JALT2025 - Tokyo

Boosting English through French courses in the EMI Framework

Oct 31, 2025, 5:10 PM

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

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Japanese and Other Language Teaching & Learning Room 508

Speaker

Sophie Otsuru (Juntendo University)

Description

This presentation will offer its audience the opportunity to reflect on the pertinence of teaching additional languages in English in Higher Education in Japan. The presenter will focus on French. Drawing from their experience, they will argue that teaching French in the EMI framework can offer an opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of English syntax, expand their vocabulary range and metalanguage, thereby improving their English proficiency while learning a new language.

Summary

This presentation will offer its audience the opportunity to reflect on the pertinence of teaching additional languages in English in Higher Education in Japan. The presenter will focus on French. Drawing from their experience, they will argue that teaching French in the EMI framework can offer an opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of English syntax, expand their vocabulary range and metalanguage, thereby improving their English proficiency while learning a new language.