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TIRF Founding Donor — Betty Azar
Well known Author and TIRF Founding Donor, Betty Azar
Between 2005 and 2008, TIRF-sponsored research was funded by a substantial grant from Betty Azar, author of the Azar Grammar Series (Pearson Longman). Her generous donation funded five Priority Research Grants and six Doctoral Dissertation Grants to assess the effectiveness of principled approaches to teaching grammar to adult English language learners around the world.
Betty Azar began teaching ESL in 1965 at Iowa State University. Her classroom needs over the years led her to writing ESL/EFL materials that eventually became a series of grammar-based textbooks. The first book in the Azar series, Understanding and Using English Grammar, was published in 1981. She then wrote two other texts, Basic English Grammar and Fundamentals of English Grammar, creating the Azar Grammar Series, a staple in English language teaching worldwide. Betty is a strong advocate of a grammar-based developmental skills approach to English language teaching. Her texts use grammar as a base for developing all language skill areas. The Azar Grammar Series (now the Azar-Hagen Grammar Series), is now in its 4th edition and has been used by millions of English language learners over the past 30 years. Betty is retired and lives on Whidbey Island, Washington, USA. For more information about Betty Azar and grammar-based teaching, visit the Author’s Corner at AzarGrammar.com.
The Foundation is grateful to Betty for her long-term support of research related to effective teaching and learning of English.
TIRF Donors
Founder ($75,000 and up)
| His Highness Sheikh Nahayan bin Mubarak al Nahayan Joan Morley Heinle Cengage Betty Azar |
Educational Testing Service TESOL Association Pearson Education IELTS, International |
Benefactor ($5,000 to $74,999)
| James E. and Penelope Alatis Anaheim University Kathleen Bailey (In Memory of Russell Campbell) The British Council Cambridge University Press Russell Campbell La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation Donna Christian Delta Systems Company, Inc. Omie Kerr Michael McCarthy Ordinate Corporation |
National Geographic Society David Nunan Robert and Adelaide Parsons Lynn Savage Barbara Schwarte The Society for Testing English Proficiency, Inc. The Spencer Foundation G. Richard Tucker The Walt Disney Company |
Patron ($1,000 to $4,999)
| Alta Book Center Publishers Neil J. Anderson Edward and Ann Anthony Christopher Benbrock (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Mary and William Bliss H. Douglas and Mary Brown (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Marjorie Campbell (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Antonieta Celani Mary Ann Christison JoAnn Crandall Andy Curtis and Liying Cheng (In Memory of Manboadh Sookdeo) Kees de Bot Lorraine de Matos Joanne Dresner and Jerry Linsner Sol Dresner Patricia Duff (In Honor of Dr. Yehia El-Ezabi and in Memory of His Beloved Wife, Amira) Yehia El-Ezabi Melinda Erickson and Neil Joeck (In Memory of Russell Campbell) |
Donald Freeman and Kathleen Graves |
Supporter (up to $999)
| Mihran Agbabian Noriko Akatsuka Mark Algren Charles S. Amorosino, Jr Isabella Anikst Tania Azores Lyle Bachman Federica Barbieri Gordon & Elizabeth Borkowski Anne Boynton-Trigg Richard Boyum Sandra Briggs Sarah Briggs Donna Brinton (In Memory of Russell Campbell) James Dean Brown (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Anne Burns Frances Butler (In Memory of Dr. Penny McKay) Frances E. Cahill (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Cherry Campbell (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Marianne Celce-Murcia (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Anna Uhl Chamot Diane Childs Virginia Christopher Andrew Cohen (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Christine Coombe Ryan Damerow Fred Davidson (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Carmen DeNeve (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Heidi Dittrich In Honor of David E. Eskey Dan Douglas Janet Eyring (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Maryruth and David Farnsworth Jeffrey Finlay (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Kathleen Ford (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Jan Frodeson (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Juan Carlos Gallego (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Alice and Norman Gary (In Memory of Russell Campbell) William Gaskill (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Jean Glasser Chris Golston and Cheryl Chan (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Charles Goodwin (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Judy Gough (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Walter and Dayle Hartnett (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Evelyn Hatch (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Barbara Hawkins (In Memory of Russell Campbell) John Hedgcock Dennis Hogan Kylie Hsu Instruments for Research Into Second Language Learning (IRIS) Linda Jensen Darling (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Kevin Jepson and Rebecca Kersnar David and Ann Johns Olga Kagan (In Memory of Russell Campbell) Ann Kerr Omie Kerr Chin Kim |
Victoria Kimbrough |
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