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

IC for Professional Success through FL Education

Oct 31, 2025, 4:00 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

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
Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Learner Development Room 505

Speaker

Ana Sofia Hofmeyr (Kansai University)

Description

This presentation will explore how globally competent graduates can be fostered through FL classrooms in Japan. It will discuss results from interviews with 11 high-profile Japanese professionals with vast intercultural experience in a broad range of fields, including STEM, sports, business, hospitality, journalism, diplomacy, and art regarding the challenges they have faced in intercultural environments, strategies developed for intercultural communication and interaction, and how these competencies can be fostered in FL classrooms.

Summary

This presentation will explore how globally competent graduates can be fostered through FL classrooms in Japan. It will discuss results from interviews with eight high-profile Japanese professionals with vast intercultural experience in a broad range of fields, including STEM, sports, business, hospitality, and diplomacy regarding the challenges they have faced in intercultural environments, strategies developed for intercultural communication and interaction, and how these competencies can be fostered in FL classrooms.

Teaching Context College and university education

Author

Ana Sofia Hofmeyr (Kansai University)

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