This year marks the 20th consecutive year TIRF has offered its Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs) to doctoral candidates around the world. With the support of our partners – Cambridge Assessment English, the British Council, and Educational Testing Service, Inc. – along with many individual donors, TIRF has recently completed the process of awarding
The deadline for TIRF’s 2022 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is tomorrow: October 1, 2021. For the 2022 competition, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published in English and dealing with some aspect of language policy
The Foundation’s fall meeting took place earlier this month. TIRF’s Board of Trustees, along with its Chief Operating Officer, Ryan Damerow, met virtually to further TIRF’s various programmatic and operational endeavors. Although the online format of the meeting did not allow for the usual eight hours Board members are used
As another school semester has started for many of us earlier this month, our schedules are being populated with a number of commitments. It’s never too early to look ahead to next year’s professional development opportunities, so why not consider attending the 2022 TESOL and AAAL conferences? AAAL (American Association
I hate September. Well, maybe hate is too strong a word. Or maybe it is not the right word. I dread September. Why? Because I hate, or rather, dread going back to school. I’ve felt this way since I was 11 or 12 years old. Why did I dread school so much?
