2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ Taiwan ]School[ Jia-Nan Elementary School ] Teacher [ Molly Huang ] grade ( 6 ) student number ( 13 )Partner [ (JP) Hanazono Elementary School ] Teacher [ Kentaro Nakaguchi ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
八 田 與 一 andplace's specialty are fruit, traditional food or sweets
place's specialty

Hours
12IT

Use the online forum and video conference

13Art

Draw the mural

8Art

Appreciation and reflection of the mural4# Theme and Message of the muralTheme

八田與一 and place's specialty

MessageWe did a research on Japan and Taiwan’s local specialty and the statue of 八田與一,
so we can learn more about our countries.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Through this IMIA project, my students got morechance to appreciate their own place’s specialty.
They spent lots of time interviewing their family about
local traditional food, fruit and sweet. After theproject, now they can easily introduce theirhometown. And what’s more, they also have thechance to know better about Japanese culture!

Points for further improvement
For our students, using English for communication isreally a difficult challenge. They just realized thatlearning English is one of the key point tocommunicate well with friends from other countries!

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
Students have changed a lot. They start to pay
This teaching experience is quite different andattention to the world issues. And they are willingvery interesting compared with the in-class
to cherish what they have in their hometown.
teaching. Teachers should be like a mentor who
What’s more, they realize that communication withguide the students to discover their cultures,
other friends from other countries is a good way toinstead of teaching them.
know the world.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Sep.

Research

Oct.

Composition

Nov.

Painting

Dec.&Jan.

Appreciation
Reflection

Feb.

What you did
We made an introduction film
and sent introduction card
to our partner by emails.
We discussed about our topic
and did the research by using
the internet and interviewing
parents and local people
about our culture.

Our topic is about place's
specialty like fruit, traditional
food and sweets. Those arevery close to students’ life
experiences so we let thegroups discussed the way ofcomposition they want.
Each group had its painting
time schedule. They followed
their time arrangement verywell.
We hang the mural in theclassroom.
Inviting
ourschool
students
andteachers to appreciate thepainting together.

Your students attitude/reflection
At first they were very nervous and shy
about introducing themselves. But after
they received friendly responses fromtheir partners, they became very excitedabout the communication.
Students really enjoyed a lot in this part,
because they can know better about
their home tome. They got the chance tocontact with people and interview them,
that’s a very fresh experience!
Our teams worked very well. We havethree groups, they have to discuss andnegotiate with each other about thecomposition.
Theyrealized
theimportance of teamwork by doing thisproject.
They did a very good job on this part.
Students enjoyed painting very much!
Students were very excited to see theirpainting shown in front of everybody.
They were so happy to introduce theirpainting ideas and concept

Subject
EnglishEnglishEnglishArt

EnglishArt

English# 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 own
cultures
Understanding theother’s cultures
Communication ability

How your students have reached it
We did the research by using the internet. Also by interviewingparents and local people about our culture.
We learned from the video conference and also by the forum.

AimResultA

5

B

4B4

B

3

B4

B

4

Attitude in learningA

5Expression ability

B4

At first they were very nervous and shy about introducing
themselves. But after they received friendly responses from theirpartners, they became very excited about the communication.

Appreciation ability

A

5They did a great job to introduce the mural to other students
and teachers.

in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partnersCollaborationin the class/with partners

Sometimes the students are shy to express their selves.
We need more practice on that.
They created good relationship with each other by sending
messages on the forum and the video conference.
Generally, they worked well with their teammates.
They were active and willing to learn.