2017 IIME REPORTCountry/Region[ FRANCE ]School [ Groupe Scolaire Carlepont ] Teacher [ J.M.LELONG ] Grade ( 5 )JP school [ Meiji Elementary School ] Teacher [ Hideshi Tokunaga ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
ART

Member ( 23 )Hours

painting techniques, colors, shapes, perspective, shadows, ...

15

SOCIAL &ENGLISH

culture, traditions, way of life, customs, institutions, ...

15

COMPUTER

research, reading documents on Japan, on painting.

10# Theme and Message of the mural
Themeenvironment

Message

Friends of our beautiful environments: protect nature!

United thoughts to share withthe world

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Our students appreciate the values, beliefs and Provide for more regular (skype) exchanges.
traditions from Japan. We wanted them tocommunicate through language, art and video using
different techniques. The planned actions have also
given students access to rights and duties as well as
responsibilities, to achieve global citizenship.
Our actions are based on key skills: communication in
the mother language, communication in a foreign
language
Mathematicalliteracy
andbasiccompetences in science and technology, DigitalCulture, Learning to learn, Interpersonal, interculturaland social and civic competences, entrepreneurship,cultural expression. The actions put in place todiscover Japan (geography, history, symbols,traditions, language, customs, daily life, fairy tales,famous characters, ...).

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
knowledge of their own culture;
motivation for the profession;
motivation for the study of foreign languages;
confrontation with subjects / new knowledge;
skills in the English language;
confrontation with different teaching methods;
skills to work in teams; interest in other countrie andculture;knowledge of life and studies in Japan;
tolerance of another culture;# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonth
MEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research onthe theme

UNITE
United message/

Mural design

Sept

Nov

Dec

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
Presentation of Japon; way Students studied Japan; they preparedof life, culture,presentation illustrated cards withphotos. Publication of articles, videos
and photos on our website.
Work on cutting the mural: Students searched many ways to share
how to divide into two equal the mural. Publication of articles, videos
parts, find an original way.
and photos on our website.
Students
exploredtheJapaneseenvironment
painted on the mural. They
then searched the French
environment that can draw
and paint.

They chose that they want to draw.
Publication of articles, videos and photos
on our website.

Subject
EnglishMathArtCREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

In groups, students paint themural after choosing colors.
JanuFebr

Preparation of the muralpresentation ceremony.
Preparation of an exibition,art galery.

The first drawings are done in pencil on
the mural. The size of each is studied
accordingtotheirimportance.
Publication of articles, videos and photos
on our website.
Creating invitations, roles: presenter,dressed students, reading the symbols ..
Publication of articles, videos and photos
on our website...

History
EnglishArt

French# Effect and evaluation gained through the collaborative learning
Evaluation: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected effectEvaluation

Understanding yourown cultures

5

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

5

Information literacy(research, share)

Communication ability(interactive exchange)

Critical thinking(objective, critical views)

Active learningand action
Collaboration(in the class, with partners)

Expression ability(in words, in pictures)

4
4

The students learned how to summarize their daily lives, their history,
their culture and to pass it on to the partners.
They work about Greetings and introductions, Personal Information,
Family and Friends, Games, Travel, Food and Drink, Activities,Opinions…
Students improve their own language and ICT skills
impact at regional, national and international levels
being able to promote networking through the online platform

4

Ability to respect the opinions of others, to dialogue, to choose and toaccept the choice of the majority. A civic education associated with thisprogram.
improved performance in language teaching and learning, opportunities tointroduce new resources and methodologies.

5

experience of multinational working,improved intercultural competence4acquisition of new lexicons related to art, asia, techniques used to create
the fresco.

4

Collective final assessment is very positive. The result is excellent andstudents are eager to present the mural to the public, during the officialceremony.

5

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects

exchange of experience and