Richard McDorman has been recognized as a leading expert in language assessment and bilingual test development by BilingualBility, a cutting-edge language testing program that “simulates international business scenarios in 4 distinct modules. Providing simultaneous assessment of language and cultural fluency in English and [many other languages].”
McDorman served as Head Test Developer for BilingualBility’s English-Spanish testing program.
AguaBy Pura López-Colomé Translation by Richard E. McDorman © 2011 Water 1It’s begun to snow.Snowflakes,suddenly-woundingwater.They land white-hotupon my fears.They do not slide away.They’ve stuck like thornsof a golden crown …like roots. 2So many feet have passedthrough herewithout tramplingjoy and contemplationall at once: Uphill,I could see the remainsof the narcissus.Everything was blue from thenuntil the end.I…
National Geographic Learning has acknowledged Richard McDorman for his work reviewing the third edition of the Pathways series, a widely-used ESL/EFL textbook for adult learners. This marks the third time McDorman has served as an acknowledged reviewer for a National Geographic Learning ESL/EFL textbook series. McDorman was on the review board for the first edition…
DreamtigersBy Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Translation by Richard E. McDorman © 2011 Dedicated to all those who’ve ever wondered what a howdah is … Dreamtigers When I was a child, I fervently worshiped the tiger—not the spotted tiger from the floating hyacinths of the Parana and the Amazonian wilds, but the striped tiger, Asiatic and…
The paperback version of Presenting English Grammar is now available for purchase from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and thousands of other book retailers and textbook suppliers around the world. The text has been available in e-book format since 2012. The paperback version is 156 pages in length and has been published in full color. The e-book version…
Here are some of the pictures from the Warrior Dash obstacle course race I completed on December 3, 2011 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. I finished 59th out of 557 in my age group and 507th out of 7,148 finishers overall (about half of the competitors finished the course).
In April 2015, inlingua International, headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, published English 5, an advanced-level English as a Second Language (ESL) textbook used at more than 300 inlingua Language Centers around the world. The student textbook (pictured at left) and supporting materials, which include audio CDs with listening activities and a teacher’s edition (the Trainer Resource Pack),…