2014 IIME REPORTCountry [ Russia]
School[ Moscow State Scholl #1471 ] Teacher [Anna Kostikova] grade ( 5-7 ) student number (30 )JP School [ Kosaka Elementary School ] Teacher [ Jun Hasegawa ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Timesenvironment

environmental problem all around the world and their consequence7

cultureRussian and Japanese traditions at every season

7

Skype conference about cartoons and beautiful places in Russia and Japan5

fine art

drawing a mural

10

reflection

reflection and appreciation of the whole work2

IT# Theme and Message of the muralTheme

Beautiful world with many problems

Message

We did research work about environmental problem in the world, tried to find some ways
to solve that problems.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
We knew more about our country and also aboutJapan. Children were happy to do a research work.
We did Skype conference with our partner. It wasgreat experience.

Points for further improvement
We can use a picture of this mural and our researchfor scientific conference in ecological spheres. Thiskind of presentation helps us to involve more
students in this work.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
We understood a value of our planet through this art, I saw how smart my students are and how happy I am
trying to draw more serious problem the human being having an opportunity to participate in this project.
can solve.
Still have many ideas. I will find ways and time tobring them to life# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Septe
mber

ResearchOctoberComposition

November

Painting

January-February

Appreciation
Reflection

March

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
Completed a group of worked with interest
students to work with,researched about JapanesecultureCreated introduction cards, were good at drawing, had somefound a topic for drawing
problems with language; but happy
created a sketches formural, prepared gifts forJapanese friends, did Skype
meeting
painted a mural

We wrote letters about thisyear project (what we did,what we did good or not very
well, aims for furtherproject).

SOOO happy after Skype meeting, goodjob

Subject
language

art,language, IT

art, IT

hard work in lack of time (students werevery busy at this period)

art

Proud for their work, discussed ideas
about next project, dreamed about trip toJapan to meet their new friends.

language# 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

AimResult

Understanding our own
culturesA

4Understanding theother’s cultures

A4A

5

It was very hard work, because language skills are not so high,but students did it very well, trying to explain their opinion.

B

4We did Skype conference, also taking short videos during aproject, using a forum.

A

5

Writing messages on the forum, taking pictures, helping eachother to do their part of work.

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaboration

How your students have reached it
We have discussed this topic in class, prepared a list of great
Russian people or things, where every letter from A to YA (thelast Russian letter) had its own explanation.
Research work on the Internet, books, encyclopedias. Also I as ateacher did a presentation about Japan and Japanese culture.

In our group we had different age students but it wasn’t aproblem. The eldest one has helped the little students in every
step of the work.
Very positiveA

5

Attitude in learning

B

4Expression ability

B

4

We did a small conference about our work where students
explain the topic of the mural.

Appreciation ability

B3

Need a practice.

in the class/with partners