We made it!
The purpose of
session 1 is to help my students and their Japanese counterparts from Tokyo Metropolitan Tama High School of Science and Technology get to know
each other and also prepare for the following group presentation sessions about
some shared issues. Collaborative lesson planning is instrumental in making it
happen, so I've closely with my partners, Toshi and Rhi, developed lesson plans, worksheets, and a
checklist. Prior to this session, we went over some details of equipment and
step-by-step procedures.
Well, It’s quite
demanding but definitely rewarding as well when seeing my students speaking and
listening to a lot of English attentively. On top of that, two classrooms were
virtually connected, with students from both sides so engaged throughout the
whole session. My partner also told me that four other colleges of his came to
participate and said many good things about the session. What a pleasant
surprise!
Reflection
1. Turning the webcam of mine
towards my students so that they could see each other was definitely a right
thing to do, for it suddenly became so much more interactive.
2. With four of my partner’s
colleges’ participation, I hope our very first session did win their
recognition and support that this project has no intention to replace regular
English class but to help our students experience real application of the
language.
3. My students were really
paying attention to the presentations of their counterparts. I always think
getting used to different English accents plays an important role in effective
communication.
4. The boy who played the
guitar is actually an extremely shy and sometimes withdrawn student. However,
when he played, I could really feel his confidence and dedication to music from
his face.
5. Those two girls who sang a
song with ukulele blew everybody away. The girl on the big screen enjoyed their
performance a lot, with her significant body language like nodding and
clapping.
6. Sorry about the not-so-good
sound quality on my side. It's not easy to push those really shy ones to speak
up.
7. To sum up, we did have fun
speaking and listening to English today and can't wait for the next session.
Agenda
1. Reminding S of the coming
first Skype exchange session and the topic: Self-introduction and Show and
Tell.
2. With the two given
questions, students are divided into two groups and collaboratively discuss
their ideas about why self-introduction is important and what makes a good one.
3. With students’ ideas written
on the mini whiteboards, two reporters from each group share ideas with his/her
own words.
4. With the introduction to the
six elements of self-introduction, students are able to answer some questions
correctly based on their own real situations.
5. With the Student
Self-introduction Survey, students come up with four questions corresponding to
each element and complete the worksheet by interviewing other members.
6. With the completed survey,
students are called on to orally introduce one of his or her classmates in
English.
7. With the elements of
self-introduction, students write a paragraph with at least twelve sentences as
their own scripts of the first session.
8. With the complete script,
students are able to give self-introduction with visual aids, eye contact and
sufficient volume.
Preparation
International Video Conferencing
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