Date

November 9, 2019 at 15:15 -18:00

Venue

Kwansei Gakuin University

Theme

How Is Reality of Language Recognized? Comparison Among Languages

• Host: Yukio Hirose (University of Tsukuba)
  Presenters:
• Yo Matsumoto (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)
• Masaru Inoue (Reitaku University)
• Junji Okamoto (Gakushuin Univeristy)
• Jyunya Watanabe (Tokyo University)

Participants : 130 (42 outside of the conference participants)

Date

February 23, 2019 at 14:00 ~ 16:00

Venue

University of the Sacred Heart 4th Building. Britt Memorial Hall

Theme

Exploring the Acquisition of Foreign Languages: The World of Languages Told by the Ultimate Language Learner

• Opening address: Mina Kobayashi (Vice President, The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language / Waseda University) 14:00 – 14:10
• Introduction: Kazunari Iwata (University of the Sacred Heart) 14:10 – 14:20
• Speaker: Hideyuki Takano (Nonfiction Writer) 14:20 – 15:20
• Commentary: Hiroyuki Yamauchi (Jissen Women’s University) 15:20 – 15:30
• Q & A from floor 15:30 – 16:00

Participants : 369

Date

January 20, 2018 at 13:30 -16:30

Venue

Tokyo Stock Exchange Hall

Theme

Language Professionals (Organized by Hisashi Noda)

• 13:00 – 13:05: Opening Address: Yoshio Nitta (Chair, The United Association of Language Studies)
  13:05 – 16:05
  Presenters:
• Finding Languages by Takehiro Shioda (NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute)
• Using Language by Yuko Komori (Japan Airlines)
• Changing Languages by Kumiko Torikai (Rikkyo University)
• Teaching Languages by Kazuko Shimada (Acras Japanese Language Education Institute)
• 16:05 – 16:25: Discussion hosted by Hisashi Noda (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)
• 16:25 – 16:30: Closing Address: Takubo Yukinori (Director-General, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)

Participants : 144