2015 IIME REPORTCountrySchool[ Taiwan ][Gang Ping Elementary School] Teacher [Chang Hsin Yun, Lu Tsung Han, Huang Shiang Ju]
Grade (6) Students ( 48 )Partner [ (JP) Heiso Elementary School] Teacher [ Chie Tamura ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
festivals
IT
Mural

Hours

Send cards for Chritmas and New Year.

2

Use the online forum and video conferences

5

Draw the mural3# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeCulture

Message

We introduced our city’s or country’s celebrities and specialties to each other.
Students learned a lot. We all had good experiences.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gainedStudents experienced many special courses, such as
introduced themselves to foreigners, drew the mural,
talked and sang with foreigners, etc. They also
learned more about Japanese culture and thepartners’ daily life and school life.

Points for further improvement
The students had more chances to practice theirEnglish. The best thing for us was that we had
Japanese friends!

# 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 the people outside our Think more about the lessons before class.
country.
Teachers have to guide the students how to learn
Students begin to realize the importance of English. from the courses.
Students care more about the world.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchComposition

SepOct

Nov

What you did
Students learned to
introduced themselves inEnglish.
We mailed students’
self-introduction cards toJapan. They also learn
about how to introduce
themselves in public.
We had our first vedioexchange. Students
introduced themselves toJapanese friends. And kept
working to prepare for thenext exchange. Students
learned to introduced thefamouse artist of our city.
They also made someposters to let Japanese
friends understand.

Your students attitude/reflection
Students have to practice more about
their writing and oral English abilities.

Students liked team work. They drew
the mural happily.
Students were so happy and satisfied
with their job.

Painting

Dec

We had our second vedio
exchange to discuss the desing ofour mural. We got the mural andbegan to draw it.

Appreciation
Reflection

JanAfter finish the mural, we
had the mural hung in public
for all the members to see.

Students were very shy and unwilling tosay in public. Teachers just kept
cheering them.
Students had to learned more about how
to express their thoughts in English.
They worked harder to research theissue of the vedio exchange.

Subject
EnglishEnglishEnglish& Social
ScienceEnglish& Art
English& Art# 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

5B

4A

4C3A

5A

5

Attitude in learningA

5Expression ability

B

4

Appreciation abilityA5in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

How your students have reached it
Students worked hard to research and present.
Students learned from the video conference.
Students practiced to speak out in public.
good job.
They had to practice more.

They really did aWe had good time to collaborate with our friends and cherishedthe good friendship.
Students did a good team work in their research and drawing.
Students liked the lessons about the mural course.
Although they were shy to say in public at first, they finallyintroduced themselves and famous artist, sang songs and acted
in public. They were braver.
They could appreciate partners’ mural and also introduce theirown mural to others.