Lifelong learning Language Institute
Language acquisition redefined
Welcome to IKIGAI DAI
IKIGAI DAI is a general incorporated association. In Japanese, 一般社団法人 (Ippan Shadan Houjin). It started as a research project for teaching languages to older adults at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. It has been supported by several Presidents of the University and sponsored by the Education Committee of the city of Kobe for eight years (see video). During the coronavirus pandemic, we have strived to continue helping the senior community, who wanted to keep mentally and socially active through second language learning. Our senior students are a highly educated force and are an asset for Japanese society. They can transmit the Japanese know-how to the Spanish-speaking and English-speaking worlds and they can host foreign visitors in several languages. We have founded IKIGAI DAI as a non-profit general incorporated association because we want to continue guiding our students towards achieving their objective of speaking languages fluently, especially in a post-pandemic world. We believe that teaching languages to older adults have the potential to change society. Thus, IKIGAI DAI is NOT an ordinary language school but a social movement.
Welcome to IKIGAI DAI
IKIGAI DAI is a general incorporated association. In Japanese, 一般社団法人 (Ippan Shadan Houjin). It started as a research project for teaching languages to older adults at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. It has been supported by several Presidents of the University and sponsored by the Education Committee of the city of Kobe for eight years (see video). During the coronavirus pandemic, we have strived to continue helping the senior community, who wanted to keep mentally and socially active through second language learning. Our senior students are a highly educated force and are an asset for Japanese society. They can transmit the Japanese know-how to the Spanish-speaking and English-speaking worlds and they can host foreign visitors in several languages. We have founded IKIGAI DAI as a non-profit general incorporated association because we want to continue guiding our students towards achieving their objective of speaking languages fluently, especially in a post-pandemic world. We believe that teaching languages to older adults have the potential to change society. Thus, IKIGAI DAI is NOT an ordinary language school but a social movement.
OUR PROGRAMS
What makes us different at IKIGAI DAI?
Semi-Intensive Courses
Our morning course comprises several hours/per week. The student can choose how many hours to participate, according to his/her availability and body rhythm.
Teaching That Incorporates Your Experience
Teaching specifically geared towards Japanese seniors.
Certified & Experienced
We have been researching language teaching to seniors for nine years.
A New Ikigai For Your Life
Think big for the best years to come.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
We organize exchanges with foreigners, special events, cultural activities, and speech contests for seniors in Spanish and cultural trips abroad where students can exercise their interests and hobbies (in collaboration with Orto Spain).