TIRF’s Board members recently reelected four long-standing TIRF Trustees. Kathi Bailey, Donna Christian, MaryAnn Christison, and Lorraine de Matos will continue to serve the Foundation for at least the next three years. These four Trustees bring a combined 50+ years of experience in serving the Foundation. Kathi Bailey is a
The Foundation’s 2020 DDG (Doctoral Dissertation Grants) application window closed this past Wednesday. Here is a quick glance at some of the key data we have collected based on this year’s competition. Total Number of Proposals Received: 48 Number of Countries DDG Applicants Come From: 17 Number of Proposals Eligible
Research on language assessment has been one of TIRF’s DDG funding priorities since 2008. For this reason, we are very pleased to tell you about a new resource that may be helpful to you, your students, or your colleagues – or even to potential clients who might ask you to
ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) recently launched a series of short videos, which are being published throughout May. The videos reflect some of the work happening at ALTE that would have been shared and discussed during its international conference in Madrid last month. These videos are publicly available
The competition for the 2021 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is underway. The 2021 Alatis Prize competition marks the sixth year of TIRF offering the program. For the 2021 competition, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article
Editor’s note: While we were preparing to publish the piece below, we received notice from TESOL stating that they were moving potions of its 2020 Convention online. Click here to learn more about the event that will be hosted July 16-18, 2020. Like so many events around the world, conferences
In 1980, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson published Metaphors We Live By. Unfortunately, my copy is locked in my office, which I am not allowed to visit due to the coronavirus lockdown. I would very much like to read that book again, because I have been thinking so much about
