2014 IIME REPORTCountry [ Taiwan]
School[Guei-ren Junior High School] Teacher [Yung-ting Chen] grade (8) student number (28)
JP School [ Ashiya International Secondary School] Teacher [Ms. Naoya, Mariko, Miyuki Nomura]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Times

EnglishLearn how to use English as a communication tool with the partner school.

2

English

1.To do the report about the topic “peace” and learn to introduce them inEnglish.
2.Learn how to collaborate with students from other country and also how toexpress their ideas during the video conferences.

4

EnglishDraw the mural.

4

EnglishAppreciate the mural.

1# Theme and Message of the mural
Peace
ThemeWe aim to let the students exchange the ideas about peace.
Message# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
1. Communication: Thanks to this project, students
learn how to communicate with each otherbetter, expressing their own ideas and respectthat of other ones.
2. Cooperation: Students learn how to cooperatewith each other to complete this project while
gaining the skill of solving the problem.
3. Globalization: Definitely, this cross-nation
project help students to think globally.

Points for further improvement
Cooperation: We should strengthen our relationshipwith the partner by having more sharing on theforum. Furthermore, we should enhance thecooperation between the students by showing them
how the other school have done successfully.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
Because of the project, students know more about Although there are a lot of differences between twoJapan. They not only apperciate the things about countries, we both care about the world. To make theJapan but also learn more knowledge. Students gain world better, it is important to respect each other.
a lot from this special experience.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchComposition

Painting

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.&Dec.

What you didWe
madetheself-introduction by making
the videos and photos.

Your students attitude/reflection
Students are all excited to introduce
themselves and want to have further
contact with the students in Japan.

Studentsresearchtheinformation they want toshare on the Internet andthen discuss with each otheras to what to convey andhow to present. Students
then present their research
resultvia
thevideoconference.

Unavoidably, there will be conflict andconfrontation during the discussion,
which the teachers think is a precious
opportunity for the students to learn how
to solve the conflict and move forward.
When they finally see eye to eye, they
think it is really a wonderful experience
to better understabd other groupmembers’ idea.

Since what to be painted isdecided, all that remains is
how to arrange the images
on the canvas and this stepis relatively easy comparedto the last one.

The blueprint of what’s going to be
painted allows the students to imagine
the final product in their minds, thereby
motivating them to work harder toaccomplish the mural. Students are allvery eager to be heard and paid attention
to. Therefore, when their suggestion istaken, they are all very happy.

Students collaborate witheach other put the blueprint
into the reality on thecanvas.

During this process, students showed
their talents and characters by what
they did and how they did. They learned
how to show the best of themselves andassign tasks appropriately to groupmembers whose painting skills might not
be very good.

Jan.

After completing the murals,
students appreciated theiraccomplishment
byintroducing their works to
the others.

Appreciation
Reflection

Feb.

Students are glad to share their pleasure
they gained from the whole process andthe sense of accomplishment with theothers. When other students looked at
the mural, our students would feel asense of achievement and cannot wait to
introduce the work and how theycollaborate together with Japanese
students to other students.

Subject
EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

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

A5

How your students have reached it
We had the students research the needed information on theInternet and show them photos to have a clear idea.

Understanding theother’s cultures

A5

Students have done this mainly by the sharing from the partners
in Japan and the information on the internet.

A5

The communication in the class and with partners gradually
improved with more chances to discuss with each other.

B4B4A

4

Attitude in learningA

4Expression ability

A

4

Appreciation abilityA

4Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Students were given more chances to finish their assigned tasks
with the help of the Internet though the IT skills should be donedby having more practice.
The friendship in the class and with partners is graduallystrengthened by going through all the presentations andactivities together. Student were very excited before each videoconference and cannot wait to have another video conference.
Undeniably, the collaboration was not so smooth at thebeginning, but as time went, the students learned better how tocollaborate with each other.
The attitude of some of the students was getting better andbetter under the influence of the teachers and other students.
Also they will be encouraged to be better when they saw what
Japanese students have done.
The expression ability of the students are sharpened by the trialand error they made to convey what they want and present theirwork.
We firmly believe that the goal of education is to allow thestudents to appreciate the world. Therefore, we asked thestudents to plan the exhibition to appreciate their work and also
allow the other students to appreciate what they did. They acted
as a guide to introduce their mural to other students who don’t
have the chance to participate in this activity.