October 31, 2025 to November 2, 2025
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Intercultural competence in language learning: Challenges and perspectives

Nov 1, 2025, 10:00 AM
45m
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

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

3-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0052 / 〒151-0052 東京都渋谷区代々木神園町3-1
Highlighted Speaker Large Hall

Speaker

Naoko Taguchi (Northern Arizona University)

Description

Plenary Session
Naoko Taguchi
This plenary talk discusses challenges and perspectives of promoting intercultural learning in higher education. I will first present a review of the current literature on definitions and theoretical frameworks of intercultural competence. Then, I will present my on-going research tracing students’ development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in an English-medium university in Japan. Based on the findings, I will conclude my talk with future directions of ICC research.

Summary

This plenary talk discusses challenges and perspectives of promoting intercultural learning in higher education. I will first present a review of the current literature on definitions and theoretical frameworks of intercultural competence. Then, I will present my on-going research tracing students’ development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in an English-medium university in Japan. Based on the findings, I will conclude my talk with future directions of ICC research.

Teaching Context General

Author

Naoko Taguchi (Northern Arizona University)

Presentation materials