Dear TIRF Supporters & Trustees, At the recent Association of University Leaders of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (AULP) Conference in Macau SAR, I had the privilege of chairing a panel on bilingual education in higher education and the role of university–industry partnerships in developing bilingual talent through experiential and cooperative learning. The
Following the enthusiastic response to TIRF’s inaugural AI Show & Tell webinar, we’re excited to announce that the series will continue on Wednesday, August 12th at 10:00am Eastern Time (US) via Zoom. The August webinar will once again feature the same outstanding team of presenters, who will share additional practical
The 2026 TIRF Kathleen M. Bailey Teacher-Research Award (hereafter, the “TIRF Bailey Award”) proposal deadline passed earlier this month, on June 1st. Here is a quick glance at some of the key application data we collected from the second year of the program. The TIRF Bailey Award is meant to
The 2027 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts nomination period is now open! For the 2027 TIRF Alatis Prize, we invite nominations of outstanding journal articles or chapters from peer-reviewed, edited books that were published during calendar years of 2025 or
We are pleased to announce the availability of a new TIRF “FreeBook.” In partnership with Routledge, the Foundation is offering a collection of five research reports previously published in the TIRF-Routledge series, “Global Research on Teaching and Learning English.” As the title shows, this collection focuses on teaching English to
TIRF is pleased to once again partner with Beijing Normal–Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU) to co-host the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for English Language Education (AI4ELE 2026). Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, AI4ELE returns to Zhuhai, China, on October 24–25, 2026, bringing together educators, researchers, policymakers,
Editor’s note: “TIRF Perspectives” is a new publications activity from TIRF. It profiles recent research and developments in English Language Teaching (ELT) in a practical and accessible format. TIRF Perspectives is aimed at parents, teachers, school leaders, and all student advocates who want to review recent educational trends regarding AI
We are thrilled to announce the publication of the newest volume in our long-running TIRF-Routledge book series, “Global Research on Teaching and Learning English.” The twelfth volume, Research on Language Learning and Teaching in Digital Spaces, is edited by TIRF Trustee Dr. Polina Vinogradova (Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and TESOL
