Abstract
This paper highlights the importance of human resource development from the perspective of foreign care workers, by analyzing the life experiences of those who have worked in caregiving for many years and examining how their identities are shaped and transformed over time. Specifically, the paper focuses on the language acquisition experiences of Filipino care workers in Japan, exploring how these experiences influence their decision-making, behavior, and sense of self. It also considers optimal approaches for developing foreign care workers. The findings reveal two key points: first, Filipino care workers in Japan continually make future-oriented "investments" in their growth, and the concept of a "multilingual subject" emerges as they strive for deeper collaboration with others. Second, through this process, they actively negotiate and shape their identity as unique individuals. Lastly, the study suggests that fostering the idea of a "multilingual subject" where foreign care workers can think, speak, and act independently, is closely tied to the presence of "others" in their environment.
https://ror.org/01r3kcg18 
