presented by Dr. Samuel Nfor, Seitoku University

This talk introduces Cameroon’s multilingual landscape, with over 250 languages alongside English and French. I will share my first and second languages and explain how Cameroon Pidgin English serves as a lingua franca. Drawing on personal experience, I reflect on how multilingualism has shaped my identity, adaptability, and communication in Japan’s diverse sociocultural contexts.

The presentation will be in English and will be held online. 

Sign-up form for receiving the zoom-credentials: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoeYvZYVN3CoE246YIBeDUlCtCQcbquKwnfHzYRGa5pUBacA/viewform

OLE-SIG Homepage:

https://sites.google.com/view/jalt-olesig

What is the Multilingual Café?

A place to learn more about languages other than English in the first half of the event (about 45 min) and a place to use the languages you know in Breakout-rooms for further discussions.