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Richard Smith

@richardsmithelt.bsky.social
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Professor of ELT & Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmith History of language learning & teaching; Decentring ELT; Research by teachers for teachers (and their students); English language teacher education

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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I'm looking forward to discussing this motion with Lina Mukhopadhyay of EFL University, India at the #IATEFL2026 ELTJ debate chaired by Alessia Cogo! More conference details here: www.iateflconference.org
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Glad to see a review of David B. Wilson's _The Experience of Expatriate English Language Teaching_ today - Wayne Trotman in EL Gazette says "anyone who has ever taught English overseas will love it"! Let's hope there's a paperback soon! cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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 Experience of Expatriate English Language Teaching - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
The Experience of Expatriate English Language Teaching - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 03/06/2025
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...
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Miscellaneous documents
Miscellaneous documents digitised and uploaded from the ELT Archive physical collection (see also 'Biographies' under Resources)
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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...
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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...
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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...
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Integrating teacher-research into pre-service teacher education
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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 celebration of MenTRnet / Launching two publications!
YouTube video by ELTResearch
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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.
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Summary of a MenTRnet discussion exploring potential roles of AI in teacher-research mentoring: action-research.ai/exploring-po...
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SidMartin @24sm24.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
#edtech #MenTRnet @IATEFLResig @Ernesto_AppLing #ReSIG @richardsmithelt.bsky.social Teachers research around the globe 👇🏻 resig.weebly.com/teachers-res...
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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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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
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...
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Josephine McDermott @josephinemcdermott.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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
Cutting from the Radio Times showing Walter and Connie
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
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
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SidMartin @24sm24.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
#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
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HoLLTnet @holltnet.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
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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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
A Japanese translation of A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research by Richard Smith and P. Rebolledo has just been published: mentrnet.net/japanese-tra...
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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...
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Your First Old English Lesson with Ōsweald Bera
YouTube video by Colin Gorrie
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Warwick ELT Archive December newsletter – 2024 in review! blogs.warwick.ac.uk/files/elt_ar...
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
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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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
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...
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‘Mentoring teacher-research as a local educational authority initiative
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
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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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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/
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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!
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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British Council Partner Schools on LinkedIn: #britishcouncilpartnerschools #supportingqualityeducation…
Meet our Action Research Now! keynote speaker – Richard Smith, professor of ELT and Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick. 🗣 In his talk titled…
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Chiara @chiarapau.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#ELT #languages
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Congratulations Rama Mathew -- good to see recogntion for her work in India, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone as a dedicated mentor and educational leader, with an 'Outstanding Achievement award' at the British Council ELTons this year.
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A richly deserved 'Outstanding Achievement' award for Rod Bolitho at yesterday's British Council ELTons Awards Ceremony!
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Basking in reflected glory, accompanying Elena Oncevska-Ager to yesterday's British Council 2024 ELTons awards ceremony (here with Alan Maley, too). Elena won the 2024 Award for Innovation in Use of Technology with Matthew Ager for the AI mentoring app 'Noticing' about.noticing.network
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Congratulations to 'Noticing'! Hear more about it on 22 February 2025, 1.00–2.30pm (UTC) in ‘Using AI to help mentor teacher inquiry’ – a webinar led by Elena Oncevska-Ager, Matthew Ager, Sirin Soyoz and Richard Smith. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Noticing Network on LinkedIn: #eltons #elt #festivalofinnovation #innovation #bera #berawera2024
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Noticing Network has won the #ELTons award for Innovation in the Use of…
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Jo Szoke @joszoke.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Oooh, this sounds exciting, will definitely take a closer look!
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Leticia Villamediana González @leticiavg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Thanks to The Language Scholar team @leedsteaching.bsky.social @albadelpozo.bsky.social for publishing this timely special issue on 'Developing Contexts of Scholarship', including an article co-written with my colleague Valentina Abbatelli (grazie 🙂) languagescholar.leeds.ac.uk/a-roadmap-to...
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A Roadmap towards Cultivating a SoTL Community of Practice | The Language Scholar
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The Winner of the 2024 ELTons Award for Innovation in Use of Technology has just been announced online, and the judges made a great choice: The Winner is ... "Noticing". about.noticing.network A creative use of AI that empowers rather than deskills teachers. www.britishcouncil.org/english-asse...
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Start Noticing, Start Growing. AI-facilitated reflective practices.
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
At this latest event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024/25), five teachers who had engaged in teacher-research described their journeys to becoming mentors of Exploratory Action Research by/for other teachers. Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/oZJohJpcGI0?...
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Teacher-Researchers Becoming Mentors
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research - bit.ly/handbook-EAR - for teachers in challenging situations
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
these ‘travel writings’ from the 17-1800s provide rich insight into how British colonisers and ‘explorers’ perceived and described the languages of Indigenous communities in sub-human ways - often as sounding more like animals than humans. found this collection in my local charity shop today.
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Open Access resources from the Warwick ELT Archive: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r... Hoping to add activities for teacher education in the coming year.
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Warwick ELT Archive Resources
Warwick ELT Archive Resources landing page.
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María José García Folgado @mjgarciafolgado.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Nueva publicación: monográfico dedicado a Historia de la enseñanza y aprendizaje del español de la Revista Internacional de Lenguas Extranjeras (2024, n.° 21), coord. Miguel Ángel Puche Lorenzo #histlx revistes.urv.cat/index.php/ri...
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 26/10/2024
Welcome, new Bluesky users! Please check out the thread below for tips on setting up your account, making your feed more interesting, finding old Twitter friends, search, privacy, stats, and more (and please ask questions if you have them)
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Upcoming events in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT: mentrnet.net/festival/. Next event: 14 December, 1.00–2.30pm (UTC): 'Mentoring teacher-research as a local educational authority initiative' – webinar on the SCERT Delhi initiative in India w/ Professor Rama Mathew.
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Festival – MenTRnet
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
'Re-viewing histories of language teaching: a foundation for present practice?' Video of my keynote back in June for ARDAA at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris youtube.com/live/UCc0ciU... Links and slides here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/p...
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