Richard Smith

List of John Benjamins publications in which Richard Smith is involved.

Title

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: Historical perspectives

Edited by Richard Smith and Tim Giesler

By adopting a historical perspective, this edited collection of papers takes a fresh look at a key concept in applied linguistics, that of innovation. A substantial introduction advocates historical re-evaluation of this notion via exploration of its rise to prominence, while the ten subsequent… read more

[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 20] 2023. x, 220 pp.

Articles

Smith, Richard and Tim Giesler 2023 Chapter 1. How can perspectives from Applied Linguistic Historiography improve our understanding of innovation? Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: Historical perspectives, Smith, Richard and Tim Giesler (eds.), pp. 2–22 | Chapter

As an emerging interdisciplinary, plurilingual and intercultural field (McLelland & Smith, 2018), the History of Language Learning and Teaching – and associated considerations of Applied Linguistic Historiography (Smith, 2016) – can be expected to provide useful perspectives on innovation: how,… read more

Smith, Richard and Sultan Erdoğan 2008 Teacher-learner autonomy: Programme goals and student-teacher constructs Learner and Teacher Autonomy: Concepts, realities, and response, Lamb, Terry and Hayo Reinders (eds.), pp. 83–102 | Article

Responding to needs for clarity of definition in the area of ‘teacher autonomy’, the first, relatively theoretical, part of this paper discusses different dimensions of this notion. It then argues for the goal within initial teacher education of enhancing ‘teacher-learner autonomy’, defined here as… read more