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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · Jun 16

I really like this new book by David B. Wilson for its fresh approach to the history of english language teaching via 'literary TEFLing' www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-.... You can read sample pages here: www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pd...

The Experience of Expatriate English Language Teaching - Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · Jun 3

The Makerere Report is one of those frequently cited documents that most only know indirectly (e.g. through criticism in R. Phillipson’s Linguistic Imperialism).

Huge thanks to @richardsmithelt.bsky.social for making the full document available in the ELT Archive ⬇️

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Miscellaneous documents

Miscellaneous documents digitised and uploaded from the ELT Archive physical collection (see also 'Biographies' under Resources)

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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · May 7

Some highlights of the 2025 conference here: resig.weebly.com/teacher-rese...

Teacher Research! 2025

The 11th edition of Teachers Research! Online 2025 took place on 29–30 March 2025, welcoming over 400 registered attendees for two days of dialogue, reflection, and celebration of teacher-based...

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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · May 7

Vanita Chopra and Sidney Martin reflect in this feature on the recent Teachers Research! Online 2025 conference: mentrnet.net/teachers-res.... Records of previous conferences are here: resig.weebly.com/teachers-res...

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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · Apr 15

Challenges in Mentoring Teacher-Research, and How to Overcome Them' - slides and handouts for the workshop Ana Garcia-Stone and I gave at the IATEFL 2025 conference in Edinburgh: warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmit...

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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · Feb 24

Why – and how to – incorporate practitioner research into language teacher education?

Two responses here:

1) Recording of an inspiring session on preservice teacher education: youtu.be/VTEwv0wFVXo?...

2) A short article I wrote for the British Council: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional...

Integrating teacher-research into pre-service teacher education

YouTube video by ELTResearch

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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · Jan 22

Video of Saturday's Celebration of MenTRnet (an international community of mentors of teacher-research) / Launch of two publications - now YouTubed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTde.... More info.: mentrnet.net/a-celebratio...

A celebration of MenTRnet / Launching two publications!

YouTube video by ELTResearch

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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · Feb 8

A new blog post on school improvement through mentoring Exploratory Action Research, by Sirin Soyoz and Ghazala Sajjad: mentrnet.net/school-impro... – talking about their involvement with the British Council’s Action Research mentoring initiatives in Partner Schools.

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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · Feb 6

Upcoming event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT 2024-25. Further information and registration: mentrnet.net/integrating-...

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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · Jan 22

Summary of a MenTRnet discussion exploring potential roles of AI in teacher-research mentoring: action-research.ai/exploring-po...

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SidMartin @24sm24.bsky.social · Jan 19

#edtech #MenTRnet @IATEFLResig @Ernesto_AppLing
#ReSIG
@richardsmithelt.bsky.social
Teachers research around the globe 👇🏻
resig.weebly.com/teachers-res...

Teachers Research! Online Conference

The Teachers Research! International Online Conference is an annual event organised by the IATEFL ReSIG which brings together teacher-researchers from a wide range of contexts globally, supporting...

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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · Jan 15

All are welcome to this online introduction / celebration of MenTRnet - an international network for mentors of teacher-research mentrnet.net – and the launch of two publications! mentrnet.net/a-celebratio... - an event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT

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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · Jan 12

Just published: _Paul Passy: Un linguiste révolutionnaire_ by Jacques Durand and Chantal Lyche @hiphilangsci.bsky.social
@holltnet.bsky.social Passy (1859–1940) founded the International Phonetic Association (IPA) and was a leader of language teaching reform
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · Jan 12

I enjoyed your programme Josephine! We have one film reel of Walter and Connie (not digitised) in the Warwick ELT Archive collection (warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r...). And I started this page yesterday to accompany your broadcast!: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r... No new materials you don't know, though.

English by TV – Bibliography and Links

Bibliography and links for historical English by TV programmes

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Josephine McDermott @josephinemcdermott.bsky.social · Jan 7

Delighted that Archive on 4: Do You Speak English? is a Radio Times @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Week. So many World Service gems uncovered including China’s Follow Me. Radio 4, Saturday at 20:00

Cutting from the Radio Times showing Walter and Connie

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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · Jan 12

Warwick ELT Archive page warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r... - information about English by TV programmes (1960s–1980s), and links to YouTube videos

If you're in the UK, there is a radio documentary (11.1.25) – #DoYouSpeakEnglish? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... - about BBC English by radio and TV

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SidMartin @24sm24.bsky.social · Jan 10

#MenTRnet #TeacherResearch @IATEFLResig
African teacher-researchers 👉🏻 register for this conference tomorrow (Saturday 11th January)! 1pm GMT onwards
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@Ernesto_AppLing @RichardSmithELT

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HoLLTnet @holltnet.bsky.social · Jan 8

A new blog-post from the Warwick ELT Archive, by Yi Zhang, who, with Xi Li, has been leading in the compilation of these bibliographies and the catalogue of a developing collection of Chinese textbooks for English: blogs.warwick.ac.uk/elt_archive/...

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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · Jan 7

A Japanese translation of A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research by Richard Smith and P. Rebolledo has just been published: mentrnet.net/japanese-tra...

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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · Jan 7

Teaching some Old English again - this came at just the right time (thanks @helontheweb.bsky.social!) See Colin Gorrie's first (Direct Method) lesson here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZhl.... I also use Old English (Eald Englisc) with Leofwin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz0n...

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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · Dec 31

Warwick ELT Archive December newsletter – 2024 in review! blogs.warwick.ac.uk/files/elt_ar...

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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · Dec 26

A new Open Access publication - 20 reader-friendly stories of teacher-research mentoring from around the world! resig.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/...

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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · Dec 23

Video of the most recent International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research event:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L6F...

This webinar provided insights from organizers and mentors of the SCERT-Delhi teacher-research initiative. Further information:
mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...

‘Mentoring teacher-research as a local educational authority initiative

YouTube video by ELTResearch

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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · Dec 11

Coming up - this Saturday, with ELTons 'Outstanding Achievement' Award winner Professor Rama Mathew and mentors from SCERT-Delhi mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...

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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · Dec 6

December 14th event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024-25). More info and registration here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Featuring mentors for the SCERT-Delhi initiative, introduced by Prof. Rama Mathew
Festival website: mentrnet.net/festival/

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