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Through the Oregon International Internship Program (OIIP), CASLS hosts a cadre of students each academic year from China, Japan, and Taiwan who are interested in language education. The students attend the University of Oregon, receive training on intercultural communication and pragmatics, and intern in K-12 schools in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon.

As interns, the OIIP students learn from master teachers and get a taste of the American educational system. The OIIP interns also contribute to language and culture education in K-12 schools and bolster programs that may otherwise be threatened with budget cuts.

CASLS recently welcomed a new cadre of OIIP students. Students, their homestay families, and teachers supervising the internship joined together to kick off this year's program.