Language Magazine – Staff Writer
“In Kurashiki, Japan, last month, the G7 Education Ministers Meeting brought together representatives from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, U.S., EU, UNESCO, and the OECD to discuss the future of education in the world’s most powerful and affluent nations. They agreed that an assessment of global competence would provide a metric to measure progress in this area…International education, language education, and cultural studies are key to the success of the G7’s proposals for a new role of education…Beyond the ability to live and work in another language, world language education will help develop precisely the skills and values that the Kurashiki Declaration aims to promote, such as cultural respect, flexible thinking, and empathy for others.”(more)