BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190218T1745Z-1550511945.9084-EO-29547-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260512T090602Z CREATED:20190215T235824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190216T000412Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190226T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190226T133000 SUMMARY: Promoting Positive Attitudes for Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Higher Education in Japan DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Japanese society is changing rapidly toward having m ore linguistic and cultural diversity since the Japanese government is stro ngly promoting a system where more international workers and students stay in Japan. In order to promote a linguistic and culturally inclusive society \, Japanese people need to change their outlook and overcome their attitude of dealing with […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract: Japanese society is changing rap idly toward having more linguistic and cultural diversity since the Japanes e government is strongly promoting a system where more international worker s and students stay in Japan. In order to promote a linguistic and cultural ly inclusive society\, Japanese people need to change their outlook and ove rcome their attitude of dealing with ethnic minorities by either total assi milation or exclusion\, as they have in recent history.

In this talk\ , I will focus on higher education in Japan\, and discuss how people with l inguistic and cultural differences can live together\, focusing on the Japa nese majority. I will present an overview of English-medium instruction cou rses which MEXT leads to promote internationalization in higher education i n accordance with the government’s “300\,000 International Students Plan” p olicy of 2008. I will also present an overview of yasashi nihongo\, which i s a simplified Japanese language\, used initially in the aftermath of the H anshin Earthquake but now used as a common language between linguistically diverse residents in local communities. I will focus on a lecture mainly ta rgetting Japanese students used to promote positive attitudes for linguisti c and cultural diversity and to teach how to communicate with linguistic ot hers in a university campus.

Bio: Yum i Sugihara Yoshida is a visiting associate professor at UBC and an associat e professor of the Faculty of Policy Management in Keio University\, Japan. She specializes in teaching Japanese as a second language and multicultura l education. Publications include Nihongo gakushu no Ethnomethodology [The Ethnomethodology of learning the Japanese language]\, Keiso shobo\, 2010\; and co-author of “Designing Curriculum Towards a Japanese-style Multicultur al Inclusive Society: From the Perspective of Curriculum Management\,” Inte rcultural Education: Bulletin of Intercultural Education Society of Japan 4 4 (2016): 82-97.

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