The researchers used semi-structured questionnaire to do research of 57 students internship in a normal university in Western China. Most of them have improved their practical abilities in teaching and managing a class to some degree. Many students expressed that they gained a lot from practicing teaching English, although they are still weak in managing a large class, especially when facing some students who violated the class disciplines. 48 students think that educational internship has had very great or great impact on the improvements of teaching and educational abilities, occupying 84.21%, which indicates educational internship has gained great effectiveness. The research also explored the causes of students’ improvements, such as students’ positive attitudes and beliefs about teaching, their correct understanding about modern ideas of teaching, their active pacification in teaching and managing activities, and their frequent reflection on their practical activities.
investigation, normal English students’ internships, improvement and causes, Western China
LIU Li-ping, Investigation of Normal English Students’ Educational Internship Improvements and Causes in Western China. US-China Foreign Language, October 2025, Vol. 23, No. 10, 353-364 doi:10.17265/1539-8080/2025.10.001
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