Professor Detey was Keynote Speaker at SJDF2025 Congress held in Ochanomizu University (Tokyo, 17-05 2025). His talk was entitled: ”The French-speaking world aflamed with French: linguistic realities, educational fiction, and why fiction is not so bad after all” (in French: “La francophonie tout FLE tout FLAM: réalité linguistique, fiction didactique, et pourquoi la fiction a du bon“).
Prof. Detey also co-presented a paper with his colleague Dr Fontan (Archean Labs, France):
Fontan, L. & Detey, S. (2025). Tous les contrastes phonémiques sont-ils égaux ? Calculs de productivité lexicale pour les contrastes posant difficulté aux apprenants japonophones de FLE. Congrès de la SJDF2025. Tokyo : Ochanomizu University, 18/05/2025.
Website and program : https://sjdf.org/blog/3317