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"In our quest for quality English language teaching worldwide, research must come first."

James Alatis, TIRF Trustee

About TIRF

TIRF, The International Research Foundation for English Language Education, is a non-profit organization whose goal is to generate new knowledge about English language teaching and learning. TIRF plans to apply research findings to practical language problems, launching a coordinated effort among teachers, researchers, authors, publishers, philanthropic foundations, government agencies, and major companies towards a unified development program to collect, organize, and disseminate research findings.

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