2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ Indonesia ]School[ SMP Islam Tugasku ] Teacher [ Febby Anggraeni ] Grade ( 7-9 ) Students ( 23 )Partner [ (JP) Showa Women’s University Jonior-Senior High School ] Teacher [ Michiko Oikawa ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
SubjectConception of the lesson･Introducing ourselves in English･ Giving presentations on Indonesia’s Geougraphy, Economy and Politics,
Culture, and School Culture
English･Using English in communicating through videocalls･Using English in communicating through IIME forum･Videocalling through Skype platform
IT･Utilizing IIME online forum to communicate with buddies in Japan･Doing research on SEKATEN FESTIVAL (Indonesian annual festival fromCultural StudyYogyakarta)･Learn about some annual Japanese festivals (Dall Festival, Setsubun, etc.)
ArtDrawing and painting a muralHours

4358# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Culture: Japanese and Indonesian Annual Festivals

Message

Both Japan and Indonesia have a lot of cultural festivals celebrated annually. TheJapanese school shows a number of iconic figures from different festivals, while theIndonesian school chose to display some activities taking place during one annual festival
called ‘SEKATEN’. The activities depicted in the mural are: some people playing
Javanese musical instruments – gamelan, a woman dancing Javanese traditional dance,some people lifting up a gunungan (a stack of food arranged ressembling the mount), andthe atmosphere of a night market.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
The students have learned a lot of things through out
the project. Most of the time they learned how to use
English well when they were communicating with theirbuddies in Japan. Also, the students learned how tocope with problems they encountered during themural drawing process. For example, when theywanted to create medium-light blue color, they tried
really hard and browsed a lot from the internet until
they found the most suitable manual to create suchcolor.

Points for further improvement
As far as I am concerned, one of the main objectivesof this project is to build understanding and fruitfulrelationship among the students. Therefore, it might
be a good idea if the students are given more accessto utilize the online forum. This means JAM may
either give them their own access to the online
forum or create a specific forum for students, apartfrom the forum for teachers.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
 They appreciate cultures from other I find this project has taught me that teaching can becountries more.
done in more pleasant and appealing ways.
 They value hard work more.
 They find time management even more
important.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchComposition

OctNovDecJan

What you didThestudentsmade
greeting cards with theirnames and personal details
on them. They thenproceed to a skype
videocall to get to knoweach other and to present
some detailed information
about Indonesia, such as its
geographicalcondition,
politics
andeconomy,culture, and the school
profile.
Reasearch was done bylibrary search and internet
browsing. Once data had
been compiled, they werepresented via the online
forum.
Three students sketched
the festival picked tocreate a draft once ourpartner school has sent us
theirs. Then I selected one
best picture to transfer tothe canvas.

Your students attitude/reflection
They learned how to introduce
themselves in English in a more
attractive way. Also, they expereienced
for the first time using skype to join avideoconference on deciding the muraltheme.

The students learned more about one ofIndonesian annual festivals as well assome Japanese yearly celebrations.

They learned how to make a draft for themural, how to transfer the draft to a
bigger medium – the canvas, and how todesign a good composition for thecoloring.

Subject

English,IT

CulturalStudyArtJanFeb

Painting

Appreciation
Reflection

MarchOnce the draft has been
tranferred onto the bigcanvas,
thestudents
started to paint it.
We conducted the second
videoconference to talkabout the evaluation of theproject.

They learned how cooperation take animportant role in completing the mural aswell as they learned how to mix colors.
The students summarized what they felt
and what they have learned during theproject, and what they hope for the next
collaboration. They then communicate
the ideas during the post-activity
videoconference.

ArtIT,English# 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

B

4

Understanding theother’s cultures

A3

How your students have reached it
A reasearch was done by library search and internet browsing.
Once data had been compiled, they were presented via theonline forum.
The Japanese school sent us some explanation about thefestivals includng some pictures via the online forum.

A5B

4A

4A

4The students learned how to introduce themselves in English ina more attractive way. Also, they learned how to listen toothers’ opinions as well as give their own in a polite way.
The students experienced for the first time using skype to join avideoconference on deciding the mural theme. They also
experienced writing on the online forum once.
The communicate nicely to their buddies from both the partner
school and within the same school. Students keep in touch withtheir buddies via LINE.
Everything ran smooth during this project because the twoschools collaborating have maintained good communication.

Attitude in learningA

5

The students were very enthusiastic in getting involved in every
activity within this project.

Expression ability

B

5Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Appreciation ability

B

4

The students eagerly expressed themselves to their buddies.
The students finally were capable of summarizing what they felt
and what they have learned during this project. Also, they listed
what they hope for the next collaboration.