TIRF has been supporting junior researchers and their work via the Foundation’s Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) program over the last nineteen years. During this period of time, TIRF has awarded more than US $400,000 total to 155 individuals from nearly 30 countries, spanning all the continents of the world excluding
The competition for the 2021 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is underway, but the deadline to nominate a paper is quickly arriving. This announcement is TIRF’s final reminder to submit a paper soon for consideration in TIRF’s 2021 Alatis Prize
Editor’s note: In this piece, Dr. W. Lewis Johnson, CEO at Alelo, shares information about avatar-based language learning solutions. Earlier this year, the Brookings Institution made sobering predictions about the likely impact of COVID-19 on students by the fall of 2020. They predicted that some students would be performing at grade level,
As schools are beginning to reopen virtually and physically around the world, researchers, teachers, students, and others will be interested in this update from TIRF. Whether you’re a long-standing TIRF supporter or new to our website and newsletter, we want to remind you about the many helpful – and free
There is a saying that it takes a village to raise a child. The comment is sometimes erroneously attributed to Hilary Clinton, who used it as the title of a book she wrote. In fact, it is said to be a proverb in the African languages of Igbo and Yoruba.
