Dr Richard Smith

Richard Smith

TITLE   

Associate Professor

CONTACT   

Centre for Applied Linguistics
Room S1.87
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL 		Tel: +44(0)24-7652-4987
Email: R.C.Smith@warwick.ac.uk

 

RESEARCH PROFILE


I have professional / research interests and supervise research students in the following areas: History of language teaching & applied linguistics; Textbook analysis; Bottom-up innovation in ELT/TESOL; Learner and teacher autonomy; Teacher research engagement; Teaching English in 'difficult circumstances'.

BACKGROUND


Before coming to Warwick in January 2000, I taught in France and - for a period of 13 years - Japan. My PhD research was in the area of history of language teaching, and in 2002 I founded the Warwick ELT Archive, a unique collection of materials relating to the history of teaching English as a second/foreign language, c.1880-1980. I am currently Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the A.S. Hornby Educational Trust and a member of the Executive Committee of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas. In 2008 I was elected joint convenor of the AILA (International Association for Applied Linguistics) Research Network on Learner Autonomy (re-elected for 2011-14) and in 2011 became coordinator of the IATEFL Research Special Interest Group. I am co-editor of the journal 'Language and History' (Maney Publishing) and Key Concepts Editor for the 'ELT Journal' (Oxford University Press). In the Centre for Applied Linguistics I am now co-convenor (with Ema Ushioda) of the English Language Learning, Teaching, and Assessment (ELLTA) Research Group, having previously been jointly responsible for the setting-up of the Doctorate in Education (Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching) programme and having recently taken the lead (with Steve Mann) in a comprehensive redesign of the Centre's MA in ELT programmes.

TEACHING PROFILE


Courses Taught

  • MA module: Professional Practice (English Language Teaching Studies and Methods) [details]
  • MA module: Syllabus, Materials, and Task Design
  • MA module: Research Methodology
  • EdD/PhD and MA Research Methodology
  • MA module: ELT Methodology
  • MA module: English as an International Language [details]

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS


  • Towards a History of Modern Foreign Language Teaching and Learning (MFLTL), with Dr Nicola McLelland, University of Nottingham, Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/J012475/1 / RGS105262), This Research Network project aims to generate interest in historical research into language teaching in the UK and to contribute to the establishment of a European network of researchers. Further details: http://historyofmfl.weebly.com/index.html, Project Start Date: 15/07/2012 Project End Date: 14/07/2014
  • Directory of UK ELT Research: 2011-12 Research, with Dr Seongsook Choi, Funded by: The British Council, This survey research project will provide copy for a comprehensive Directory of UK ELT Research, 2011-2012, as well as data for uploading to the British Council's TeachingEnglish website. The project builds on previous work carried out for the period 2005-2010. Data over the entire period 2005-12 will be analysed and interpreted, partly on the basis of interviews with key stakeholders. The project is led by Richard Smith with Seongsook Choi and managed by Imogen Liggins, with research assistance provided by Gosia Sky., Project Start Date: 22/01/2013 Project End Date: 31/07/2013

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


  • Hunter, D. and R. Smith. (2012) 'Unpackaging the past: "CLT" through ELTJ keywords ' ELT Journal 66 (4), 430 - 439
  • Rixon, S. and Smith, R. (2012) 'The work of Brian Abbs and Ingrid Freebairn' ELT Journal 66 (3), 383 - 393 [article]
  • Smith, R. (2012) 'A.S. Hornby's life and legacy' ELT Journal 66 (1), 1 - 5 [article]
  • Kuchah, K. and Smith, R. (2011) 'Pedagogy of autonomy for difficult circumstances : from practice to principles' Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 5 (2), 119 - 140 [article]
  • Smith, R. (2011) 'Harold E. Palmer's alternative "applied linguistics"' Histoire Epistémologie Langage 33 (1), 53 - 67

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