As you may have read in the March edition of TIRF Today, TIRF Trustee Dr. MaryAnn Christison and TIRF supporter Dr. Denise Murray gave a presentation on behalf of the Foundation at the 2017 TESOL Convention in Seattle, Washington earlier this year. The title of their talk was “Online Language
Editor’s note: The announcement below is being shared with TIRF newsletter readers from the IRIS team. We are pleased to announce that the first round of the IRIS Replication Award is now open! The winning published (or accepted) self-labelled replication, using material available on IRIS, will be awarded £300! Submissions
As an outstanding alumnus of Suzhou University, TIRF’s Vice President, Dr. Jun Liu, was invited to participate in the first-ever Jiangsu Development Summit on May 20th in Nanjing, China. The summit aims to offer a platform where Jiangsuers from different walks of life, scattered throughout the world, can communicate and
Each year, the Foundation solicits financial support from the public during its mid-year fundraising campaign. The aim is to raise money to support TIRF’s programmatic offerings and to help offset its administrative costs. To put things simply, meeting our fundraising goals over the past several years has been difficult. For
Editor’s note: The text below is being shared from TESOL International Association’s website. The TESOL International Association Research Agenda seeks to promote spirited inquiry and systematic investigation that will contribute to the knowledge base of the TESOL field. As described in the agenda, TESOL research may focus on individual, community,
Over the past several months, TIRF has been sharing information about the TESOL-TIRF Research Symposium which was held in Monterey, California earlier this month. Now that the event has taken place, we want to provide our readers with a recap about the event. As reported earlier, the Symposium featured alternating
As I was starting to draft this Chair’s Report for the June 2017 issue of TIRF Today, I realized it was June 21st – the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. The word solstice, I learned, is from the Latin noun sol
Editor’s note: TIRF Trustee Michael Carrier contributed the following piece to this issue of “TIRF Today.” TIRF was represented across Europe over the last few weeks. Trustee Michael Carrier gave presentations in Riga, Latvia (at the EAQUALS Conference); in Barcelona, Spain (at the newly founded InnovateELT Conference, run by ELTjam.com);
Editor’s note: The following content has been shared with TIRF newsletters readers from Justin Rodford, Partnership Manager at Cambridge English Language Assessment. Scholarship applications are now being accepted for IATEFL 2018 where teach. These scholarships will result in multiple teachers winning a trip to the conference, which is taking place
Editor’s note: Dr. Spiros Papageorgiou (TIRF Trustee and Managing Research Scientist in the Center for English Language Learning and Assessment at Educational Testing Service) and Mr. Justin Rodford (Partnership Manager at Cambridge English Language Assessment) contributed to the following piece. Next month, several individuals from TIRF’s partner network will be
Editor’s note: This article was written by Kathi Bailey. This month, Ryan Damerow, TIRF’s Chief Operating Officer, has been recognized by his alma mater for the annual “Young Alumni Achievement Award.” Ryan graduated from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS, now known as the Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Editor’s note: This piece is shared with TIRF readers by Libby Karangwa-Miles, LDC2017 Conference Director, British Council. Photos below are from previous LDC conferences and are credited to the British Council. “As we are an organisation committed to diversity and to intercultural understanding, then respect and appreciation of different languages
ALTE – the Association of Language Testers of Europe – was established in 1989 by the Universities of Cambridge and Salamanca. According to the ALTE web site, “The initial aim was to establish common standards for language testing across Europe, thereby supporting multilingualism and helping preserve the rich linguistic heritage
Editor’s note: The following information has been shared with TIRFers by Ms. Jennifer L. Uhler, Branch Chief, Office of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US State Department. The Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of
