Approximating a standard normal distribution to a t-distribution

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I understand that $$\sqrt{n}(\frac{\bar{X} - \mu}{\sigma})$$

has a standard normal distribution, as per definition.

How do I approximate this distribution to the t distribution? According to my tutor, this approximates to the t distribution with (n-1) degrees of freedom. And the equation will look like this.

$$\frac{\sqrt{n}(\bar{X} - \mu)}{s}$$

The only theorem I can think of that fits into this situation is that if Z~N(0,1) and U~$X_n^2$ and Z and U are independent, then the distribution of $\frac{Z}{\sqrt{U/n}}$ will be the t distribution with n degrees of freedom.