INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCED BY UMM STUDENTS
Keywords:
international internship, service learning, challengesAbstract
It is a great task for educators to prepare students for globalised world. For the purpose to expose
students with global issues such as social justice, development and sustainability, academics have
moved the boundaries of learning from the classroom with service learning. International internship,
in this present study, is an opportunity to conduct service learning in a broader context. This paper
presents a description and evaluation of an authentic form of service learning through International
Internship managed by Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah
Malang. In detail, the study is intended to examine the challenges faced by the interns abroad and
identify the possible solutions for each challenge during the implementation of the program.
Executed with qualitative method, the data will be collected from 10 English department students
who have involved in the 2015 International Internship in Thailand. The result, in accordance to
that, was analyzed through questionnaire and interview that reflects the students’ perspectives about
the program. The findings revealed that the challenges experienced by the interns are regarding visa,
sickness, language, food, religion, teaching, social and data mining.
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