TIRF’s Board of Trustees met earlier this month in Washington, DC. While the Foundation’s biannual meetings are always full of thought-provoking discussions and strategic planning, this month’s gathering was especially invigorating due to TIRF continuing to explore opportunities related to its service model for revenue generation. A common message from
Over twenty years ago, Jodi Crandall and Dick Tucker accepted an appointment from TESOL President Joy Reid to serve on the Association Advancement Committee. This group of senior leaders consisted of Jim Alatis, Ed Anthony, Rick Jenks, Joan Morley, and Russ Campbell, as well as Jodi and Dick. After months
Editor’s note: In this piece, TIRF Trustee Michael Carrier shares information about a recent review of TIRF’s Digital Learning volume, co-published with Routledge. The TIRF-Routledge edited volume, Digital Language Learning and Teaching, has recently been reviewed by the prestigious English Language Teaching Journal (ELTJ) published by Oxford University Press. The
Editor’s note: In this piece, TIRF’s intern, Mr. Wyatt Boykin, reveals the final results of TIRF’s midyear appeal donor challenge. Monterey, California, USA – Yorktown. Appomattox. Versailles. These are sites of some of the most famous surrenders in military history. Today, dear readers, we can add one more to the
The TOEFL® grants program at ETS is currently accepting proposals for its “Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment” program. The deadline for this grant scheme is quickly approaching, as proposals must be submitted by October 15th. According to the ETS website, the purpose of the
A new academic semester is well underway in many parts of the world. As a means to assist experienced and novice researchers alike, TIRF is happy to share that it has posted new topics to its “References” section of its website. Some of the new reference lists featured on TIRF’s
This month, as the TIRF Board members gathered in Washington, DC, people along the Carolina coastline in the eastern US braced themselves for the onslaught of Hurricane Florence. We hoped that incoming flights and ground transportation would not be hampered by adverse weather conditions, but as it turned out, all
