2016 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ France ]School[ Collège Saint Anatoile, Salins les Bains ] Teacher [ Maud Blondeau ] Grade (8th) Member (18)
JP school [ Hamamatsu Gakuin Junior High School ] Teacher [ Ian Christenson ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
French culture,
Visit of local heritage (Salins and Arc et Senans Saltworks), researchIT
Arts, English, ITJapaneseculture, IT
Arts

Hours
12

Self portray (video, letter, painting…)

8Research and presentation of Japanese culture elements (food, tradition,sports, language and writing…)

15Painting the mural

8# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeWorld heritage of Japan and France : Tokaido and salt road

Message

Message of brotherhood, fraternity and tolerance. The path (salt road and Tokaido) is abridge between our cultures.

United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
The students learned new vocabulary in English andits pronounciation. They did a lot of research, learned
how to select the information they were interested inand gained elements of Japanese and French culture.
They learned to work together and to cooperate. Thisproject gave sense to the whole schoolyear.

Points for further improvement
It would be great if the students could have a freeaccess to the forum (for consultation only) : it would
be even more motivating if they could seethemselves what has already been done in the otherschools.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
The students learned to communicate with people The position of the teacher in such a project is
who do not speak the same language and share a different than in other teaching situation : we have todifferent culture. They had to use the English accompany and help the children, not to “teach”
language to be clearly understood : this was a true them something properly.
challenge. They also had to cooperate throughout
the whole project.

Mural painting
APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

FebruaryCREATE

January,

The students learned to cooperate : they
had plenty of ideas for the mural but they
had to find a compromize with theJapanese students.

French, English,
documentation, ITFrench
culture,English,Arts, IT

Subject

French,EnglishMural designYour students attitude/reflection
Students were happy to learn about theirown culture. They were also very excited
to receive letters and messages fromtheir Japanese partners.
Students were very surprised to
discover a culture totally different fromtheirs. They learned to selectinformation, to read and summarize it.
They also realized that it was difficult tointroduce a foreign culture that they
don’t know.

The students were really impatient tosee the mural and had great fun to paintit.

Arts

United message// 8hUNITE

What you did
Visit local heritage (SalinsandArcetSenansSaltworks).
Self
introduction
withvideos, letters and painting.
Brainstorming : What does itmean “to be French” ?
Research about local culture(saltwork,saltroad…),
posters,presentations.
Research and presentationofJapanesecultureelements (food, tradition,sports,languageandwriting…)
Brainstorming:
whichmessage to share with ourpartner ? Painting andsending drafts to our partner
for the mural.
The students first draw on atracing paper. Then thegroup was divided in smallergroups to paint the mural.
We exhibited the mural tothe students of the whole
school and their parents
during a couple of days.

The students who had taken part in theproject were really excited to explain thewhole process to the others. Theparents seemed impressed.

French,arts

September , October /20h

SHARE
Research on
the theme

NovemberSelfintroduction

February

MEET

June,
September/ 15h# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonth# 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
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Attitude in learning
Expression ability
in words, in pictures

AimResultA

4B

4A5A

4

B

4A

5A

5A

5A

5

Appreciation ability
Appreciate the mural and thewhole collaborative learning

How your students have reached it
They learned many things about their region.
They discovered a new country and a new culture. We could
have spent more time and do a more effective work on this item.
The students learned to communicate more, developping
language competences and cooperation.
They know how to select information when they do research onthe Internet.
Sharing self-introduction postcards, letters and paintings was agood way to create friendship.
The students collaborated very well, although they didn’t always
have the same ideas.
The students had a very positive attitude throughout the wholeprocess.
They learned to express themselves in a foreign language and inarts.
The students appreciated the mural and the whole collaborating
learning. They were happy to share the project with their parents
and with the other students at school.