Sopida Kesornbua (Elle)

I.	Introduction
	This Internship Training Report covers a brief description of the intern’s activities in various areas such as Internet searching, Record Filing, Report Preparation and Note taking which I can apply in my undertaking in the future.
II.	Objectives of the Training
	The objectives of this training were to enhance my knowledge and skills in English and increase my experiences outside the classroom . I also aimed to observe the process of working in the international Organization as well as to learn Asian cultures.
III.	Training Proper
		3 April 2000
		The day started with an orientation, meeting with the Director, and other SEAMEO officers.I watched the video and slides which led me to understood why the Organization was established and what the objectives of SEAMEO were.I also learned that the projects and activities of SEAMEO are spread out in the 14 SEAMEO Centres in the region,along with their various specialization.
		Khun Sarangtip, Administrative Officer, took me and others interns to a tour around the SEAMES office. I think the place was too small for the important Organization like this.
		After the tour, Dr. Nora and I planed the activities of internship programme. She asked me what I wanted to learn from her and the Secretariat ..I told her that I wanted to acquire more computer skill and knowledge on general office work.
		4-11 April 2000
		I have my training on computer. Ms.Linda Profitt showed me how to make use of the internet and the advantage of using it. I learned how to play Internet and how to search and select the good web sites for education. I also selected the interesting sites for children education and I enjoyed it so much.
		*12 April 2000*
		Dr. Nora took me to one of the SEAMEO Centers. It’s SPAFA whose work about Archaeology and Fine arts. I learned how to prepare a programme or a report for one project. It seemed very difficult to do but Dr. Nora was a good manager. She knew what to do with these papers. I was able to learn from her a lot.
		*20-21 April 2000*
		I have learned in this session that records filing was important for big organization and company. Khun Rachanee who was the Assistant Administrative Officer taught me about SEAMEO filing system. She taught me about record numbers and record codes . In this session , I was able to file record by computer.
		This made me realize that computer played an important role in the world nowadays.
		*24 April 2000*
		I attended a workshop on Computer Based Instruction for ESL Teacher, which was organized by SEAMEO. From this workshop, I learned a new role of Internet which is very useful for education and a new format of meeting which was called Net meeting .This will save time from transport in Bangkok. In this workshop, the teacher learned how to search the useful web sites for education and use them in the class instead of textbooks. It’s a good idea but it costs too much money.
		*25-28 April 2000*
		Dr. Nora teach me how to prepare draft communication and tentative programme. It’s not an easy work. First, I have to gather information from old reports and then chose the related detail. I must read throughout each page, for I won’t miss the important detail. I like it because it was able to improve my reading skill. Dr. Nora taught me everything she can. I learned and owed her so much.
		*2 May 2000*
		I was lucky because today there was a meeting on ASEAN Internet School Project with Dr. Emmanuel Lallana. Dr. Nora and I agreed that this was a good chance for me to practice note taking skill. I was very afraid because I‘ve never learned this skill before and I was also afraid that it would not good enough for Dr. Nora. She taught me what to be and how to do it. She’s really nice and kind,so I tried my best to do the note taking but I think I have to practice more.
		*10-11 May 2000*
		Dr. Nora was out for consultative meeting on SHARE. I was at SEAMEO to distribute the internship Interview forms. Dr. Mardha POE asked me to take note during the interview meeting.
		*16 May 2000*
		Office work with POD such as proof reading the financial statistics number and prepare draft communication report.
		*18 May 2000*
		I attended the Evaluation meeting with SEAMEO officers.
		*25 May 2000*
		Awarded Certification.
IV.	Problems and Solution
	I've never taken courses in Business writing , note taking and office managing before and they caused me a lot of problems but I was lucky to have nice mentor because she taught me these skills before telling me do them so they're not too difficult for me to do them.

Last updated: 25 July 2000
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	Sopida Kesornbua SEAMEO-Srinakarinwirot University Internship Programme 3 April - 25 May 2000