2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ France ]School[Institut de Genech ] Teacher [ Julien Magnier ] grade (10th ) student number ( 25 )JP School [Hyogo Prefectural Ashiya International Secondary School ] Teacher [Sawai Akiko ].

# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Japanese
Lesson, ppt, video
civilisationTimes
4 hours

Japanese history Lesson, ppt, video

4 hours

Japanese history Lesson, ppt, video

4 hours# Theme and Message of the muralTheme

Message

Heian periodXème)

794-1185 in japan, Carolingian dynasty in France (751, mid

A particular period which has a great effect in both Japanese and Frenchcultures.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Knowledge about Japanese civilization and history.
I have to respect the scheduleSocial skills (they had to find together a good topic,
they have painted together, shared their skills)
Improved their English.
Improved their art skills.
Have Japanese friends now.
# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
My students are 15 years old. According to them, I love Japanese history and culture. I have JapaneseJapan is a developed country, an high tech country. friends. My impression, my feelings toward Japan
With, the project , they realize Japan has an don’t change.
incredible and rich History.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Sep

Research

Oct

Composition

Painting
Appreciation
Reflection

Nov

NovFebMarch

What you did
Present the project
introduce
students/school
introduce local area. We
used the forum and a weorganised a skype
conference with theJapanese school
Research on internet, books,
ask questions to ourJapanese friendsYour students
attitude/reflection
They were really excited about
the project.

Subject

PPTpresentations

Pictures Interview

They were really surprised bywhat they learned.

Japanese history
Geography JapanesecultureWe have discussed about acommon theme during askype conference
Paintning period with thehelp of a teacher and a
student’s mother.

They wanted to discover theJapanese Middle Ages.

Display
andappreciateduring the open days of theschool.

They were really proud about
their work, to show it to ourheadmaster and to their parents.

ResearchPresentations
about Heian period

It was difficult for all them todraw and to paint, but it was asuccess.

How to draw ?
What to draw ?

# 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

B5

A

5

B

3

C4

A

5

Students have created a facebook’s page, shared presents forChristmas; they still discuss and are friends.

A5

Collaboration between French students and between French andJapanese students was really easy.

Attitude in learning

B

4Expression ability

A

5

Appreciation ability

C

3

Understanding theother’s cultures
Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

How your students have reached it
Work and share with the Japanese students.
Work, and share with the Japanese students.
Facebook’s page, skype’s conferences.
They still have IT skills

They were really focused on the project.
They were really creative, I was really happy.
It’s difficult for them to compile a balance sheet