JALT2025 - Tokyo

Global Englishes Forum: La Francophonie; YouTube; Textbooks

Nov 1, 2025, 11:00 AM

1h 30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Room 406

Speakers

Aina Tanaka (Waseda University) Andrew McMahon (Fukuoka University) Aurora Tsai (University of Tokyo) Daisuke Kimura (Waseda University)Dr Gregory Paul Glasgow (Kanda University of International Studies)

Description

Glasgow compares English and French as global languages, examining how legitimacy, prestige, and authority are constructed and contested.

Kimura, Tanaka and Tsai explore how competing ideologies of English—linguistic pluralism and native-speakerism—are negotiated within a popular eigo-kei YouTube channel.

McMahon presents insights gained from using a GELT-informed coursebook with several classes over three semesters. The book’s features are compared with recent GE literature to evaluate how well they meet researchers’ recommendations.

Summary

Glasgow compares English and French as global languages, examining how legitimacy, prestige, and authority are constructed and contested.
Kimura, Tanaka and Tsai explore how competing ideologies of English—linguistic pluralism and native-speakerism—are negotiated within a popular eigo-kei YouTube channel.
McMahon presents insights gained from using a GELT-informed coursebook with several classes over three semesters. The book’s features are compared with recent GE literature to evaluate how well they meet researchers’ recommendations.