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SEKI Akinori

Department / Course Tokyo Keizai University Center for General Education

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Profile
Akinori Seki is a Professor at Tokyo Keizai University, specializing in cross-cultural communication and motivation toward learning foreign languages. As the chairperson of the International Exchange Committee at the university, he actively promotes the development of international and multicultural collaboration networks worldwide. Outside of the university, he serves as the President of the Asia Association of Education and Exchange (AAEE), an educational organization with over 20,000 followers on Facebook. Having organized more than 35 international exchange programs in English with university students in Japan, Southeast and South Asia, he diligently observes student attitudes toward English learning and their styles of intercultural communication during these programs. Additionally, he holds the position of the official regional advisor for the Union of Friendship Organizations on People's Diplomacy, Vietnam.

Business career
2017/04/01 ～	Professor Tokyo Keizai University Center for General Education
2012/04/01 ～ 2013/03/31	Guest Professor Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College
2011/03/01 ～ 2012/03/31	Guest Professor Chulalongkorn University Fuculty of Education
2007/04/01 ～ 2017/03/31	Associate Professor Tokyo Keizai University Center for General Education
2004/04/01 ～ 2006/03/31	Assistant Professor Niigata Women's College
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Degree/Academic background
	Faculty of Education Niigata University
	Graduate School, Division of Education Niigata University
1994/03/31 Degree Acquisition	Niigata University

Qualification and license
1994/03/31	Specialized certificate for teaching at Junior High School and Senior High School

Reseach Areas
cross-cultural exchange, cross-cultural communication, learning motivation, Foreign Language Teaching keyword(Cross-cultural Exchange, Cross-cultural communication, Learning motivation, Foreign language learning and teaching)

Research Subject
1994/04/01 2021/12/15	Cross-cultural Exchange, Cross-cultural communication, Learning motivation, Foreign language learning and teaching Cross-cultural Exchange, Cross-cultural communication, Learning motivation, Foreign language learning and teaching

Book and thesis
2005/11/01	Books	35 Motivational Strategies in Foreign Language Classroom (Co-authored)
2024/06/21	Papers	The Reality and Challenges of Multicultural Conviviality in Japan －Towards Fostering Multicultural Competence among the Youth－ International Conference on Higher Education for Human Resource Requirements and Local Socio-Economic Development—International Experiences and Suggestions for Vietnam (Co-authored)
2024/02	Papers	Realigning divergent paths: Facilitating mutual learning between International Students’ collaboration projects in Nepal and Vietnam Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences (154),pp.121-143 (Co-authored)
2022/02/25	Papers	Self-reflection by bouncing off others : Cross-cultural exchange learning method developed by AAEE,pp.217-251 (Co-authored)
2021/02/17	Papers	Reflections on Online International Collaboration Projects in Covid Times The Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences,pp.113-146 (Co-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
2025/03/05	Development of Learner-Centered Educational Pronciples and the Formation of Educational Partnerships in Globalizing Society (20th Education and Development Conference [EDC2025])
2024/12/23	Shaping the Future Together: Building a Society Rooted in Norms, Values, and Ethics (Bangladesh-Japan Exchange Project 2024 International Symposium)
2024/10/27	Teaching STEM and Not Forgetting the ‘A’ (HORASIS Global Meeting 2024 (Vitoria, Brazil))
2024/06/21	The Reality and Challenges of Multicultural Conviviality in Japan －Towards Fostering Multicultural Competence among the Youth－ (International Conference on Higher Education for Human Resource Requirements and Local Socio-Economic Development—International Experiences and Suggestions for Vietnam)
2023/12/04	The Neccesity of Asian Youth Employment (Horasis Asia Meeting 2023)
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Lecturer and lecture
2024/12/31	Intercultural Collaboration between Bangladesh and Japan
2024/11/08	Exploring Your Personality as a Vietnamese Through a Cultural Lens (Thu Dau Mot University)
2024/11/07	The Art of Self-Desicovery Through Global Cultural Connection (at Foreign Trade University in Vietnam)
2024/03/23	Transition of Foreign Language Education in Japan (Srinakharinwirot University)
2023/10/14	Ten characteristics of Vietnamese students compared with Japanese students　-Cultural Factors Affecting Their Sttitudes and Behaviors. (Foreign Trade University)
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Main Courses Taught
Cross-cultural Communication
Special Seminar (Cross-cultural Communication)
Graduaton Thesis
Reading English Research Papers (Graduate School)

Educational ability

●Practical Example of Education Technique

2024/08/01 ～ 2024/08/14	東京経済大学―ホーチミン経済大学　「英語での多文化共修研修」引率指導
2023/12/23 ～ 2023/12/30	Bangladesh-Japan Exchange Project 2023 バングラデシュ―日本国際交流プロジェクト実施責任者
2021/03/09 ～ 2021/03/14	International Student Summit on SDGs 2021 AAEE x ENVIRONMENT ~ UNITE 実施責任者

●Presentation about Teaching

2013/01	"Introduction of student life in Japan", Special lecture at SMA6 Jakarta in Indonesia.

●Other Special Instructions about Teaching Activities

2016/08/17 ～ 2016/08/26	Nepal-Japan Exchange Program 2016. Supervisor
2016/08/14 ～ 2016/08/26	Vietnam-Japan Exchange Program 2016. Chief Director
2016/02/12 ～ 2016/02/24	Mero Sathi Exchange Project August in Nepal 2016. Supervisor
2015/09/04 ～ 2015/09/15	Mero Sathi Exchange Project August in Nepal& Thailand 2015. Supervisor
2015/08/15 ～ 2015/08/25	Mero Sathi Exchange Project August in Nepal. Supervisor
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Activity in society
2021/08/21	Keynote speech at IELTS for better Vietnam
2020/02/01 ～ 2020/03/01	Journal referring: Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research (AJPOR)

Belonging society
2008/04/01	Asia Association of Education and Exchange
2018/04/29	The Asian Network for Public Opinion Research (ANPOR)

Committee and society
2009/04/01 ～	Asia Association of Education and Exchange President
2019/10/30	Binh Phuoc Union of Friendship Organizations on People Diplomacy, Vietnam Adviser of Binh Phuoc Union of Friendship Organizations on People Diplomacy, Vietnam