Experience
Gained
As
an intern of SEAMES, I have gained a lot of experience from working in the
organization. As my supervisor is the Information Officer, my jobs are
mostly concerned of writing and translating. What I have done during my
period of internship can be mainly described in the following.
I drafted
many kinds of formal letters. Letters sent by organization are different
from business letters. Letters sent to Ministers are also certainly
different from those sent to directors or others. Letters sent via email
are less formal. I have learned many expressions used in those kinds of
letters. I have learned not only how to write them but also how they are
processed in the organization before sending by mail to other
organizations. And certainly, it helped me improve my English writing
skill.
I
learned how to write press releases both in English and in Thai. They
were mostly concerned with the announcements of the projects or programs
of different centers of SEAMEO. These press releases were faxed to
different newspapers in order to be publicized. In writing the
announcements, I had to read for the needed information, then summarized
it for English version, and finally translated it for Thai version. So, I
helped me practice reading, writing and also translating skills.
Translation was also one of my jobs. I translated the reports or the
articles from English to Thai. This is quite a good chance for me to
practice translating skill. Another good point is that I could gain a lot
of knowledge from those articles. For example, I learned new vision on
education from the article about education in the Philippines. The
articles translated are sometimes publicized in newspapers.
Moreover, my jobs were sometimes secretarial jobs. Although they were not
concerned with my main tasks, I gained a lot of benefits from them. I
learned how to work with or deal with both internal and external people. I
had to coordinate with other departments in various things. This gave me
some ideas about how people work or communicate in the organization. I
many times had to make contact with other people outside the organization
for various purposes.
Apart
from those jobs mentioned above, one of the greatest experiences I gained
is that I had an opportunity to be a little part of the 1st Education
Congress held by SEAMEO. During the Congress, I met and communicate with
many educators from both Asian and European countries. I was one of the
staff at the registration desk. And, I was assigned to be a convenor
assitant during the parallel sessions. Moreover, I was also one of the
audience in the grand opening and closing ceremony.
In the
organization, I could also improve my listening and speaking skills
because I had to communicate with other Officers who are from foreign
countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia.
In
addition, since I started work here, my computer literacy has been much
improved. This is because I had to use many programs at work including
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Outlook.
In
conclusion, the experience I gained directly from the jobs I had done
includes both written and spoken language skills. Through those jobs, I
also gained new knowledge and valuable experience which would be highly
beneficial for my future career.
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