Our English Journey: Discovering Shared Struggles, Building Solutions

Students join a scheduled video call with their international partner class to introduce themselves, share their names and interests, and ask each other questions about school and daily life. This real-time connection builds familiarity and excitement before diving into the challenge-mapping work together.

Students reflect individually on their own English learning struggles, then share in small groups to identify common challenges. The class creates a list of difficulties they all face and discusses how these feelings are normal and shared.

Working in small groups, students draw a simple visual map showing the main English learning difficulties they discovered and why they matter. Each group shares their map with the class to discuss how their experiences connect and relate to one another.

Students work in groups to brainstorm practical, fun ideas for making English learning easier and more enjoyable. They record their best ideas and think about which ones they could actually try in class or at home.

Students share the recorded video on the shared Padlet page to show their challenge maps and explain their solutions. They listen to how peers in other countries experience English learning. They ask questions and notice similarities and differences in their experiences.

Students review what they learned from the partner class and select 2-3 solutions they want to try. They create a simple action plan showing what they will do differently in the next two weeks to make English learning more enjoyable.

Students design colorful posters with positive quotes and messages to motivate each other through English learning challenges. They share these posters with the partner class during last live chat to celebrate effort and build a supportive international learning community.

Students select items for a gift box to send to their partner class, including the encouragement posters they created, along with other meaningful objects or messages that represent their culture or learning journey. They write a short note explaining their choices and pack everything thoughtfully, ready to exchange with their international peers.

Students join a live video call with their partner class to reflect on what they learned about English learning challenges, share how the project changed their thinking, and celebrate the solutions and encouragement they created together. They ask each other questions, share highlights, and discuss what they will do differently moving forward.

Students reflect on their experience: what challenges they faced, how talking with peers helped them feel less alone, and what solutions they tried and how they worked. They share their reflections with the class and discuss what they learned about themselves and their international classmates.