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| The Institute
for Language Experience, Experiment & Exchange (LEX
Institute) was incorporated as a non-profit organization
October 1, 1981. |
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| Founded with the goal of researching
the natural sciences of humans and language through natural
acquisition of languages and international exchange activities. |
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Administration of HIPPO Family Club,
a network of language acquisition activities. The slogan
of HIPPO is "Anyone Can Speak 7 Languages!"
Club members naturally acquire multiple languages (Spanish,
Korean, English, Japanese, German, Mandarin Chinese, French,
Russian, Italian, Thai, Malaysian, Portuguese, Cantonese,
Indonesian, Arabic, Hindi, Taiwanese, Turkish, etc.) through
family and community based activities. |
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Administration of the Transnational
College of LEX, an institute devoted to researching language
and people through natural science. The daily activities
of HIPPO Family Club are the foundation for this research. |
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Administration of homestay programs
in Japan for technical trainees (Japan International Cooperation
Agency, The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship,
etc.) and students. These one night, or longer, homestays
with HIPPO members are very important to the program. |
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Planning and administration of multilingual
acquisition activities, as well as international homestay
programs with the United States (4-H, LEX America), Mexico
(LEX Mexico), Europe (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands,
Luxembourg, and other international volunteer-based exchange
groups), Tunisia, Russia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia,
China, Taiwan, Korea (HIPPO Family Club Korea), India,
etc. |
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Joint research and exchanges with other
international exchange organizations, language research
organizations, and natural science research organizations
around the world. |
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Planning and administration of lectures,
seminars, and symposiums on the research and practice
of language acquisition. |
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Development of language tapes, texts,
computer programs, etc. |
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Development and promotion worldwide
of the HIPPO Letter System, a writing system based on
the universal understanding of characters [pictographs]. |
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| 9. |
Research publications:
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Sing the Language, Children! |
by Yo Sakakibara |
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The Code of Hitomaro |
by Yuka Fujimura |
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The Code of Nukata no Ohkimi |
by Yuka Fujimura |
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The Code of Kojiki |
by Yuka Fujimura |
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The Code of Makura Kotoba |
by Yuka Fujimura |
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The Mystery of Kikimanyo |
by Yuka Fujimura |
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Anyone Can Speak 7 Languages |
(HIPPO Family Club) |
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Who is Fourier? A Mathematical
Adventure |
(HIPPO Family Club) |
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What is Quantum Mechanics?
A Physics Adventure |
(HIPPO Family Club) |
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What is DNA? A Biology Adventure |
(HIPPO Family Club) |
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Who
is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure
-English version- |
(Language Research
Foundation) |
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What
is Quantum Mechanics? A Physics Adventure
-English version- |
(Language Research
Foundation) |
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What
is DNA? A Biology Adventure
-English version- |
(Language Research
Foundation) |
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Who
is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure
-Korean version- |
(Science Culture) |
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What
is Quantum Mechanics? A Physics Adventure
-Korean version- |
(Science Culture) |
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Adventure
series CD Book 1 Who is Fourier?
Chapter5 Differentiation -English version- |
(HIPPO Family
Club) |
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Other |
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The LEX Institute is a private non-profit
organization with a board of directors (of at least three
members.)
The LEX Institute is composed of the board of directors,
the researchers (LEX Fellows), and the coordinators. |
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