2025 CUE SIG Conference with BizCom SIG and PGL

Session

Sunday 2 Room 24

Sun2-24

Sep 14, 2025, 11:40 AM

Main Building 2nd floor (Hitotsubashi University)

Conveners

Sunday 2 Room 24: Classroom to Conference Room: Building Communication Confidence for Global Success

• Gordon Clark (University of North Texas)
• Nada Cohadzic (University of North Texas)
• Maryann Phillips (University of North Texas)

17. Classroom to Conference Room: Building Communicative Confidence for Global Success

Mr Gordon Clark (University of North Texas), Mrs Maryann Phillips (University of North Texas), Nada Cohadzic (University of North Texas)

9/14/25, 11:40 AM

College and University - Related

25-minute presentation

This session explores how intensive English programs (IEPs) are evolving to meet 21st-century student needs, especially among Japanese university learners to build transferable communication skills for academic and professional settings. After a brief review of relevant SLA theories, we demonstrate two classroom activities that include task-based approaches and teacher-guided AI tools to...