October 2020

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.)

Board Members Pledge to Help TIRF via Matching Campaign

As news about COVID-19 developed in the early stages of 2020, TIRF’s Trustees knew the Foundation would face financial difficulties. They quickly decided to team up to help TIRF by making generous pledges to support the Foundation via a matching campaign. The result of their efforts is a $15,000 fund

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TIRF Alumni Map Updated: Latest DDG Awardees Added

To help demonstrate the “I” in “TIRF,” we maintain the “TIRF Alumni” map. Using Google’s services, each year we add our newest grantees to the map by sharing their names, hometowns, information about their studies, and a link to summaries of the awardees’ research. As of October 2020, TIRF’s programs

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Symposium on World Languages Education: Register Now for Free

Editor’s note: In this piece, Caleb Powers and Grace Davis, co-chairs of the SOWLE student organizing committee at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, share information about the 2020 Symposium on World Languages Education. Registration is now open for the 2020 Symposium on World Languages Education (SOWLE). The event

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