International Friendship Program Japan-Malaysia

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM

JAPAN-MALAYSIA 2010

JAPAN
School Name: Yomitan Junior High School (Yomitan tyuugakkou)
Head Master: Mr. KAWASAKI Seitoku (family name first)
School System: Public junior high school (boys and girls, about 12 to 15 in age)
School Address: Uechi 31-1, Yomitan-Son, Okinawa, 904-0321, Japan
School Phone No: 098-958-2303
School Fax No: 098-958-2546
E-mail: t2-yomitan@yomitan.jp
School URL: http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~yomityu/
Number of Students : 850

and

Malaysia
School Name: Bukit Mertajam High School (SMK Tinggi Bukit Mertajam)
Head Master: Mr MOHD GHAZALI Bakar
School System: Government School (boys and girls, about 13 to 17 in age)
School Address: No 77, Jalan Sri Bukit, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia
School Phone No: 604-5393420
School Fax No: 604-3581009
E-mail: smktbm75@yahoo.com
School URL: http://smktinggibukitmertajam.blogspot.com/
Number of Students: 1600

Aims to implement friendship program between schools in different countries. The title of a program is International Friendship Program. For this time, we are planning to have friendship between Japan and Malaysia. The schools that have been selected are Yomitan Junior High School from Japan and Bukit Mertajam High School from Malaysia. Program will be implemented in real time using Skype for video conference. Students will be able to communicate and do discussion among one another. This program is expected to increase student interest and open their minds to interact with students from various countries.

Objectives:
1. To have friendship between schools in different countries.
2. To have culture exchanging between Japanese and Malaysian.
3. To have direct interaction among students from different countries.
4. To promote the use of various languages to communicate.
5. To have experience and become vivid with real time in communication technology.

This project was proposed by:
1. HONDA Katsuya - Okinawa, Japan
2. FARIDAH Ahmad - Penang, Malaysia

International Friendship Program YJH and BMHS

About Program
Date:
1. Network Testing in January
2. Preparation for the event in January and February
3. First event in February (23rd February 2010)
Time: 10.55 am (Japan Time), 9.55 (Malaysia Time) for 1.5 hours

JAPAN
Teacher in charge:Mr. HIGA Tatsuya(Technology/Information Technology Teacher)Technical Support:Mr. HONDA (Information Education Assistant)
Student Involve:Class 1-1(first grade class 1) students.
They are around 13 years old

MALAYSIA
Teacher in charge:Mrs TAN Kong Lai (Japanese/English Language Teacher)
Mrs. ROHANA Che Aman (Computing Teacher)
Mr. SHABE (ICT Teacher)
Mr RAMLE Bin Yaacob (Computer Literacy Teacher)
Technical Support:Mr. FAIZOL (Computer Technician)
Student Involve:Japanese Class (Only 70 student)
They are around 13 and 14 years old.

About Activity

Network and Skype Testing
Date: January 19, 2010
Person in charge:
Malaysia – Mrs Rohana, Mr Faizol, Mrs Tan Kong Lai, Mr Shabe, Mr. Ramle
Japan - Mr. HIGA Tatsuya and Mr. HONDA Katsuya
Start program with greeting from BMHS Principal and YJH Principal. Two students will present their work as an opening ceremony. (Suggestion)

Preparation for the Event
Date: January, February
Person in charge:Malaysia – Mrs Rohana, Mr Faizol, Mrs Tan Kong Lai, Mr Shabe, Mr. Ramle
Japan - Mr. HIGA Tatsuya and Mr. HONDA Katsuya

First Event
Date: 23rd February 2010
Time: 10.55 am (Japan Time), 9.55 (Malaysia Time) for 1.5 hours
Self Introduction (2 minute each student)Introduction about the class (5 minutes for Japan, 5 minutes for Malaysia)
This session will be represented by groupIntroduction about country. (10 minutes for Japan, 10 minutes for Malaysia)
This session will be represented by groupIntroduction about culture. (10 minutes for Japan, 10 minutes for Malaysia)
This session will be represented by group

Second Event
Date: July 2010Time: 10.30 am
1. Group Activity/Discussion about project/language
2. Presentation on a certain topic