2014 IIME REPORTCountry [Taiwan ]School[ Wen Ya Elementary School ] Teacher [ Ruth Hou ] grade ( 5 )JP School [ Yonaizumi Elementary School ] Teacher [ Nakano Kazuhito ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Language Art
Visual Art
Social Studies
ICT

student number (30 )Times

Using appropriate English to communicate with the partners

80 mins

Using painting skills to create a mural

480mins

Investigating the traditional culture in Taiwan

80 mins

Investigating the traditional culture in Taiwan on the Internet

80 mins# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Traditional culture in Chia Yi City and Kanazawa CityMessage

Both Chia Yi City and Kanazawa City are cities of old history. We want to investigate thetraditional cultures in the two cities as well as to see their future looks. Keeping
modernization is good for the city developments but keeping the traditional cultures isimportant, too.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
We love to see and read the message from ourpartners in Japan. We feel that we are so close toeach other. While we are painting, we need to learnhow to negotiate with each other and reach the final
conclusion at the end. We learn to respect others andtake others opinions into consideration.

Points for further improvement
We want to have a chance to see our partners in thevideo conference. We can plan our schedule in detailso that we have the theme to communicate every
month.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
Japanese students are polite and creative. They do The Japanese teachers are interested in promoting
not focus on their studies only. They are so talented the global exchange. They plan everything carefully
to show their different interest to us. We are pleased and they carry out their plans without any mistakes.
to know both of Japan and Taiwan learn to ride a We love to work with well-organized people.
unicycle at school, too.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Sep.

ResearchOct.
|
Nov.

Composition

Dec.
|
Jan.

Painting

Jan.
|
Feb.

Appreciation
Reflection

Feb.

What you did
We made greeting letters tosay hello to our partners inClass 401, Yonaizumi E.S.,
Kanazawa City, Japan
We formed into groups andinvestigated the beauty ofdifferent scenic spots in
Chia Yi City.
We made three drafts andvoted for the best one. We
talked about our drafts with
our partners and understoodtheir ideas better.
We read the completedmural very carefully and it
was so well-painted. We said
to ourselves that we would
paint as well as our partners
did.
After the hard work of aweek and art teacher’s
great help, we finished ourmural. We posted it in thecorridor so every visiting theschool could watch it.

Your students attitude/reflection
It is fun to say something in English toour Japanese friends. We want to show
them our special talents if we can meetsome day.
It is wonderful to know more about ourculture. We see the beauty of my city.
It is also wonderful to visit the partner
school in Japan in November. We see thefriends in person.
We enjoyed drafting together at school.
Even though the partners thought in adifferent way, we reached the agreement
at the end. We were happy to see ourwonderful work.
We had a hard time getting the colors
right but we knew that any piece ofartwork deserved good praise.

We were so proud of ourselves. We did
not that we could finish the Artmile
Project so successfully. Everyone said
we have done a good job. We reallyenjoyed seeing our mural posted in thecorridor every day we went to school.

SubjectEnglish

SocialStudies&ICTArt

ArtArt# 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 owncultures

A5

Understanding theother’s cultures

B4A4B

5

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills

How your students have reached it
Students asked a lot of questions about the traditional culturesin Chia Yi City. They made great PPTs to tell the whole classwhat they have from the research.
With the help of the older school brothers and sisters who havevisited Kanazawa City, we understood the Japanese culture
better. We still had some questions to ask and we hope we could
meet our partners in the future to talk about the mural carefully
again.
We did not have good English ability to communicate with ourpartners but we can understand their friendship because theyalways showed us a big smile.
We were so interested to surf on the Internet and find something
new to the theme of our mural. We loved to use computer classto facilitate the learning.

Creating friendship

A

5

A5

Attitude in learning

A5

Expression ability

B

4

Appreciation ability

B

5in the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Our partners are always polite and friendly. We talked in apeaceful way and we learned to respect others opinions byanalyzing the good and bad while we had different opinions.
Nobody was put aside when we started painting. We learned towork on our little part and we completed the huge partsuccessfully. We wanted to paint again next year.
Students came to school during the weekend because theywanted to be part of the interesting project. They were highly
motivated in Artmile Project.
Students had a lot of findings to share with their partners.
Everyone did try their best to find something new through theproject. They wish they could have better English ability tointroduce the beauty of Chia Yi City to their partners next time.
Students showed positive reactions to their final work as soon
as they saw the completed mural. They learned to look at thegood side of the work and ignored the tiny incorrect colors. They
have learned to read the mural as a whole instead of caring too
much about the details.