2017 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ Nepal ]School[ Shree Panchakanya secondary school ] Teacher [ Hitomi Hirose ] Grade (4) Member ( 19 )JP school [ Soho Elementary School ] Teacher [ Hideshi Ishikawa ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Nepali culture
CultureJapanese culture
EnglishWriting letters, introduction cards, making a movie

Hours88# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeGreen earth

Message

Nepal is famous for its untouched nature and variety of culture. We described the beautyof nature and culture of Nepal.

United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
They seemed to be close to Japanese students and We should have improved our language skills toculture through this project. At the same time, this communicate with Japanese students more fluently.
became a good opportunity for students to noticerichness of their own culture.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
They have tried to understand our culture and We learned common sense is different in different
language to communicate with us. This attitude has places.
improved gradually.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research onthe theme

UNITE
United message/

What you did
Introduction cards

Your students attitude/reflection
They seemed to be interested inJapanese culture.

Introduction movie

They gathered ideas that are related toNepali culture and noticed the richnessof their own culture.

SepOctSharingsessiondesign&

Skype

Nov

Mural design

Drawing

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

JanFebMar

Skype session & Sent themural

We made a design and sent it by mail.
After that, we introduced their own
design each other through skype. They
seemed to be impressed with the cultural
exchange.
They learned not only how to draw apicture but also how to use brushes andcolors. This project became a good
opportunity for students to learn
discipline.
We introduced our traditional songs andasked some questions each other.
We spent a great time.

Subject
EnglishCultureEnglishCultureArts
EnglishArts

Arts
English# Effect and evaluation gained through the collaborative learning
Evaluation: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected effectEvaluation

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects

Understanding yourown cultures

5

Students tried to tell their own culture effectively to Japanese students.
This process became a good opportunity for our students.

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

5Japanese students’ messages and photos made our students moreactive.

3

Actually, we have limited internet connection and sometimes could notshare information well.

Information literacy(research, share)

Communication ability(interactive exchange)

Critical thinking(objective, critical views)

Active learningand action
Collaboration(in the class, with partners)

Expression ability(in words, in pictures)

5
2I could not give them such an opportunity.

5

They learned how to use materials and discipline through drawing themural.
We implemented skype session twice. Through these sessions, we knew
each other.

5

Students showed great creativity. In Nepal, they had never used colors
and brushes in Art. They learned how to use them.

5

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Our English was not perfect but we tried to communicate each other.

We displayed photos that our partner sent to us, and so do our partner.
5