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Dr. Junko Ishikawa

Associate Professor of Intercultural Pragmatics · Department of Modern Communication · Sapporo International University

Academic focus & active research

Dr. Junko Ishikawa analyzes cross-cultural communication breakdowns and politeness strategies in Japanese tourism contexts, training multilingual hotel and airline personnel.

Intercultural Pragmatics Bilingual Hospitality Discourse Japanese as a Second Language Pedagogy Nonverbal Communication in Tourism

Supervision & prospective applicants

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Department / Faculty
Department of Modern Communication
Primary Field
Intercultural Pragmatics
Campus Location
Kiyota-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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