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The Oregon International Internship Program (OIIP) hosted another teary farewell party on June 9 for its 14 students, whose 5-month internship finished up on June 16. These 14 students are undergraduates at universities in China and Taiwan. They come to this program for teaching experience and to learn about the U.S. school system. They spend 32 hours in an elementary classroom working with generous mentor teachers. In addition they take two three-unit courses at the University of Oregon taught by CASLS' East Asia Programs Director, Li-Hsien Yang, and International Programs Specialist, Renée Marshall. As a complement to their internship, the course focuses on language teaching pedagogy, U.S. education system, English as a Second Language pragmatics, and intercultural communication. To round out the experience students stay with caring homestay families. 

"We had a great turnout for the farewell party, with much love and support from our wonderful homestay families and mentor teachers. It's rewarding to hear the positive feedback from the families, teachers and students. It gives us motivation and let's us know we are on track with creating a quality internship experience, as well as helps us to continue to improve it," says Li-Hsien Yang, program director.

Photos: Spring 2017 Cohort and Farewell Party

Join us in wishing this cohort of students the best of luck in their future endeavors! To learn more about the program, we encourage you to visit the website.