Professional Internship

Steps for signing the agreement

The agreement can be signed in 2 ways (you will have to select one in the Information for the Practical Training Agreement form): 

1. Fill in the INFORMATION FOR THE PRACTICAL TRAINING AGREEMENT and send it to the Department of Studies via e-mail . The agreement/information on signing it will be sent to your university e-mail. 

• Physically (on paper), in 3 copies. You can pick up your printed agreement copies from the Department of Studies. The agreement is signed in this order: 1) by the student 2) by the internship host organization 3) by Vilnius University, represented by the Dean of the Faculty of Philology. This means that after getting the signature from your host organization, you must return all 3 agreement copies to the faculty to get the final signature. 
• By exchanging signed and scanned copies of the agreement in PDF. The agreement is signed in this order: 1) by the student 2) by the internship host organization 3) by Vilnius University, represented by the Dean of the Faculty of Philology. After getting the agreement signed by the host organization, please send the scanned copy to

2. When all three parties sign the agreement, you must return one copy of it to your internship host organization. 

Completing the Professional Internship in advance

You may carry out the professional internship at the host organization in advance, but not before completing your 3rd year of studies (6th semester). 

If you want to do the internship in advance, you must: 

• Write your motivation for doing the internship in advance to the internship supervisor at the University, and arrange internship tasks, requirements, and deadlines. You can contact your Study Programme Committee to find out who is the supervisor for the type of internship that you are interested in.You must get approval to do the internship in advance from both the supervisor and the head of your Study Programme Committee. 
• Send the approvals along with the  INFORMATION FOR THE PRACTICAL TRAINING AGREEMENT form to the Department of Studies, . For further information, see “Steps for signing the agreement” above. 

If you complete the internship at the host organization in advance, you are still required to attend the seminars (and/or lectures, consultations) in the 8th semester (during February and March). The seminars are part of the evaluation of your professional internship. 

 

Teaching internship

The aim of the internship is to help the students consolidate and demonstrate the generic and subject-specific competencies gained during their studies: 

• The basis of didactics for the studied language - the ability to observe, analyse, plan, and implement the lessons of the language (and literature) being studied according to the communicative direction of teaching, choosing the appropriate (depending on the teaching goals, the specifics of the group, etc.) methods and teaching materials; 
• Understanding of the culture of the country of the studied language and intercultural competence; 
• The communicative competence of the user of the studied language - the ability to communicate in writing and orally in the studied language in various communicative situations; 
• Analytical and critical thinking, the ability to work independently and in a team, the ability to communicate and cooperate, and the ability to (self) evaluate to achieve quality. 

 

When reporting for the internship, the student must present: 

• A thorough report of the internship, including: 
• *Information about the host organization (educational institution) 
• *An individual teaching internship program; 
• *Analysis of observed lessons; taught lesson plans and analysis; 
• *Information about other activities in the educational institution; 
• *Other material specified in the description of the internship (e.g. teaching and methodical materials); 
• *Self-evaluation and comments on the internship. 
• Feedback about the intern from the supervisor at the host organization (with evaluation). 

  

Intercultural Communication internship

The aim of the internship is to help the students consolidate and demonstrate the generic and subject-specific competencies gained during their studies: 

• The communicative competence of the user of the studied language - the ability to communicate in writing and orally in the studied language in various communicative situations; 
• Understanding of the culture of the country of the studied language and intercultural competence; 
• Analytical and critical thinking, the ability to work independently and in a team, the ability to communicate and cooperate, the ability to (self) evaluate to achieve quality. 

 

When reporting for the internship, the student will present: 

• A thorough report of the internship, including: 
• *Information about the host organization 
• *A diary of the internship; 
• *Self-evaluation and comments on the internship; 
• *If fitting – created (or co-created) content during the internship. 
• Feedback about the intern from the supervisor at the host organization (with evaluation).

 

Translation internship

The aim of the internship is to help the students consolidate and demonstrate the generic and subject-specific competencies gained during their studies: 

• The communicative and intercultural competence of the user of the studied language - the ability to mediate in written (and oral) translation from the studied language, using translation programs, electronic resources and other tools or technologies; 
• Analysis of the studied language system at various levels; 
• Analytical and critical thinking, the ability to work independently and in a team, the ability to communicate and cooperate, and the ability to (self) evaluate to achieve quality. 

 

When reporting for the internship, the student will present: 

• A thorough report of the internship, including: 
• *Information about the host organization 
• *A diary of the internship; 
• *Self-evaluation and comments on the internship; 
• *Completed translations and their originals (without confidential information). 
• Feedback about the intern from the supervisor at the host organization (with evaluation).