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In 1996 he returned to his home country for two years to set up an MA program at the University of Auckland.

In 1989 he returned to Hong Kong to set up a new department of English at the City University of Hong Kong, where he was head of the department of English and also chair professor. Later he was Senior Lecturer in English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, before being appointed full professor in the Department of English as a Second Language at the University of Hawaii in 1981. After completing his PhD, he taught in Indonesia and was then appointed specialist in applied linguistics at the Regional Language Centre Singapore, under the auspices of the New Zealand Government. He has worked in many parts of the world, including New Zealand, Canada, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the United States.

in Applied Linguistics from Laval University (a French-Language University) in Quebec City, Canada in 1972. Richards obtained a Master of Arts degree with first class honours in English from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1966. He has worked in many parts of the world, including New Zealand, Canada, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Born in New Zealand, Dr.