Naoko Taguchi is a professor in the Department of English at Northern Arizona University, where she teaches applied linguistics and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) courses. Her main research interests include second language pragmatics, intercultural competence, technology-mediated language learning and English-medium education. Her major scholarly publications include Applied Linguistics: Pragmatics Volume (co-editor), Second Language Pragmatics (co-author), Task-Based Approaches to Teaching and Assessing Pragmatics, Context, Individual Differences, and Pragmatic Competence. She is also one of the chief editors of Language Learning and Applied Pragmatics.

Title: "Implications of English as a Lingua Franca Research for Chinese Language Education"

Time: 17:00-17:40, November 6th