Speaker
Kazumi Takagi
(Kinjogakuin University)
Description
As international business becomes inevitable, Japanese professionals face challenges due to limited foreign language skills. However, they are left to self-learn these skills, because of reduced funding for overall employee empowerment since 2009. I present some of the challenges and struggles faced by working adults who self-learn business English skills, drawing on data from my case study, the Institute for International Business Communication, and the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Primary author
Kazumi Takagi
(Kinjogakuin University)
