individuals
2011
 Tony Zhai
New Zealand music student and violinist Tony Zhai has been given a scholarship to support his musical studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Tony performed in the 2011 Tiromoana Sumer Concert Series.
Tony Lee
19 year old Australian pianist Tony Lee was given a grant to compete in the Bang and Olufsen piano competition in Denmark in March 2011.
2010
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Three teachers sponsored by Jack Richards to attend the 2010 BrazTESOL convention in July in São Paulo. |
Hadleigh Adams
New Zealand bass-baritone Hadleigh Adams, who has received several awards in opera competitions in New Zealand and Australia, has been awarded a grant towards the cost of further vocal studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, UK.
2009
 Wahyudin Humonggio
RELC scholarship for 2009 announced.
Mr Wahyudin Humonggio from Sulawesi, Indonesia, has been awarded a Jack Richards scholarship to attend the RELC Diploma course in applied linguistics at the Regional Language Centre, Singapore, commencing in July 2009.
Mr Humonggio comments:
"I come from Gorontalo a new province in northern tip of Sulawesi. I graduated from the English Department of STKIP Gorontalo in 1998. I completed my master degree in The Flinders University South Australia in 2007 majoring in Leadership and Management in Education but am keen to take further graduate courses in language teaching. I have been teaching English for about 9 years at a vocational school. I believe the course at RELC in Singapore will provide an opportunity for me to acquire new and valuable professional knowledge, and I look forward to studying with fellow teachers from the ASEAN region. I really want to express my deepest gratitude to Prof. Dr. Jack C. Richards for granting me this scholarship."
Madeleine Peirard
New Zealand soprano Madeleine Pierard, who won the New Zealand 2005 Lexus Song Quest (a competition which helped launch the career of New Zealand’s most famous opera singer, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa) has received a further study grant from Jack Richards in 2009 to enable her to continue with her vocal studies in London.
2008
 Chan Sida
Miss Chan Sida, an English teacher from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has been awarded a Jack Richards scholarship to complete the Diploma in Applied Linguistics at the Regional Language Centre, Singapore, commencing in July 2008.
Miss Chan holds a Bachelor of Education degree in TEFL from the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and is an English teacher at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) in Phnom Penh. She was also chair of the Third and Fourth CamTESOL Conferences.
 Taleim Edwards
Gisborne music student Taleim Edwards has been given support to pursue master classes in Greece.
Taleim is studying Classical Saxophone at the Athen's Conservatory in Greece under the tutelage of Naxos recording artist Theodore Kerkezos. While in Greece, he is a member of the Saxophone Orchestra Piraeus Prefecture and the Saxophone Quartet Undertones. In June this year he will be touring with the Orchestra in Italy, Egypt and China. Taleim has been invited back by the Conservatory for another year of study in 2009. He hopes to further this with study in Amsterdam.
 Paul Romero
Gisborne music student Paul Romero continues his piano studies at Victoria University, Wellington.
Madeleine Peirard
Soprano Madeleine Peirard has been given a grant to continue her vocal studies in London.
Simon Tedeschi
Sponsorship has been provided for a recital by Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi, to be given in Sydney in 2008.
Gao Ping
Chinese composer Gao Ping, currently on the faculty of Christchurch University, has been commissioned to write a piano concerto, to be performed in Wellington in 2008.
others...
Support has been provided for a concert by New Zealand composers, to be held in Amsterdam.
Scholarships have been provided for Maori students completing studies in Maori Contemporary Art, at Tairawhiti Polytechnic, Gisborne.
2007
Paul Romero continues his music studies at the New Zealand School of Music, under a Professor Jack Richards Scholarship.
Four scholarships will be awarded to students in the Toihoukura program in Maori Visual Arts, at Tairawhiti Polytechnic, Gisborne.
 Desmaizayatri
Indonesian English teacher receives Professor Jack Richards scholarship to enter the Diploma in Applied Linguistics Program at the Regional Language Centre, Singapore, July to December 2007.
My name is Desmaizayatri, but my friends call me Thilly. I was born in Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra Province, Indonesia. I have been teaching English for about 5 years. I taught English for individual when I was at 2nd year of university. Shortly after I graduated from my university- Andalas University Padang- I taught English for senior high school students as well as university students in Batam. Later than I realize that I like teaching English very much. At the present, I am teaching English especially grammar and speaking. To me, learning language is interesting, however, sharing something interesting is more exciting.
Furthermore, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Professor Jack C. Richards whose scholarship will enable me to improve my English teaching quality. Hopefully I can complete the RELC Diploma in Applied Linguistics at RELC, Singapore, in 2007, so that I can share the knowledge with my colleagues in my country to improve our English teaching quality.
Ao Ran
Mr. Ao Ran, a young teacher/scholar from China and a former student of Professor Richards, has been awarded a scholarship to complete his PhD in applied linguistics at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He writes:
My name is Ao Ran. I was born in the southwest of China. I’ve been teaching extensively in China and Singapore. My teaching mainly involves linguistics, reading, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, etc. I also enjoy doing research on TEFL, e.g. English language teaching skills, teaching English pronunciation, and computer-assisted language teaching. I’m currently doing my PhD at National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. To me, language is the most engrossing thing in the world. After more than a decade of learning and teaching it, I still have a lot more to learn. I got my Master’s Degree from RELC, Singapore. PhD has always been my life dream.
Besides linguistics and English language teaching, I have a few hobbies without which my life would be a bit boring. Music has been my favorite hobby for most of my life. I simply cannot ignore music such as classical, folk, country, jazz and blues. I used to play folk guitar, but now I’ve started playing Spanish guitar when I have time to spare. In my book, music is not only a way of effective relaxation, but more importantly, an invaluable source of inspiration. Language itself is actually an intriguing form of music. So isn’t it a splendid thing to devote my whole lifetime to these different forms of music. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Professor Jack C. Richards whose scholarship has fulfilled my life dream.
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