2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ Thailand ]School [ Suksasongkro Chiang Mai School ] Teacher [ Uraiwan Sritiwong ] Grade (12)Partner [ (JP) Osaka Semboku High School ] Teacher [ Kazumi Fujiwara ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Students ( 8 )Hours

Introduction

Introduce one selves, Introduce school

2

Taking about
topic

Making choices, communicate with friends in JP, choose the best topic

5

Painting mural

Choose the pattern, Skating, Drawing and Painting

6Presenting

In class and in school

2# Theme and Message of the muralThemeMessage

Cultures and Travelling –local festival and traveling.
We searched for and discussed about the local festival and traveling and select the
popular ones: Those are Loy Kratong, Songkran and elephant camp. Some Thai food and‘Wai’or Thai greeting.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
The students have experienced to use English to communicate
in the real situation. To communicate with friends and complete
the project, they had to use English as the tool to get some
information they need and sending or sharing their ideas tofriends. Besides, they had to learn more about using ICT to be as
the toots for searching and presenting what they had done andthought. So they have to work in team and share their duties.
One must be responsible on her own responsibility and be on
time.

Points for further improvement
We should communicate more about we aregoing to do to learn about friends’ ideas orwhat they want to communicate about theirpicture.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
What my students got was they began getting appreciated to I have to change the way of teaching English.
their own cultures and understand the differences and The learning activities in class should besimilarities between their own ones and their friends’. That similar with the activity in the real world.
means they have to learn to understand the others better.
Besides, they have learned that working with the others in thereal situation is different from working in the classroom. Don’tlearn for test but they have to learn for completing their workbest.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchWhat you did-They made self introduction
and sent to friends via forum-They made video tointroduce their school.

SepOctNov-The students had meeting
every Friday to make a lot ofchoices for the best topic.
Then they communicate with
their friends in Japan anddecided to chose ‘Culture
and Traveling’ and the topic.
-They discussed what
‘Culture and Traveling’they
would like to present andshare and how to present it
best.

Your students attitude/reflection-They were happy to introduce
themselves to friends in Japan andwere very excited to know new friends
from Japan, too.
-They made video to introduce theirschool. That’s very fun for them towalk around the school and learn tointroduce the places in English. One
who had to introduce the director, she
was so excited to invite the director
to join them in the evening.
After they got the topic, the students
didn’t communicate with each others.
So their ideas of presenting on thetopic may not clear. Each tried topresent their own ones.

Subject

EnglishComputerEnglishContentMonthComposition

NovPaintingJanAppreciation
ReflectionJanWhat you did-The students chose thepattern they preferred. And
designed the mural and shareto friends in Japan.

Your students attitude/reflection
Subject
The students discussed about andtried to designed their painting in theirframes. They changed ideas many Life skills
times. Finally, they could solve allArt
problems they had for completing
their work.
-When they received theThe space left for them to complete
partly mural, they learned tothe mural was not enough. So theyArtwork together to complete it needed to change their presentation afrom.
little.
-My students presented their The students were so excited to show
mural to friends in class andtheir mural to friends and teachers.
explained the meaning orimportance of each picture on They were so pound to tell all
students and teacher what they had
the mural.
-They did the same during
done to complete the project.
Englishmorning activities of theschool in front of the national
flag pole when all students
and teachers were their atthat time.

# Aim of the Lessons and Result
Aim: Rank A to C in order you put emphasis on (A: very much/ B: much / C: not so much)
Result: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected Effect
Understanding our owncultures
Understanding theother’s cultures
Communication ability

AimResultA

5

B

4

How your students have reached it
Students did a research via the internet and books
Students watched the video about the school activities and saw
some on the mural. They need some more explanation for eachother.

Students used English to introduce themselves, made vdo, andexplained what on the mural to friends in class and in school.
Besides, they had to discuss about something they had to do
together to make the best decision..
Some can do well, but some didn’t .

A

5

B

4A

5

B

4

They do their own responsibilities to make the project complete.
However few were a little bit late.

Attitude in learning

B

4

Most of them understand ways of learning and how to integrate
what they had learned in class to complete their work.

Expression ability

A

5

Appreciation abilityA5in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

They worked in very good team.

They can do well both in class and out of class.
All of them looked so proud of their works and their ability.