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Mihara Junior High School attached to Hiroshima University:
Mihara City, Hiroshima
Martin Middle School: Tarboro, North Carolina, USA |
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（Process of the exchange program）
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Our school staff member visited Martin
Middle School on April 3, 2000. (Mr. Kimoto) |
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Our school staff member visited Martin
Middle School on March 26, 2001. (Mr. Imagawa) |
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Three staff members, including the principal,
from Martin Middle School visited Mihara Junior High School
on June 26, 2001, and we signed to agree on a sister school
relation on June 27. |
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Our school staff member visited Martin
Middle School on August 18, 2002. (Ms. Matsuo) |
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We planned future exchanges with Mr.
Yamamoto, who is in charge of Japanese classes at Martin
Middle School. |
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We introduced the Japanese culture
and conducted a questionnaire survey (Material A) in their
Japanese class. |
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In September, 2002, we began letter
exchanges with students at Martin Middle School during
English classes.
(Letter exchanges → self-introduction・introducing national
events to each other・exchanging pictures)
(E-mail exchanges among teachers → October and November
in 2002 / January, February, March, and April in 2003
/ November in 2004 / January, March, April, and May in
2005) |
（Outline of the exchange program）
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We introduced international exchange
learning to all grades in April, 2003, and we particularly
had “letter exchanges” on a regular basis between 9th-grade
students at our school and students at Martin Middle School. |
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In November, 2004, 7th-grade students
at our school spent “the period of global citizenship,”
which is a part of the international exchange learning,
creating Japanese picture-story shows in English, and
posted them to the website. We asked students at Martin
Middle School to send us their opinions about them, and
our students read them and wrote reply letters. Since
then until now, May 2005, students have been writing letters
to exchange their thoughts about the picture-story shows.
（Picture-story show website http://www2.jearn.jp/fs/1151/index.html）
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“Global
Partnership schools: Creating schools with global partnership”
～Between Martin Middle School and Mihara Junior High School～ |
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Objectives
Project A: “Let’s make
a videotape to introduce Mihara Junior High School.”
■For students at attached Mihara Junior High School
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To enhance students’ interest
in foreign cultures through the experience
of introducing in English the life at Mihara
Junior High School to students at Martin Middle
School. |
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To let students realize
how much of English the learners of English
as a foreign language can learn and use after
their two years of study. |
■For students at Martin Middle
School
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To let students feel foreign
cultures close and enhance their interest
in different cultures by telling them about
real cultures. |
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To provide students with
a chance to think about how the exchanges
should be proceeded in the future. |
Project B: “Let’s learn
more about each other with a questionnaire survey.”
■For students at attached Mihara Junior High School
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To provide students with
an opportunity to build a better relationship
as a partnership school through a survey about
what the sister school is expecting, in order
to begin exchange learning with the school. |
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To help students understand
life styles of foreign people by enhancing
their interest in a different culture. |
■For students at Martin Middle School
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To let students know what
Japanese junior high school students want
to ask American students as well as what the
Japanese students are interested in. |
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To enhance students’ interest
in a different culture and provide them with
an opportunity to promote future exchanges
between the schools. |
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Steps
Project A: “Let’s make
a videotape to introduce Mihara Junior High School.”
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For students at attached
Mihara Junior High School |
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In June and July, in the
9th-grade elective English class, which was
offered for one hour every week, students
made a video material about their school life.
They divided roles of a reporter, a director,
an English scenario writer, and staff members
involved in videotaping, within the group.
After videotaping, we used Mac to type in
English subtitles. |
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For students at Martin Middle
School |
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Students at Martin Middle
School watched the videotape about the introduction
of Mihara Junior High School, and recorded
their thoughts on a videotape. (※We showed
the videoletter to students at Mihara later.) |
Project B: “Let’s learn
more about each other with a questionnaire survey.”
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For students at attached
Mihara Junior High School |
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Eighty-one 9th-grade students
at our school got into groups and each group
prepared questions that they want to ask to
American students. The question style was
originally 5W1H, but we changed the format
to yes/no questions considering the respondents’
convenience.
(Material 1) |
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For students at Martin Middle
School |
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Our school sent a teacher
to their school and conducted a survey in
classes. If they had any questions about Mihara
Junior High School, they were asked to write
them down on the questionnaire, and the teacher
took them back to our school. |
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Location |
Contents
of the activities |
Aug. 21 (Wed)
10:35-11:20 |
At Martin Middle School
In a room of the person in charge of 7th graders
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Exchange session with teachers of 7th graders
(Showing the school introduction videotape,
school introduction) |
Aug. 22 (Thurs)
8:30- 9:40
9:45-10:30
10:35-11:20 |
In the classroom of 8th graders
In the classroom of elective 7th-grade class
1
In the classroom of elective 7th-grade class
2 |
Offering a class (Showing the school introduction
videotape, recording a videoletter)
Offering a class (Showing the school introduction
videotape, doing a questionnaire survey) |
Aug. 23 (Fri)
11:30-13:00
13:05-14:35 |
Tarboro High School
In the classroom of elective Japanese class
1
In the classroom of elective Japanese class
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Offering a class (Showing
the school introduction videotape, doing a
questionnaire survey)
Offering a class (Japanese class), doing a
questionnaire survey
Offering a class (Japanese class), doing a
questionnaire survey |
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