2007
The first BLRT grants were awarded at the CIBER Business Language Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on March 30, 2007.
Tomoko Takami, at the University of Pennsylvania, won a grant based on her proposal to develop learning materials using international business case studies for business Japanese.
Haidan Wang, lecturer at the University of Hawaii, will use a grant to survey contemporary curricula and pedagogy used in teaching Business Chinese, in order to identify gaps between the existing programs and real needs in the working environment.
Min Zhou and Miao Zhao, of Roger Williams University, will conduct research on more effective methods for teaching Chinese language and culture through Chinese commercials.
2007 grantees will complete their research projects over the course of the year, and will present their findings at the 2008 CIBER Business Language Conference in Florida. They will attend the Conference as guests of the Consortium, which will fund the grantees’ airfare, registration, and lodging.
