Monterey, California, USA – Greetings, dear readers! Your intrepid intern reporter, Wyatt Boykin, here. As you’ll recall from my frontline dispatch in last month’s TIRF Today newsletter, the obstreperous young upstart and TIRF COO Ryan “Daring” Damerow had the unmitigated gall to challenge his President/employer/mentor/friend/hero Kathi “Boss” Bailey to a
Editor’s note: In this piece, TIRF Trustee Dr. MaryAnn Christison shares information with TIRF Today readers, regarding the LTRC conference that took place earlier this month in New Zealand. Please note that TIRF Trustees travel at no cost to the Foundation. The TIRF Board of Trustees was pleased to support
Hopefully, you already know that TIRF is halfway through its mid-year appeal for donations. As a non-profit organization, the Foundation relies almost entirely on donations to fund its operations. We realize that you likely have many, many options for giving and that, should you choose to support TIRF, you want
ETS is currently accepting proposals for two different grant programs: (1) the Jacqueline Ross TOEFL® Dissertation Award, and (2) the 7th annual TOEFL® English-language Researcher/Practitioner Grant Program. According to the ETS website, the purpose of the Jacqueline Ross TOEFL® Dissertation Award is to recognize doctoral dissertation research that makes a
Editor’s note: In this piece, TIRF Trustee Dr. David Nunan shares information about the assembly in China, co-organized by TESOL International Association, which took place earlier this month in Shanghai. Please note that TIRF Trustees travel at no cost to the Foundation. In July, three members of the TIRF Board
The nomination window will soon be closing for the 2019 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts. This is the fourth year we are offering TIRF’s Alatis Prize competition. A prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published
As you can see from Wyatt Boykin’s report above, we are halfway through the competition for new donors that Ryan Damerow, TIRF’s Chief Operating Officer, proposed as the driving strategy for this year’s mid-year appeal. The idea – as explained in the June issue of TIRF Today – is to
