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This paper is a report on the SMILE project (Students Meet Internationally through Language Education project) and some other projects utilizing ICT. This project centralizes multiple small-group collaborative lessons in English among young people of the same generation who do not share a first language. After illustrating the whole program and the organizational support it requires, focusing on programs between Ichihara Chuo High School and Pingtung High School (Taiwan) in AY2020, and between Chuo University and Universiti Tekonologi Malaysia in AY2021, we describe the project characterized by its systematic design from preparation to reflection. In addition, an application called Dialogbook, developed specifically for this project, is used to share information between paired schools, conduct rubric-based formative evaluations, and conduct and record learner-teacher interactions. These data are easily downloaded to reflect on activities throughout the entire program. We also introduce initiatives conducted in similar ways, sharing the same basic concept of the SMILE project. We then consider the potential for such project-based learning, including how learners change through the experience of repeatedly interacting in English with their international peers.
