This workshop was created to convey to the Japanese people a little bit of the experience of not understanding the language around them, since many of them don’t have the opportunity to travel abroad and, because of that, they might not really understand the difficulties of trying to live day-to-day in a foreign country.
This program consists of presenting a mission in Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish or other languages, and the participants will try to understand the activity they have to do while experiencing the discomfort of being in a situation where they can’t clearly understand what is going on.
This workshop is usually offered in High Schools, Universities and events. In the end, some participants even join ABC Japan as volunteers in educational support programs.
These workshops are organized and held by students from ABC Japan Free School and foreign college students, because both of them go through many similar situations in their daily lives here in Japan.
Although most of these foreign students need support for many issues in their routines, in this workshop environment, they can show their strengths and the challenges they face day-to-day.