"Ideas worth spreading" shouldn't be limited by the belief that we must
all speak complicated, high-level English. Simple English can sometimes
be the most powerful. Ms. Yukiko Nakayama will show you how confident,
simple English opens up many more opportunities of communication than
uncertain, advanced English.

Ms. Yukiko Nakayama is the representative director of U-ENGLISH
corporation. She also works as a full-time lecturer at Japan Society for
Technical Communication (JSTC), and as a part-time lecturer in the
engineering departments of various universities in Japan, including
Kyoto University. She has passed the Grade-1 EIKEN Test in Practical
English Proficiency and the Level-1 English Technical Writing Test,
including an honorable mention award from the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Her job focuses on the revision
and translation of technical manuscripts as well as patents. She also
teaches technical English at various companies, universities, and
technical colleges, and has written textbooks on the subject.​

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