The date of this issue of TIRF Today is June 30, 2022. The end of June often feels like the real beginning of summer to me. Typically by then I’ve finished my grading, the commencement ceremony is over, and my former students – like graduates everywhere whose school years end
English language teachers in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela are invited to participate in a free, online language assessment course. The program is being designed by Professors Frank Giraldo (Foreign Languages Department of Universidad de Caldas in Colombia) and Xun Yan (Linguistics Department at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
In case you missed the announcement about a new opportunity from TIRF in last month’s issue of TIRF Today, we are now offering an initiative in which you can support both the Foundation and our field in a low-cost way while promoting your organization’s visibility via TIRF’s channels. In short,
The competition for the 2023 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is now open! For the 2023 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 leadership is undergoing significant changes this summer and fall. We are pleased to announce that TIRF Trustee Dr. Jun Liu has been unanimously elected by the Foundation’s Board of Trustees to serve as TIRF’s next President. Dr. Liu will begin his term as TIRF President at the end
