Richard Smith
@richardsmithelt.bsky.social
Professor of ELT & Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick
http://warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmith
History of language learning & teaching; Decentring ELT; Research by teachers for teachers (and their students); English language teacher education
http://warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmith
History of language learning & teaching; Decentring ELT; Research by teachers for teachers (and their students); English language teacher education
I really like this new book by David B. Wilson for its fresh approach to the history of english language teaching via 'literary TEFLing' www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-.... You can read sample pages here: www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pd...
The Experience of Expatriate English Language Teaching - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
The Experience of Expatriate English Language Teaching - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
www.cambridgescholars.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I really like this new book by David B. Wilson for its fresh approach to the history of english language teaching via 'literary TEFLing' www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-.... You can read sample pages here: www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pd...
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The Makerere Report is one of those frequently cited documents that most only know indirectly (e.g. through criticism in R. Phillipson’s Linguistic Imperialism).
Huge thanks to @richardsmithelt.bsky.social for making the full document available in the ELT Archive ⬇️
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r...
Huge thanks to @richardsmithelt.bsky.social for making the full document available in the ELT Archive ⬇️
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r...
Miscellaneous documents
Miscellaneous documents digitised and uploaded from the ELT Archive physical collection (see also 'Biographies' under Resources)
warwick.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Makerere Report is one of those frequently cited documents that most only know indirectly (e.g. through criticism in R. Phillipson’s Linguistic Imperialism).
Huge thanks to @richardsmithelt.bsky.social for making the full document available in the ELT Archive ⬇️
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r...
Huge thanks to @richardsmithelt.bsky.social for making the full document available in the ELT Archive ⬇️
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r...
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Vanita Chopra and Sidney Martin reflect in this feature on the recent Teachers Research! Online 2025 conference: mentrnet.net/teachers-res.... Records of previous conferences are here: resig.weebly.com/teachers-res...
May 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Vanita Chopra and Sidney Martin reflect in this feature on the recent Teachers Research! Online 2025 conference: mentrnet.net/teachers-res.... Records of previous conferences are here: resig.weebly.com/teachers-res...
Challenges in Mentoring Teacher-Research, and How to Overcome Them' - slides and handouts for the workshop Ana Garcia-Stone and I gave at the IATEFL 2025 conference in Edinburgh: warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmit...
April 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Challenges in Mentoring Teacher-Research, and How to Overcome Them' - slides and handouts for the workshop Ana Garcia-Stone and I gave at the IATEFL 2025 conference in Edinburgh: warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmit...
Why – and how to – incorporate practitioner research into language teacher education?
Two responses here:
1) Recording of an inspiring session on preservice teacher education: youtu.be/VTEwv0wFVXo?...
2) A short article I wrote for the British Council: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional...
Two responses here:
1) Recording of an inspiring session on preservice teacher education: youtu.be/VTEwv0wFVXo?...
2) A short article I wrote for the British Council: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional...
Integrating teacher-research into pre-service teacher education
YouTube video by ELTResearch
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Why – and how to – incorporate practitioner research into language teacher education?
Two responses here:
1) Recording of an inspiring session on preservice teacher education: youtu.be/VTEwv0wFVXo?...
2) A short article I wrote for the British Council: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional...
Two responses here:
1) Recording of an inspiring session on preservice teacher education: youtu.be/VTEwv0wFVXo?...
2) A short article I wrote for the British Council: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional...
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Video of Saturday's Celebration of MenTRnet (an international community of mentors of teacher-research) / Launch of two publications - now YouTubed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTde.... More info.: mentrnet.net/a-celebratio...
A celebration of MenTRnet / Launching two publications!
YouTube video by ELTResearch
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Video of Saturday's Celebration of MenTRnet (an international community of mentors of teacher-research) / Launch of two publications - now YouTubed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTde.... More info.: mentrnet.net/a-celebratio...
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A new blog post on school improvement through mentoring Exploratory Action Research, by Sirin Soyoz and Ghazala Sajjad: mentrnet.net/school-impro... – talking about their involvement with the British Council’s Action Research mentoring initiatives in Partner Schools.
February 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A new blog post on school improvement through mentoring Exploratory Action Research, by Sirin Soyoz and Ghazala Sajjad: mentrnet.net/school-impro... – talking about their involvement with the British Council’s Action Research mentoring initiatives in Partner Schools.
Upcoming event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT 2024-25. Further information and registration: mentrnet.net/integrating-...
February 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Upcoming event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT 2024-25. Further information and registration: mentrnet.net/integrating-...
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Summary of a MenTRnet discussion exploring potential roles of AI in teacher-research mentoring: action-research.ai/exploring-po...
January 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Summary of a MenTRnet discussion exploring potential roles of AI in teacher-research mentoring: action-research.ai/exploring-po...
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#edtech #MenTRnet @IATEFLResig @Ernesto_AppLing
#ReSIG
@richardsmithelt.bsky.social
Teachers research around the globe 👇🏻
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#ReSIG
@richardsmithelt.bsky.social
Teachers research around the globe 👇🏻
resig.weebly.com/teachers-res...
Teachers Research! Online Conference
The Teachers Research! International Online Conference is an annual event organised by the IATEFL ReSIG which brings together teacher-researchers from a wide range of contexts globally, supporting...
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January 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#edtech #MenTRnet @IATEFLResig @Ernesto_AppLing
#ReSIG
@richardsmithelt.bsky.social
Teachers research around the globe 👇🏻
resig.weebly.com/teachers-res...
#ReSIG
@richardsmithelt.bsky.social
Teachers research around the globe 👇🏻
resig.weebly.com/teachers-res...
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All are welcome to this online introduction / celebration of MenTRnet - an international network for mentors of teacher-research mentrnet.net – and the launch of two publications! mentrnet.net/a-celebratio... - an event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT
January 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
All are welcome to this online introduction / celebration of MenTRnet - an international network for mentors of teacher-research mentrnet.net – and the launch of two publications! mentrnet.net/a-celebratio... - an event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT
Just published: _Paul Passy: Un linguiste révolutionnaire_ by Jacques Durand and Chantal Lyche @hiphilangsci.bsky.social
@holltnet.bsky.social Passy (1859–1940) founded the International Phonetic Association (IPA) and was a leader of language teaching reform
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r...
@holltnet.bsky.social Passy (1859–1940) founded the International Phonetic Association (IPA) and was a leader of language teaching reform
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r...
January 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just published: _Paul Passy: Un linguiste révolutionnaire_ by Jacques Durand and Chantal Lyche @hiphilangsci.bsky.social
@holltnet.bsky.social Passy (1859–1940) founded the International Phonetic Association (IPA) and was a leader of language teaching reform
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r...
@holltnet.bsky.social Passy (1859–1940) founded the International Phonetic Association (IPA) and was a leader of language teaching reform
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r...
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Delighted that Archive on 4: Do You Speak English? is a Radio Times @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Week. So many World Service gems uncovered including China’s Follow Me. Radio 4, Saturday at 20:00
January 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Delighted that Archive on 4: Do You Speak English? is a Radio Times @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Week. So many World Service gems uncovered including China’s Follow Me. Radio 4, Saturday at 20:00
Warwick ELT Archive page warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r... - information about English by TV programmes (1960s–1980s), and links to YouTube videos
If you're in the UK, there is a radio documentary (11.1.25) – #DoYouSpeakEnglish? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... - about BBC English by radio and TV
If you're in the UK, there is a radio documentary (11.1.25) – #DoYouSpeakEnglish? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... - about BBC English by radio and TV
January 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Warwick ELT Archive page warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r... - information about English by TV programmes (1960s–1980s), and links to YouTube videos
If you're in the UK, there is a radio documentary (11.1.25) – #DoYouSpeakEnglish? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... - about BBC English by radio and TV
If you're in the UK, there is a radio documentary (11.1.25) – #DoYouSpeakEnglish? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... - about BBC English by radio and TV
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#MenTRnet #TeacherResearch @IATEFLResig
African teacher-researchers 👉🏻 register for this conference tomorrow (Saturday 11th January)! 1pm GMT onwards
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@Ernesto_AppLing @RichardSmithELT
African teacher-researchers 👉🏻 register for this conference tomorrow (Saturday 11th January)! 1pm GMT onwards
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@Ernesto_AppLing @RichardSmithELT
January 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#MenTRnet #TeacherResearch @IATEFLResig
African teacher-researchers 👉🏻 register for this conference tomorrow (Saturday 11th January)! 1pm GMT onwards
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@Ernesto_AppLing @RichardSmithELT
African teacher-researchers 👉🏻 register for this conference tomorrow (Saturday 11th January)! 1pm GMT onwards
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@Ernesto_AppLing @RichardSmithELT
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A new blog-post from the Warwick ELT Archive, by Yi Zhang, who, with Xi Li, has been leading in the compilation of these bibliographies and the catalogue of a developing collection of Chinese textbooks for English: blogs.warwick.ac.uk/elt_archive/...
January 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A new blog-post from the Warwick ELT Archive, by Yi Zhang, who, with Xi Li, has been leading in the compilation of these bibliographies and the catalogue of a developing collection of Chinese textbooks for English: blogs.warwick.ac.uk/elt_archive/...
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A Japanese translation of A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research by Richard Smith and P. Rebolledo has just been published: mentrnet.net/japanese-tra...
January 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A Japanese translation of A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research by Richard Smith and P. Rebolledo has just been published: mentrnet.net/japanese-tra...
Teaching some Old English again - this came at just the right time (thanks @helontheweb.bsky.social!) See Colin Gorrie's first (Direct Method) lesson here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZhl.... I also use Old English (Eald Englisc) with Leofwin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz0n...
January 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Teaching some Old English again - this came at just the right time (thanks @helontheweb.bsky.social!) See Colin Gorrie's first (Direct Method) lesson here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZhl.... I also use Old English (Eald Englisc) with Leofwin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz0n...
Warwick ELT Archive December newsletter – 2024 in review! blogs.warwick.ac.uk/files/elt_ar...
December 31, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Warwick ELT Archive December newsletter – 2024 in review! blogs.warwick.ac.uk/files/elt_ar...
A new Open Access publication - 20 reader-friendly stories of teacher-research mentoring from around the world! resig.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/...
December 26, 2024 at 1:15 AM
A new Open Access publication - 20 reader-friendly stories of teacher-research mentoring from around the world! resig.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/...
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Video of the most recent International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research event:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L6F...
This webinar provided insights from organizers and mentors of the SCERT-Delhi teacher-research initiative. Further information:
mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L6F...
This webinar provided insights from organizers and mentors of the SCERT-Delhi teacher-research initiative. Further information:
mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...
‘Mentoring teacher-research as a local educational authority initiative
YouTube video by ELTResearch
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Video of the most recent International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research event:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L6F...
This webinar provided insights from organizers and mentors of the SCERT-Delhi teacher-research initiative. Further information:
mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L6F...
This webinar provided insights from organizers and mentors of the SCERT-Delhi teacher-research initiative. Further information:
mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...
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Coming up - this Saturday, with ELTons 'Outstanding Achievement' Award winner Professor Rama Mathew and mentors from SCERT-Delhi mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...
December 11, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Coming up - this Saturday, with ELTons 'Outstanding Achievement' Award winner Professor Rama Mathew and mentors from SCERT-Delhi mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...
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December 14th event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024-25). More info and registration here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Featuring mentors for the SCERT-Delhi initiative, introduced by Prof. Rama Mathew
Festival website: mentrnet.net/festival/
Featuring mentors for the SCERT-Delhi initiative, introduced by Prof. Rama Mathew
Festival website: mentrnet.net/festival/
December 6, 2024 at 11:17 PM
December 14th event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024-25). More info and registration here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Featuring mentors for the SCERT-Delhi initiative, introduced by Prof. Rama Mathew
Festival website: mentrnet.net/festival/
Featuring mentors for the SCERT-Delhi initiative, introduced by Prof. Rama Mathew
Festival website: mentrnet.net/festival/
MenTRnet (mentrnet.net) has supported the journey of this journal so far, and will continue to do so! Congratulations to editor Robert Dickey and asociate editor Eli Békés for this achievement!
November 30, 2024 at 10:59 AM
MenTRnet (mentrnet.net) has supported the journey of this journal so far, and will continue to do so! Congratulations to editor Robert Dickey and asociate editor Eli Békés for this achievement!
