Hi, I’m Dr. Charles BrownE
I set up CBC Consulting to better help and advise those working in the online language learning market in Japan and around the world.
I am a tenured professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL with expertise in corpus linguistics, 2nd language vocabulary acquisition, reading skills development and more that three decades of wide experience in the use of technology for language learning and higher education. I also created and help to run our university EFL teacher training program and currently direct our MA and PhD programs as well. Although I am a well-known and published researcher, regularly giving plenary and keynotes addresses at academic conferences around the world (and even a few TED Talks!), I consider myself more of an “applied” linguist rather than an ivory tower scholar, with a strong focus on making sure that every learning platform, assessment tool, word-list, and training technique I help to create is not only based on sound research, but also has real-world, practical applications.
My 2015 TEDx Talk introducing our
With decades of extensive, inside experience at every imaginable level of English education in Japan, my vision has unswervingly been to not only help transform and improve the way English as a second language is learned and taught in Japan, but also to do everything in my power to advise and help others who want to succeed in this important and dynamic market. The core principles and techniques I have developed here in Japan have been successfully applied in many other countries as well.
Please look through the site, the various projects, tools and content I have worked on, download some of my open-source corpus-based vocabulary lists and free online learning tools and apps from the resources tab, check out the long list of clients I have helped to succeed, and then don’t hesitate to contact me to see how I can help you!
If you would like more details about my academic background, work with Ministries of Education, plenary and keynote addresses, publications and more, you can view a list of my international keynote and plenary conference addresses here, and a more detailed resume here.
My 2024 TEDx Talk discussing Zipf’s Law and the expanded scope and impact of the New General Service List Project