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January 20, 2017 will mark the end of a five-month internship for seven students from China and Taiwan. These students, who arrived at the beginning of September 2016, have been interning in local elementary schools under the guidance of their mentor teachers, as well as living with an American homestay family and taking a six-unit course at the University of Oregon. After this lifechanging experience, they will return to their respective universities and complete their undergraduate work. "This program is unique in that it offers students an internship in a local school, wonderful homestay families, and two 3-unit courses on teaching pedagogy, the U.S. educational system, intercultural communication and advanced English pragmatics. OIIP interns walk away after five-months with a different and more nuanced view of the U.S., of their home country, of teaching and of learning than when they first arrive here," says Renée Marshall, International Programs Specialist at CASLS. 

Please join all of us at CASLS in wishing this Fall 2016 cohort of OIIP the best of luck in their future endeavors! 

To learn more about the Oregon International Internship Program (OIIP), please visit the website.