2015 IIME REPORTCountry[ France ]School[ Ecole élémentaire Sébastien Le Prestre de Neuf -Brisach ]Teacher [ Françoise Flesch ] grade (CM2) student number (22)
JP School [ Higashi Ichigao Elementary School ] Teacher [ Mariko Sato ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Geography andDiscovery of Japan : monuments, geographical situation, food, culture...
historyTimes
12

IT

Use the online forum, search for information

16

Art

Draw the mural

10

Oral and written presentation, writing of articles for the school newspaper

4French language# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Local foods and the World Heritage in each country

Message

We did a research in French and Japanese culture and foods
We learned a lot and knew more about them.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained- It was the first time that the pupils correspondedwith Japanese !
- They liked examining and learning full of things onJapan- a great experience- They are very proud of their mural and of thefinal result

Points for further improvement- The only negative point of this beautiful project:
my pupils don’t speak and don’t understand English.
The communication between the pupils was alsolimited.
- And using whole English to discuss on the forum
or to read, understand and answer all the emails
was also a challenge for me !!!

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression- Students learn to understand people from other- It is very gratifying for me to help the pupils tocountries.
bloom in this magnificent project because all the- They understand the differences and respect them pupils (even those in great difficulty) were able toparticipate, to discover and to learn !

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

SepResearch

Sep
Oct
Nov
Nov
Dec

Composition

JanFeb

Painting

Appreciation
Reflection

March

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection- emails with the teacher of - excited to send and to receiveJapanmessages and photos- introduction cards to ourpartner- Search in documentaries,
on the Internet (information,ideas)- Presentations- Search for ideas and draft
designs- Plan of some outlines
thanks a video-projector- Agreement on colors,layout and disposition- A journalist came in ourclass to make photos anddraft an article appeared in
the newspaper of our region(" The breaking news ofAlsace ") on March 3rd- The mural was exposed afew days in the school. Itwasadmiredbytheinspector of the Education,
theparents,
therepresentatives
ofthemunicipalityofNeuf-Brisach, all the pupils
and the teachers of thematernal and elementary
schools

Subject
EnglishArt

Geographyand history

ArtArtArt
For all these activities and during allthese stages, all the pupils weremotivated, active and successful.
They all participated actively, worked
hard and are very proud of the result.
Frenchlanguage# 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

Aim

ResultUnderstanding our own
cultures

B

4

Understanding theother’s cultures

A

5

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills

B4C3

How your students have reached it
They made many searches to find the best ideas
Through books, videos or sites on the Internet, they learnt toknow and to appreciate the Japanese cultureWith their French classmates, they express themselves veryeasily.
But they were not able to communicate directly with theJapanese pupils because they don’t speak English
They improved in the use of internet and the word processing

Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Attitude in learning

B4

A5

A

5Expression ability

B

4

Appreciation ability

B

4This project really created links between my pupils : they wereunited to reach the same objective.
On the other hand, they were not able to correspond directlywith the Japanese pupils and to create friendships because of
the language barrier.
Always positive and active in the process.
With their French classmates, they express themselves very
easily.
But they were not able to communicate directly with theJapanese pupils because they don’t speak English
They took a lot of pleasure to present their ended work to theirparents, to the other pupils