
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.
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…
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).
Richard McDorman’s position on the use of African American English (AAE) in the public schools, publicly announced on December 6, 2010: I believe that optimal learning outcomes can only be reached by explicitly acknowledging the distinctiveness and validity of both AAE and Standard English (SE). A primary goal of our schools should be the encouragement…
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 an article that I coauthored with Gianna Tarquini, a translator and colleague from the University of Bologna, has been published in the July 2019 issue (Issue 32) of The Journal of Specialised Translation. The article, entitled “Video tutorials: an expanding audiovisual genre,” explores the fundamental linguistic and audiovisual aspects of video…
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…