articles

Dr. Richards has written numerous articles on a wide variety of topics in language teaching. The following are examples of recent articles for an audience of classroom language teachers.

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• Competence and Performance in Language Teaching
  -published in RELC Journal, Vol 41, August 2010, pp.101-122
  
  
• Moving Beyond the Plateau: From Intermediate to Advanced Levels in Language Learning
  
  
• Second Language Teacher Education Today
  -published in RELC Journal, Vol 39.2. 2008, pp.158-177
  
  
• Teaching Listening and Speaking: From Theory to Practice
  
  
• The Changing Face of TESOL
  Jack Richards’ plenary address at the 2009 TESOL Convention in Denver USA, March 27 2009
   
  
• Looking Back: Reflections on a Career in Applied Linguistics
  This article was written at the request of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, (Beijing, China) to be included in an anthology of Jack Richards’ works.
   
• Developing Classroom Speaking Activities; From Theory to Practice
  -published in Guidelines, (RELC, Singapore), Vol 28, 2, Dec 2006, pp. 3-9
   
• Teaching And Learning In The Language Teacher Education Course Room:
  A Critical Sociocultural Perspective
  -published in RELC Journal, Vol 37, 2, August 2006, pp.149-175
   
• Materials Development and Research - Making the Connection
  -published in RELC Journal, Vol 37, 1, April 2006, pp.5-26.
   
• Communicative Language Teaching Today
   
• Second Thoughts on Teaching Listening
  -published in RELC Journal, Vol 36, 1, April 2005, pp.85-92.
   
• The Role of Textbooks in a Language Program
   
• Exploring Teachers’ Beliefs and the Processes of Change
  -published in PAC Journal, Vol 1, 1, 2001, pp.41-64.
   
• 30 Years of TEFL/TESL: A Personal Reflection
  -published in RELC Journal, Vol 33, 2, 2002, pp.1-36.
   
• Program Factors in Effective Foreign and Second Language Teaching
  -a revised version of this paper appears in Dr. Richards' book
  "Curriculum Development in Language Teaching"
   
• Content Knowledge and Instructional Practice
  In Second Language Teacher Education
  -originally published in Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics Georgetown University Press, 1991, pp. 76-99

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