The 2017 TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo is just a few weeks away. We would like to invite you to join us in Seattle for our annual presentation and networking opportunity. The session will be held on Friday, March 24th from 1:00 to 2:30pm in Room 604 of
As we continue to prepare for the upcoming TESOL Convention in Seattle, we want to invite you to an event involving TIRF Trustees and supporters. Working together with Naomi Silverman, our Publisher at Routledge, TIRF Trustees Kathi Bailey, Michael Carrier, and MaryAnn Christison will offer a session entitled, “Global Research
Editor’s note: TIRF Trustee and Executive Committee Member, David Nunan, authored the following story. After two years of planning and a preparatory online conversation starting on December 1, 2016, the face-to-face component of the Summit on the Future of the TESOL Profession took place in Athens, Greece from February 9th
In last month’s newsletter, we announced our 2017 TIRF Alatis Prize awardee. For her article entitled, “Producing Change and Stability: A Scalar Analysis of Paraguayan Bilingual Education Policy Implementation” (Linguistics and Education, Volume 34), Dr. Katherine Mortimer (Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso), was named as this year’s
Valentine’s Day was celebrated in some countries this past month. The history of this celebration is somewhat murky, since it is associated with both a martyr in the Catholic church and a pagan fertility festival. But since the 1400’s, it has been associated with the exchange of letters. In the
