Part I - Senior Thesis Presentation: Indian English 

Mikako discussed the phonological, syntactic, and lexical features of Indian English and how it compares with standard American English. She also spoke a bit about the history of how English became one of the official languages of India.

Mikako Masuda 

was, at the time of this event, a graduating senior in the Faculty of International Communication and a member of the Sociolinguistics Seminar at Gunma Prefectural Women's University. She is half Japanese and half Indian, and she has lived in India for most of her life.

Part II - Presentation Essentials: Approaches and Strategies

Presentation is a powerful tool that has become a vital part of both the academic and professional worlds. Learners require appropriate guidance on skill development. Educators seek effective ideas and methods to encourage and foster productive learning. In his presentation, Mark Yoshida focused on and addressed the difficulties both learners and educators experience in the presentation realm, proposed approaches and strategies to tackle the issues, and introduced an essential key to overcoming the obstacles and struggles both students and teachers alike face in their classes.

Mark T. Yoshida 

hails from a small town in British Columbia, Canada.  Upon graduating from Okanagan University College, he has been working in Japan in various education fields, ranging from the public school system to private organisations to corporate groups. He currently works as a language researcher and instructor at Gunma Prefectural Women's University. Throughout his extensive career in education, he has helped countless numbers of individuals, groups and organisations to develop and strengthen their English communication skills. His experience and expertise in the presentation field has produced winners and top-place finishers at the All Japan Presentation Contest as well as at various competitive platforms. His research and work has been further developed in his textbook titled Presentation Essentials: Skills for Academic and Professional Success.