It’s less than a month away from the 2025 joint conference among JALT CUE, Peace as a Global Language, and BizCom. Here is the basic information:
Dates: September 13-14, 2025
Location: Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo
Conference Site: https://events.jalt.org/event/41/
Three plenary speakers are:
- Professor Zuocheng Zhang: Interdisciplinary research in Business English
- Professor Yasuo Nakatani: “How global leaders persuade their folowers?: Corpus analyses on business presentations.”
- Councilor Shotaro Ishida: “Bridging student apathy and global engagement: Lessons from Kenya for Japanese universities.”
In addition, there are other highlights, such as the following:
- Rachel Patterson’s workshop “Roleplays with purpose: Teaching register and building fluency in business English classes.”
- Cyrus Nozomu Sethna’s “Bridging Divides Through Film: Another Day to Stay
Alive”: His film recently premiered at the Skip City International Festival, and his talk will discuss the underlying theme of the relationship between the ethnic Japanese and foreign residents in Japan.
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