Prof. Hiroki Yoshida, Kanto
Gakuin University, Japan
Hiroki Yoshida was born in 1973 in Nara, Japan. He received the MEd in Educational Methodology (Audio Visual Education) from the International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan in 2001.
He worked at the Japan Audio Visual Education Association (JAVEA) from April 2000 to March 2002. He taught pre-service teachers at the Faculty of Education, Tokoha University, Shizuoka, Japan from April, 2002 to March, 2017. He is currently a professor at the College of Intercultural Studies, Kanto Gakuin University in Yokohama, Japan. His research interests include collaborative online international learning, lifelong learning, and intercultural education.
Assoc. Prof. Li Jie
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
LI Jie holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Leipzig, Germany. Currently, she serves as an Associate-Professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China.
She has made significant contributions to the fields of applied linguistics and translation studies through numerous academic publications. Her notable works include the monograph Kognitionstranslatologie: Das verbale Arbeitsgedächtnis im Übersetzungsprozess [Cognitive Translation: Verbal Working Memory in the Translation Process] (Berlin, Germany: Frank & Timme Verlag, 2022). She has also published influential journal articles such as "The Impact of Bilingualism on Storage and Processing Functions in Working Memory: An Experimental Dual-Task Study" (Language and Cognitive Science, 2019, London, UK) and "The Impact of Verbal Working Memory on Written Translation: Empirical Evidence and an Initial Model" (Linguistica Antverpiensia, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium).
Prof. Dr. Li, as an active researcher, is a professional member of the Translators Association of China (TAC) and has been awarded a research grant from the National Social Science Foundation of China (NSSFC) for her translation project.