Special Talk by Prof. Dr Susanne Ehrenreich & 1st JACET ELF SIG International Workshop

Part I Special Talk

13:30-15:00

Prof. Dr Susanne Ehrenreich

(Professor of Applied Linguistics,Technical University of Dortmund, Germany)

Title of the talk:Languagers at work: Taking a closer look at the multiple dimensions of linguistic diversity in BELF

Part II

1st JACET ELF SIG International Workshop*

BELF Communication in Multilingual Settings

– Dialogue between academia and business communities –

15:15-18:00

Section 1 Chaired by Prof. Dr Patrick Ng (University of Niigata Prefecture)

15:20 Mr. Satoru Tsutae

Counselor, International Operations Headquarters, TAISEI CORPORATION [大成建設(株) 国際支店 顧問 傳 暁氏] on his experience in BELF communication in multilingual settings

15:30 Mr. Yasushi Ujita

Deputy General Director, International Division, Railway Technical Research Institute [(公財)鉄道総合技術研究所国際業務部次長 宇治田寧氏]

on his experience in BELF communication in multilingual settings

15:40 Questions & Answers

Section 2 Chaired by Prof. Dr James D’Angelo (Chukyo University)

15:50 Dr Tomokazu Ishikawa (Tamagawa University) How multilingual are ELF scenarios?

16:10 Questions & Answers

16:20 Alan Thompson (Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University) Is sparseness an ELF feature? Emotive interjections in ELF corpora

16:20 Questions and Answers

16:50 Comments by the discussant (Prof. Dr Susanne Ehrenreich)

Section 3 Moderated by Prof. Dr Masakazu Iino (Waseda University)

17:05 General Questions and Answers

Discussion

17:45 Closing by Prof. Dr Masakazu Iino (Waseda University)

Reception

18:00 Continuous discussion over an Italian dinner at Atton