Invited Speakers
Prof. Nobuyo Fukaya
Affiliation: Niigata Agro-Food University, Japan
Bio
Dr. Nobuyo Fukaya is a professor at Niigata Agro-Food University in Niigata, Japan. She previously served as a lecturer at Shibaura Institute of Technology in Tokyo. She earned her Ph.D. from Tsuda University, Japan.
Her research interests include first and second language acquisition, information structure, and discourse-pragmatic development in English. She has published studies on language acquisition using corpus-based approaches, including research on English wh-questions and dative alternation in both L1 English-speaking children and Japanese EFL learners. She is also exploring linguistic approaches to food perception and taste evaluation, examining how people describe and communicate their experiences of food.
Dr. Hungche Chen
Affiliation: Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Bio
Hungche Chen is an assistant professor in the Center for General Education at Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, where he also serves as the Director of the Honors Program. He received his Doctor of Education in Bilingual Education from Texas A&M University and previously taught in Japan and the United States. He was selected to participate in the Fulbright ESP Professional Development Program at the University of Maryland.
His research focuses on AI-enhanced language education and educational technology. He has published in international journals and actively serves as a reviewer and editor for academic conferences and journals.
