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TIRF DDG recipients

Recipients and Findings

The Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) was held online this year from June 14 to 17, and as has been the custom for several years, TIRF was represented there. At the awards ceremony, plaques were given to seven TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) recipients – five 2019 TIRF DDG recipients and two 2020 awardees. (Since last year’s LTRC event was cancelled due to the pandemic, recognizing the 2019 grantees was not possible.)

TIRF’s 2021 Alatis Prize Competition Underway

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 this award. For the 2021 competition, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article

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TIRF’s 2021 Alatis Prize Competition Underway

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 this award. For the 2021 competition, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article

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“Perspectives on English Language Learning” Conversations Series

Editor’s note: In this piece Aída Walqui, Director of WestEd’s new Research and Development Center for Improving Education for English Learners in Secondary Schools, shares information about a timely series of conversations with scholars working on schooling for English Learners. There is an urgent and compelling need to better understand

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TIRF Grant Recipient Leads Panel Discussion Initiative

Editor’s Note: Dr. Aymen Elsheikh (left), a 2010 recipient of a TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant, is the current President of Africa TESOL. The organization has 21 affiliates representing national associations in 20 different African countries. Dr. Aymen Elsheikh has been spearheading an initiative to bring panel discussion opportunities to TESOL

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Chair’s Report, By Kathi Bailey – An Antidote to the Doldrums

In this month’s Chair’s Report, I am writing about the state of being inactive and unmotivated. Well, actually, I am writing about the difficulty of writing. I seem to be experiencing the doldrums. According to the National Ocean Service, “the ‘doldrums’ is a popular nautical term that refers to the

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