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GO ! GLOBALFirst and fast step program
as global citizen
Akihiko Morita Ph.D
Visiting Scholar
Columbia [email protected]
What we need ?
The self-learning on-line program which makes people go globalAccessible for anyone, anytime and anywhere
Why we need it ?Growing Multicultural, multilingual and multi-faith societies on this globe
More than 20 languages are spoken at the children’s center in Luxenburg[Paulina Dabrowska,”Kannerbureau”the proceedings at the Child in the City 2014(29 Sept.-1 Oct.,Odense, Denmark)]
Why we need it ?
Peace education, human rights education, Intercultural education, critical education, and environmental education must be integrated.
[Association for Historical Dialogue & Research,“Policy paper: Rethinking Education in Cyprus”,2013]
Why we need it ?
Digital Native Generation
1995 Windows 95
1998 Google
2005 YouTube
2006 Twitter,video hosting service
Why we need it ?
Radical IndividuationMoral beliefs in ubiquitous society become more individuated and diversified.
Akihiko Morita, “Social imaginaries of
Ubiquitous Society and Human Rights”
Discussion Paper 08-08, July 12, 2008, Tokyo Institute of Technology
What we have done ?
• On-line conversation through SKYPE
• Live presentation by students
• Experimental class of multilingual program(LEX) with ICT
Comments by students• Changed my image about foreign languages. I
disliked foreign languages since I did not understand them, but now I could guess what it means although I don’t understand all of them and wish to repeat what I hear.
• At the beginning, I could not understand them at all, but now I could guess what it means to my surprise.
• Before this class, I just wished if I could speak with different people, but now I am seriously hoping to speak with foreigners.
What is LEX ?
The multilingual program developed by the Institute for Language EXperience, EXperiment, and Exchange (LEX)
http://www.lexlrf.org/what-is-LEX/philosophy.html
Characteristics of LEX method
●Simultaneously multilingual!Create environment in which we can experience many languages simultaneously.
●Multi-generations!Parents and children together.
●Natural discovery, not being taught!No teacher. Create community for discovering languages together.
Lessons learned
• A sense of equality and open-mindedness come from emotional awareness of languages as equal.
• Multilingual environment helps in developing autonomous person with a sense of empathy.
What we intend to develop ?
First and fast step programas global citizen, utilizing LEX multilingual program , life coaching , mindfulness program and expressive-arts therapy as well as ICT.