English as a lingua franca for students in the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management

コーテ　トラヴィス、ミリナー　ブレット

観光とホスピタリティの玉川大学大学紀要

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ISSN#: 2188-3564

On Saturday, October 11th, 2014, the first Micro-conference on Tourism English Education was hosted at Tamagawa University.  This milestone event was co-sponsored by the Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET) English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Kanto Chapter and the Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT) West Tokyo Chapter. Mr. Charlie Robertson, chair of the JACET ESP Special Interest Group (SIG) and associate professor at Aoyama Gakuin University, gave the commencement address and emceed the event. Mr. Timothy Gutierrez, publicity chair for the JALT West Tokyo Chapter, also spoke during the opening address.