
Richard McDorman appeared as an invited guest expert on Spanish-language television network Telemundo’s reality singing contest “Yo Me Llamo” on Sunday, October 14, 2012.

Richard McDorman appeared as an invited guest expert on Spanish-language television network Telemundo’s reality singing contest “Yo Me Llamo” on Sunday, October 14, 2012.
Yo en el fondo del marBy Alfonsina Storni (from Mundo de siete pozos, 1934) Translation by Richard E. McDorman© 2011 Me at the Bottom of the Sea(from World of Seven Wells, 1934) At the bottom of the seais a housemade of glass, at the edgeof a coral-linedstreet. A big golden fishcomes to greet meat five;…
In April 2025, Language and the Ancient Greeks and On the Decipherment of Linear B (A Pair of Essays) returned to the Amazon Best Sellers list, reaching #16 in Literacy, #35 in Historical Essays, and # 37 in Alphabets on April 30, 2025. Originally published in 2010, this publication was among the four in my…
I am pleased to announce that the article I co-authored with my University of St Andrews colleagues Prof. Sin-Wang Chong, PhD, PFHEA and Elizabeth Hashimura, entitled Fairness for sale: the hidden costs of international language tests, has been published in the ELT Journal. In this discussion article, we challenge the premise that international standardized language…
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…
Voy a dormirBy Alfonsina Storni (1938) Translation by Richard E. McDorman© 2011 I’m Going to Sleep Teeth of petals, bonnet of dew,handfuls of herbs, oh sweet nursemaid,turn the earthly sheets down for meand prepare my quilt of carded moss.I’m going to sleep, my nursemaid—lay me down;put a lamp on the nightstand for me,or a constellation,…
Richard McDorman has been elected to serve as a Commissioner on the Commission for English Language Program Accreditation (CEA), a national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education for the accreditation of postsecondary English language programs and institutions. The thirteen member Commission is responsible for governing CEA, setting CEA policy and making accreditation decisions….