Dr Richard Smith - links and downloadables

Research Projects / Professional Commitments - Links	My research projects/publications and those of my research students relate to the following areas: - History of language teaching & applied linguistics; - Textbook studies; - The cultural politics of ELT/TESOL; - Learner autonomy; - Teacher development / practitioner research; and - Teaching English in 'difficult circumstances'. In 2011 I became coordinator of the IATEFL Research Special Interest Group. In 2008 I was elected joint convenor of the AILA Research Network on Learner Autonomy and in 2011 I was re-elected to serve a second term, until 2014. In 2008, I jointly founded and am currently coordinating an international research network on Teaching English in Large Classes in developing countries. Since 2009 I have been awarded several research grants by the British Council to survey UK ELT Research (2005 onwards). From 2009 onwards I have also been principal investigator for two historical research projects: 'An Archive and Record of UK-funded ELT projects, 1950 onwards' (completed), and (nearing completion) 'An Archive and Record of British Council Involvement in ELT, 1934-2009'. In 2002 I founded the ELT Archive, a unique collection of materials relating to the history of applied linguistics and the teaching of English as a second/foreign language, c.1880-1980. I am a member of the Executive Committee of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas and am Deputy Chairman of the A.S. Hornby Educational Trust. Invitations to give keynote papers at conferences or to give workshops have recently taken me to Bangladesh, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal and Turkey. In 2012 I will be giving invited talks in India, Turkey, Poland and Germany.
Responsibilities in the Centre for Applied Linguistics	Co-convenor of the English Language Learning, Teaching, and Assessment (ELLTA) Research Group (Until 2011) Joint leader of MA programmes, with particular responsiblity for the MA in ELTSM programme. Teaching: ELT Methodology; Issues and Research in ELT; Syllabus, Materials, and Task Design; Professional Practice (ELTSM), English as an International Language, Research Methodology for MA and doctoral programmes; Supervision of MA and PhD dissertations / theses; Director of the Warwick ELT Archive; Member of ELTED editorial committee.
Recent Publications -Links	(Forthcoming, Oct. 2012). 'Unpackaging the past: 'CLT' through ELTJ keywords'. ELT Journal 66/4. [Co-authored wiith D. Hunter.] (Forthcoming, July 2012). 'The work of Brian Abbs and Ingrid Freebairn' (Survey Review). ELT Journal 66/3. [Co-authored with S. Rixon.] (2012). 'Investigating large classes' (panel discussion). In Pattison, T. (ed.) IATEFL 2011 Brighton Conference Selections. Canterbury: IATEFL. [Co-authored with Negash, N., França, V., Wang, Q., Phyak, P., Ajjan, M., Kuchah, H.K., Saleem, M., Sarwar, Z., and Coleman, H.] Pre-publication version here. Video of original panel discussion here. (2012) 'A.S. Hornby's life and legacy'. ELT Journal 66/1: 1-5. (2012) Preface to Irie, K. & Stewart, A., eds. (2012). Realizing Autonomy: Practice and Reflection in Language Education Contexts. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Co-authored with N. Aoki.] (2011) Autonomy in Language Learning: Opening a Can of Worms. Canterbury, Kent: IATEFL. [Co-edited with Everhard, C.J. and Mynard, J.]. Kindle version available for purchase here, pdf version here. (2011) ‘Harold E. Palmer’s alternative "applied linguistics"’. Histoire–Epistémologie–Langage 33/1: 53-67. Pre-publication version here. (2011) Directory of UK ELT Research 2009-10. London: The British Council. [Compiled with S. Choi, S. Reid, G. Sky and D. Hunter.] Accessible via: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/elt-research (2011) ‘Pedagogy of autonomy for difficult circumstances: From practice to principles’. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 5/2: 119-139 [co-authored with K. Kuchah.] Pre-publication version here. (2011) 'Teaching English in difficult circumstances: A new research agenda'. In Pattison, T. (ed.) IATEFL 2010 Harrogate Conference Selections. Canterbury: IATEFL. Pre-publication version here. Associated talk here. (2011) 'Promoting teacher-learner autonomy through and beyond initial language teacher education'. Language Teaching 44/1: 118-121. [co-authored with E. Ushioda, S. Mann and P. Brown.] Accessible here. (2010). Directory of UK ELT Research 2005-08. London: The British Council. [jointly compiled with S. Rixon.] Accessible via: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/elt-research (2009) Teacher education for learner autonomy: Building a knowledge base. Special issue (3/3, December 2009) of the journal Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching [co-edited with F. Vieira]. Contents here (2009). 'Claude Marcel (1793-1876): A neglected applied linguist?'. Language and History 52/2: 173-184. Also online: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/staff/smith_r/claude_marcel.pdf (2009). 'Chinese learners' strategy use in historical perspective: A cross-generational interview-based study'. System 37/2: 286-299. [co-authored with X. Jiang.] (2009). 'Autonomy: Under whose control?' [commentary chapter]. In Pemberton, R., Toogood, S. and Barfield, A. (eds), Maintaining Control. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. [co-authored with E. Ushioda.] (2009). 'Critical approaches to coursebooks'. In Beaven, B. (ed.) IATEFL 2008 Exeter Conference Selections. Canterbury: IATEFL. [co-authored with J. Kullman, J. Gray, S. Wharton, D. Santos and A. Pennycook.] (2008). 'Taking the bull by its horns: Zakia Sarwar's pro-autonomy approach to large classes in Pakistan (Part I)'. Independence 44: 7-13. Also available online: http://www.learnerautonomy.org/zakiapart1.pdf (2008). 'Learner autonomy' (Key concepts in ELT). ELT Journal 62/4: 395-397. Full text. Pdf. (2008) A commentary on 'Teacher education for learner and teacher autonomy'. In Jiménez Raya, M. and Lamb, T. (eds), Pedagogy for Autonomy in Modern Languages Education: Theory, Practice, and Teacher Education. Dublin: Authentik. (2008) 'The history of learner autonomy'. In Dam, L. (ed.) 9th Nordic Conference on Developing Learner Autonomy in Language Learning and Teaching: Status and Ways Ahead after Twenty Years. Copenhagen: CVU. Also available via: www.warwick.ac.uk/go/circal/dahla/histories (2008) ‘Teacher-learner autonomy: Programme goals and student-teacher constructs’. In Lamb, T. and Reinders, H. (eds), Learner and Teacher Autonomy: Concepts, Realities and Responses. Amsterdam: Benjamins. [co-authored with S. Erdoğan]. (2008) ‘Taking stock of ELTED (A conversation)’ [with J. Kennedy and E. Ushioda]. English Language Teacher Education and Development 13: 52-57. Online: http://www.elted.net/issues/volume-11/8%20Kennedy%20et%20al.pdf (2007) 'The origins of ELT Journal'. Online [on the Oxford University Press ELT Journal website]. (2007) 'The birth and early years of the IATEFL Learner Independence SIG'. Independence 40: 4-12. (2007) ‘Responding to resistance’. In A. Barfield and S. Brown (eds), Reconstructing Autonomy in Language Education: Inquiry and Innovation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [co-authored with P. Brown and E. Ushioda.] Selected pre-2007 publications
Recent keynote papers, guest lectures and invited workshops	'How to combine teaching and researching: Focus on Learners and Classroom Language Learning', Pre-conference Event (One-day workshop) at Annual International IATEFL Conference, Glasgow [co-presenter with S. Mercer and E. Ushioda.] Powerpoints etc. Why should teachers research? How could they research?' Plenary talk, Conference on 'Researching Teachers', Istanbul Aydin Unviersity, Turkey, March 2012. 'Building a picture of ELT research in the UK - and in India'. Invited lecture at British Council Delhi and EFL-University, Hyderabad, India, February 2012. ‘How “natural” are natural methods? Crusoe, Rousseau, “my Man Friday” and Sophie (“ou la femme”)’. Keynote paper at 2^nd Conference of the Research Network on the History of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Europe (‘Women and Foreign Languages in Modern Europe’), University of Milan / CIRSIL, Italy, June 2011. 'Pedgagogy of autonomy as a rescue strategy'. Invited workshop at Izmir University of Economics 1st International ELT Conference, on 'Squaring the Circle: Matching Competence with Performance', Izmir, Turkey, March 2011. Ppt; references 'Applied linguistics and ELT: Some historical perspectives'. Keynote paper at Centre for Applied Linguistics Research (CALR), Arab Open University – Lebanon conference on 'Multiple perceptual frames on English language teaching and research‘, Beirut, Lebanon, March 2011. Ppt; references 'Critical issues for 21st century ELT: Which English? Whose methods? What culture?'. Invited lecture at Nagaoka National College of Technology, Japan, Communicative Teaching Association of Japan, January 2011. Ppt; references; handout 1; handout 2 'Autonomy and teacher development’. Keynote paper at 1^st International Foreign Language Teaching Conference on 'Implementing Autonomy in the 21st Century', Zirve University, Gaziantep, Turkey, June 2010. ‘Traditions in TEFL training’. Invited talk at British Council / Accreditation UK Annual Inspectors’ Conference, April 2010. 'ELT teacher education and research training in UK universities: Of what value, and to whom?'. Keynote paper at QuiTE [The Association for the Promotion of Quality in TESOL Education] Annual Seminar 2009, London, November 2009. ‘Learner autonomy in difficult circumstances: Theory from practice’. Invited plenary paper [with Harry Kuchah] at the 10^th Nordic Conference on Learner Autonomy in the Foreign Language Classroom, University of Bergen, Norway, August 2009. ‘Innovation and reform in language teaching: Legacies from the past’. Invited presentation for University of Cambridge Faculty of Education Second Language Education Research Group, June 2009. ‘Histories of ELT’. Invited presentation for University of Reading Applied Linguistics Circle, November 2008. 'Practices of "autonomy"'. Invited plenary paper at 4th Conference of GT-PA, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, July 2008. 'Autonomy: Before and after’. Invited plenary paper at IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG / SWAN conference (‘Autonomy in Language Learning Learning: Beyond the Bandwagon?’), University of Nottingham, May 2008. 'Learner and teacher autonomy: New perspectives on classroom practice'. Invited plenary paper at 23rd annual SPELT conference, Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, Pakistan, November 2007. 'Developing learner and teacher autonomy in under-resourced classrooms'. Invited workshop at 23rd annual SPELT conference, Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, Pakistan, November 2007. 'Stories of learner and teacher autonomy'. Invited plenary paper at 2nd Encuentro Nacional de Investigación en el Aula en L1 y L2: 'La autonomía: mitos y realidades', Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, November 2007. 'Action research and pedagogy for autonomy: Exploring the connections'. Invited workshop at 2nd Encuentro Nacional de Investigación en el Aula en L1 y L2: 'La autonomía: mitos y realidades', Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, November 2007. 'The culture of coursebooks: Stretching or solidifying boundaries?'. Plenary talk at the 11th INGED Conference, 'Stretching Boundaries', Ankara University, Turkey, September 2007. 'Teaching textbooks critically'. Workshop at the 11th INGED Conference, 'Stretching Boundaries', Ankara University, Turkey, September 2007.