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info@sevensees.org www.sevensees.org June 12, 2017
Special SevenSees Inaugural Presentation Series Tips and and Tricks for B Bec ecoming ng an E an Effective B e Bilingual al i in a G n a Global al So Society: : Biling ngual alism as as a T a Tool f for Tran ansformation Growing up in an international school community can pose unexpected challenges for bilingual
- learners. Caught in between multiple perspectives and ideologies the international school student may adrift
in the sea of betwixt and between. The special SevenSees inaugural presentational series entitled Tips and Tricks for Becoming an Effective Bilingual in a Global Society: Bilingualism as a Tool for Transformation provides practices and measures to overcome the challenges, and in furtherance, offers guidance on how a student can maintain a balanced identity. The exclusive presentational series includes six state-of-the-art presentations, that examines bilingualism, not merely from the standpoint of learning two languages, but as a tool that transforms individuals. What makes the presentations unique, yet powerful, is that all presentations are based on the presenter’s personal experiences as a bilingual learner, teacher, and researcher as well as research studies related to effective bilingual development. The presentations are carefully orchestrated to meet the demands
- f all those involved in international education.
The presentations should become timely engagements to foster a readiness mind for teachers, parents, staff, and administrators for the new school year in the fall, let alone guaranteed to be great professional development opportunities as well. Biling ngual alism as as a m a means eans for t trans ansformation Developing bilingualism is an exciting process offering much opportunities to advance our lives in a global
- society. However, studies have indicated that it can be an arduous path without much guidelines and direction.
The presentation will include explanation of, former Harvard professor Robert Kegan’s Five Orders of Consciousness, research on positive psychosocial outcomes through the development of bilingualism, and studies that suggest development of ethnic identity. Su Sustai aini ning ng bal alanc ance b e bet etwee een Amer erican, an, J Jap apan anes ese and e and “Intah” ident entities es Collectivism and individualism are ideologies that often represent the Eastern and Western societies,
- respectively. While examining how a student attending an international school in Japan may or may not
establish such ways of living, Shimogori will spotlight on a new outlook he calls intah consciousness. Differentiating the American, Japanese, and intah consciousness is a key to maintaining a balanced life. Neoter erism – Emer ergenc nce o e of a new a new, mo , moder ern n per erspec ective t e through h the he cultivation o n of t two cultural al i iden entities es The term neoterism, coined by Shimogori, was developed based on his research and anecdotal experiences, which refers to a new, modern perspective and self-authority that emerges through cultivating two cultural
- identities. He will provide the following six canons of neoterism: Canon 1-Connection is happiness; Canon 2-