A new book for teachers of English in China, Principles for Language Teaching has been published by the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.
New Book for Chinese Teachers
Review in RELC
Marilyn Nesta Lewis and Marie Alina Yeo review Teaching and Learning in English Medium Instruction in RELC Journal.
The authors’ modest subtitle, An Introduction, could suggest that the book would appeal only to those who know little about the topic. Yet, as this review aims to show, in fact, its contents would be helpful to teachers at various stages of their EMI teaching journey. It would also be useful for teacher educators, researchers and administrators
involved in this growing phenomenon.
Special Issue of Language Teaching Research Quarterly
The Language Teaching Research Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research within the area of second or foreign language teaching. They have produced a special issue (Volume 33) in honour of Jack C. Richards.
Below are links to PDFs of the individual articles.
- Editorial: In Honour of Jack C. Richard’s Six-decade Contribution to Language Teaching
Carol Griffiths - Reflecting on Jack C. Richards’ 60 Years in TESOL: A Systematic Review
Jack C. Richards, Ali Panahi, Hassan Mohebbi - Working with Jack – An Influential Quarter Century Experience
Anne Burns - What is Morphological Awareness and How Can You Develop it?
Paul Nation, Laurie Bauer - Language Teaching in the ‘Third Space’: Identity Trajectories and Professional Development Needs
Jenny Mendieta Aguilar, Olivia Rütti-Joy - Decision Making in English Language Teaching: Unpacking Novice Teachers’ Pedagogical Reasoning
Zia Tajeddin, Maryam Bolouri - Investigating Learners’ Listening Comprehension Strategy Awareness and its Implications for Language Learning
İzzettin Kök - The Influence of Jack C. Richards on My Personal Journey from EFL to EMI: A Narrative Exploration
Chiu-Hui (Vivian) Wu - Exposure to Target Language Vocabulary through Novel Extracts and Computer Game Cutscenes
Mehmet Emre Altınbaş - Rethinking Teaching Listening Skills: A Case Study
Md Nabinur Rahman, Sharifa Chowdhury, Diana Mazgutova - A Personal Tribute to the Life and Work of Jack C. Richards
Roger Barnard
National Classical Guitar Competition 2022
Dr. Richards with participants, judges and prize winners in the National Classical Guitar Competition in December 2022, an event which Dr. Richards sponsors
KOTESOL conference in Seoul
Jack Richards will be a keynote speaker at the KOTESOL conference in Seoul in April, his first participation in an international conference since the pandemic.
Positive Book Review
Reviewers give a very positive review of Richards and Pun Teaching and Learning in English Medium Instruction
Richards and Pun’s experiences of EMI in various contexts make this book an engaging read for anyone in the field. With its broad coverage and in-depth treatment of essential topics in EMI, this volume is indispensable reading for EMI researchers, classroom teachers, EMI policymakers and administrators, as well as students on TESOL teacher training programs.
Link to full review…
Piano Recitals at Tiromoana
Piano recitals by 4 student pianists to be held at Dr. Richards Gisborne residence in July, August, September and October 2022 featuring Tony Yan Tong Chen, Ben Kennedy, William Perry and Otis Prescott Mason.
Sponsorship for Piano Students
Dr. Richards is sponsoring piano students Otis Prescott Mason and William Perry to participate in master classes at the festival de la Semaine Internationale de Piano in Blonay, Switzerland in August 2022.
Tony Chen Lin & Long Nguyen at Tiromoana
A recital in Gisborne on the 3rd July 2022 by pianist Tony Chen Lin and bassoonist Long Nguyen:
WEBER Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op.75
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana Op.16
ELGAR Romance for Bassoon and Piano, Op.62
TANSMAN Suite for Bassoon and Piano
Closing the Jack C Richards Decorative Arts Gallery
The reasoning behind my decision to close down the Jack C Richards Decorative Arts Gallery at The Tairāwhiti Museum, Gisborne
On 23 December 2011 the Museum and I signed an agreement that the museum trust would build an extension, to be known as ‘the Richards Gallery’ to be funded by Jack Richards at a cost of some $350,000.
The agreement stated that the gallery would primarily be used for the purpose of housing and displaying objects on loan from Jack Richards’ collection, but also items from the Museum’s own collection and touring exhibitions. The agreement also specified that items from the Richards collection would be displayed in a different section of the gallery from items from the museum collection. The MOU states:
“The museum may exhibit items other than Jack Richards collection for up to four months each year in the general exhibition component of the gallery”.
Continue readingTeaching and Learning in English Medium Instruction
Jack Richards’ new book on English Medium Instruction (with Jack Pun), has been published by Routledge.
Jack C Richards Decorative Arts Collection
Many of the items in the Jack C Richards Decorative Arts collection are now available to view on eHive.
Croft Organ at St Andrew’s Church
In May Dr. Richards spoke at an event to mark the restoration of a pipe organ built by Dr. Richards’ uncle William Croft, at St Andrew’s Church, Wellington.
For a note on the organ building company founded by Jack’s grandfather, please read on:
Continue readingPlease support artists in their hour of need
In an interview with Radio New Zealand, Dr Richards spoke about how he first became involved in sponsoring the arts, and stressed the importance of supporting artists.
New Textbook Series for Non-English Majors in Chinese Universities
Dr. Richards is Editor in Chief for a new series of textbooks published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and Oxford University Press (China).
One series is a 4 level integrated course, entitled Over to You, the first level of which has now been published. The second series is a 4 level listening and speaking course.
Tairawhiti Museum Concert Series 2020
Dr Richards is sponsoring the following concerts to be held in the Tairawhiti Museum in 2020.
- 9 August 2020
Jazz Duo - 13 September 2020
Seven Inspiring Young Singers from Napier’s Project Prima Volta - 18th October 2020
Operatic Voices - 8th November 2020
Classical Guitar Duo
For more information, please see the Tairawhiti Museum Concerts 2020 page.