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Jack Richards in Sydney

Dr. Richards is an honorary professor at the University of Sydney, and on a recent visit in July gave a public lecture entitled Teaching Content in a Second Language: Teacher Challenges in English Medium Instruction, and conducted a workshop on Designing Materials for EAP and EAP.

Celebrations at City University in Hong Kong

Professor Richards was the guest of honor at celebrations in October 2019 at City University in Hong Kong to mark the 30th anniversary of the Department of English. Professor Richards was the first head of the department.

During his visit Professor Richards gave a public lecture and also sponsored a piano recital by Australian pianist Tony Lee and New Zealand pianist Lixin Zhang.

Confirmed events and activities from Dr.Richards’ Calendar for 2018

April 2018:

  • Plenary lecture at the RELC Seminar, Singapore.
  • Plenary lecture at the ASEAN ELT Conference, Malacca, Malaysia.
  • Lectures to the MA class at City University, Hong Kong.
  • Presentation to the Hong Kong Association of Applied linguistics.

May 2018:

  • Lectures at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, China

July 2018:

  • Course on teaching listening and speaking: RELC Diploma n Applied Linguistics, RELC Singapore

September 2018:

  • Workshop on curriculum development: TESOL Research Colloquium, Sydney University

October 2018:

  • Keynote address. National ELT Conference, Beijing, China.

Dubai & Iran September 2017

Dr. Richards with participants at recent conferences in September in Dubai and Iran.

RELC July 2017

Dr. Richards and teachers from Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, India and Singapore taking his course on Curriculum Development, RELC July 2017.

1st NTELT Conference – Dubai August 2017

Professors, lecturers, teachers, MA Students, PhD Candidates, researchers, practitioners, and experts in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT), TEFL, and Applied Linguistics are cordially invited to submit papers to the International Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Testing that will take place in Dubai, UAE, on 24 August 2017.

Dr. Richards will be a keynote speaker. For more information, please see the conference website at www.ntelt.com

2nd NTELTIR Conference – Ardabil August 2017

Professors, lecturers, teachers, MA Students, PhD Candidates, researchers, practitioners, and experts in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT), TEFL, and Applied Linguistics are cordially invited to submit papers to the International Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Testing that will take place in Ardabil, Iran, on 28 August 2017.

Dr. Richards will be a keynote speaker. For more information, please see the conference website at www.nteltir.com

Manila July 2016

Dr. Richards with staff and students at Santo Tomas University, Manila, July 2016.

Muscat Oman May 2016

Jack with guests at a dinner function for key ELT specialists in Muscat, Oman, 31 May 2016

IATEFL Birmingham 2016 and UK Book Launch

IATEFL Birmingham 2016 and the UK launch of Jack’s book Key Issues in Language Teaching.

Hong Kong March 2016

Photos from Dr. Richards’ appearance at the Dr. Tien Chang Lin Technology Innovation Foundation Lecture Series in Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Iran March 2016

Photos from Dr. Richards seminars in Bushehr, Iran, March 2016

Indonesia October 2015

Iran 2014

Ecuador July 2012

Mexico February 2012