RICHARD MCDORMAN REGOGNIZED BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LEARNING

My work as a volunteer reviewer for the fourth edition of the World Link series of English language textbooks has come to an end. I am proud to have participated with dozens of English language teaching colleagues from around the world in providing feedback and advice to National Geographic Learning’s editorial team as it developed...

My term as a Commissioner of the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) will end on December 31, 2019. It has been my high honor and distinct privilege to serve as an elected Commissioner from 2016-2018 and as Chair of the Commission in 2019, CEA’s 20th year. As my four years as a CEA...

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...

I am pleased to announce that the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in New York City chose to use my translation of Alonfsina Storni’s “Yo en el fondo del mar” (“Me at the Bottom of the Sea”) in the Orchestra’s Carnegie Hall performance of Beethoven’s “Emperor” with Denk. The program includes a piece by American composer Bryce Dessner, specifically...

To read Fraud in Times of Crisis (El fraude en época de crisis) by Frank L. Holder and Jose M. Pineiro as translated by Richard E. McDorman, click here. The original Spanish article was published in the journal ECONOMÍA EXTERIOR (Number 48, Spring 2009).

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...

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),...

Agua Pura López-Colomé (Mexico, 1952 – ) 1 Ha comenzado a nevar. Copos, agua que hiere de golpe. Se posan candentes sobre mis temores. No resbalan. Se han clavado como espinas de una corona de oro. Como raíces. 2 Cuántos pies han pasado por aquí sin hollar gozo y contemplación, un mismo tiempo: Cuesta arriba,...

Dreamtigers Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) En la infancia yo ejercí con fervor la adoración del tigre: no el tigre overo de los camalotes del Paraná y de la confusión amazónica, sino el tigre rayado, asiático, real, que sólo pueden afrontar los hombres de guerra, sobre un castillo encima de un elefante. Yo solía demorarme sin...