Author(s)

Yiduo Bian, Zhimin Yang

Corresponding Author

Yiduo Bian

Abstract

The cultivation of English-major normal students is the core source of English teachers for basic education. As a key link connecting the theoretical courses of teacher education and the teaching practice of basic education, the quality of educational internships directly determines the development of normal students’ teaching practical abilities. Since the Ministry of Education launched the accreditation work for the National Undergraduate Professional Teaching Quality Standards in ordinary colleges and universities, the English Major Demonstration Accreditation, with the core concepts of “student-centered, outcome-oriented, and continuous improvement”, has put forward more clear standards for the goal-setting, process management, and outcome evaluation of educational internships for normal students (Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2018). However, in the process of practice, the educational internships of English-major normal students in most colleges and universities have fallen into the practical dilemma of “high standards but difficult implementation”—problems such as weak internship base resources, imbalance between students’ burden and ability improvement, and lack of front-line guidance are intertwined. This not only deviates from the original intention of the demonstration accreditation but also restricts the cultivation of normal students’ core literacy . Based on this, this paper systematically analyzes the core dilemmas existing in the current internship link by combining practical cases of educational internships for English-major normal students in multiple colleges and universities, and proposes targeted optimization strategies from three dimensions: resource integration, process optimization, and motivation stimulation. It aims to provide a feasible path for improving the quality of educational internships for English-major normal students under the background of demonstration accreditation.

Keywords

Teacher Education Accreditation, Educational Internship Dilemma, Pathway Optimization