2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ Taiwan ]School [ National Houbi Senior High School ] Teacher [ Yijing Jessica Zhao ] grade ( 2 ) student number ( 36 )# Partner [ (JP) Okazaki Johsei High School ] Teacher [ Yumi Kojima ]Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Write self introduction, Introduce our own cultures and understand JapaneseEnglishcultures

Hours
12

IT

Make videos and do video conferences

4Art

Make cards, and posters, and draw the mural12# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

The City that We Live inMessage

Okazaki and Tainan are the cities that our partners and we live in. Though they arelocated in different countries and have different cultures, they both have a world famous
general, building and cute and friendly people.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gainedStudents could make use of what they have learnedin the English class to real life situations and they
practiced listening, speaking, writing and reading in
the project. In addition, they were very excited toknow more about Japanese cultures and life styles
and to share Taiwanese cultures and life styles. Thestudents are also happy to make friends withJapanese students since this is the first time they
have a chance to meet foreigners.

Points for further improvement
Since this is our first time to do the project, somedetails seem to need further considerations. First,
the skype conference was a bit inefficient. Should
we have the chance to do it next time, we’ll probably
arrange the time in detail in advance. Second, thediscussion of what to draw and how to divide themural could be more careful. Careful discussion canhelp us to make the design of the mural more perfectand creative.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
Iamso
impressed that Japanese high schoolStudents become more interested in Japanesecultures and eager to reach out to the world. They students are so energetic and talented. Their highalso learn to understand and appreciate cultures and school life is not limited to study but includes various
activities from joining clubs to raising funds forlife styles of people from other countries.
people who are in need. They seem to havecultivated their own worldview from a rather young
age compared to our students.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchComposition

Painting

Appreciation
Reflection

SepOct

Nov

Dec

Jan

What you did
Students made cards tointroduce themselves totheir friends in Japan andthey sent cards and gifts totheir friends.

Your students attitude/reflection
Students were excited that they could
make friends with and write to Japanese
students. Though writing a self
introduction in English was not easy forthem, they did their best.

Students made posters to
introduce cultures, food, andfestivals of Tainan andthey also made short films tointroduce the posters.

They practiced hard to memorize thelines for making the films since they had
to speak in English. And they were shy tostand in front of the camera. However,after they finished making the films andposters, they felt proud of themselves.

Students
discussed
thepartner school’s compositionand started to think of various

Students were eager to show theirimpression about our own city on thepainting. So, they were active whilediscussing.

compositional ideas.
Students divided into small
groups and each group wereresponsible for one part ofthe mural. Before making asketch on the mural, they
drew a detailed picture withcolors on a piece of paper
and then started to draw.

Students showed great team work during
this step. And since they were interested
and talented in art, they were somewhat
particular about what they painted. And
the final result proved that their great
effort really paid off.

Studentsexhibited
thecompleted mural at school.
They also made posters tointroduce the whole project
andalso compared thecities which our school andour partner school arelocated in.

Students were very proud and excited tosee the completed mural exhibited atschool. They felt a sense ofachievement. They also wanted tocontinue their friendship with the partner
students after the project.

Subject

English dArt

Englsih,
ArtIT

ArtIT

Art

EnglishArt

# 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)
Aim Result
Expected EffectHow your students have reached it

We did a research on the Internet and discussed our cultures inclass.

Understanding our owncultures

B

4

Understanding theother’s cultures

A5

B

4

C

3

We did a research on the Intenet, and learned the cultures fromthe video conferences. Also, our partner school sent us many
pictures and some pamphlets to introduce their city.
Students wrote cards, made films, and used skype tocommunicate with their Japanese friends. Though their Englishwas not good, they managed to exchange their ideas clearly.
They used cellphones to make simple and short films anduploaded their films to Youtube.

A5

They formed great friendship with their Japanese friends
through cards, video conferences, and films.

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaboration

The
collaborations
werebasedon various means
including photographs, videos, cards, posters and emails. The
results were pretty good.
They were active and creative in the whole project.

A5

Attitude in learningA5Expression ability

B

4

They expressed cultures of our own city very well in the muraland they were very proud of their work.

Appreciation ability

B

4

They displayed the mural at school and made posters tointroduce the project to the other students and teachers.

in the class/with partners