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