EVENTS
UALS hosts an annual Symposium organized by one of the Steering Committee members.
The Annual Symposium 2018
- 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
Program
- 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
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The Annual Symposium 2017
- Date
- January 20, 2018 at 13:30 -16:30
- Venue
- Tokyo Stock Exchange Hall
- Theme
- Language Professionals (Organized by Hisashi Noda)
Program
- 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
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The Annual Symposium 2016
- Date
- January 21, 2017 at 13:00 ~ 16:50
- Venue
- Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
- Theme
- Onomatopoeia: Charm and Myth
Program
- 13:00
– Opening Address: Taro Kageyama (Director-General, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)
– Introduction: Haruo Kubozono (Deputy Director-General, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) - 13:15
Presenters:
Mutsumi Imai (Keio University)
Kimi Akita (Nagoya University)
Noriko Iwasaki (University of London)
Masahiro Ono (Meiji University)
Maki Sakamoto (The University of Electro-Communication) - 16:00
Panel Discussion coordinated by Haruo Kubozono
Participants : 327
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