Friday 13th November 2026
16:30 – 17:15
What anime fandom gets right (and wrong) about Japanese.
Many students arrive in the Japanese classroom already “fluent” in fragments (sugoi, baka, senpai, entire theme songs) courtesy of anime. With the rise of KPop and CDrama in the west, this is also happening with other Asian languages. This session explores how to harness that existing engagement productively, while addressing the misconceptions, register confusion, and bad habits fansubs and dubbing choices can embed. Presented by Darren Lester, a teacher, writer and doctoral student in the south west of England who has taught modern and classical languages for almost 20 years.
Tickets for the Language Show are still available here.