In case you missed TIRF’s session at the 2018 TESOL Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA in March, you now have the opportunity to watch the TIRF panel presentation. The talk was entitled “TIRF-sponsored Research on Language Education Policies: Contexts and Realities” and is now available as a slidecast (the PowerPoint
We are pleased to announce that for the next four months, Mr. Wyatt Boykin will be working for the Foundation as TIRF’s first volunteer intern. Wyatt is a graduate student in the International Education Management (IEM) program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS). The IEM degree
Editor’s note: Dr. Ching-Ni Hsieh is a 2010 recipient of a TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant. She works at Educational Testing Services (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey as a Senior Research Project Manager. In this piece, TIRF interviews Dr. Hsieh about ETS’ TOEFL® English-language Researcher/Practitioner Grant Program. TIRF: Dr. Hsieh,
Supposedly, the month of May is named for the goddess Maia, a figure in Greek mythology. She was supposedly the goddess of growth and increase, which makes sense since May is springtime in the northern hemisphere. There is also a saying that April showers bring May flowers. Taken literally, it
