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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.)

Sarah Braden

Sarah Braden Doctoral Institution: University of Utah TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Scientific Inquiry as Social and Linguistic Practice: Language Socialization Pathways in a 9th Grade Physics Class

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Nicholas Subtirelu

Nicholas Subtirelu Doctoral Institution: Georgetown University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Linguistic Diversity and the Politics of International Inclusion in Higher Education: A Critical Sociolinguistic Study of International Teaching Assistants

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Muhammad Asif Qureshi

Muhammad Asif Qureshi Doctoral Institution: Northern Arizona University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education in Schools Dissertation Title: Age and Knowledge of Morphosyntax in English as an Additional Language: Grammatical Judgment and Error Correction

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Ksan Rubadeau

Ksan Rubadeau Doctoral Institution: Korea University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: An Exploration of English Language Teacher Educators’ Cognitions and Practices in Relation to the Pedagogical Purposes and Efficacies of 21st Century Digital Technologies

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Katherine O’Donnell Christoffersen

Katherine O’Donnell Christoffersen Doctoral Institution: University of Arizona TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Language Choice and Code-switching among Sequential and Simultaneous Bilingual children: An Analysis of Grammatical, Functional and Identity-related Patterns

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Justin Cubilo

Justin Cubilo Doctoral Institution: University of Hawaii at Manoa TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Video-Mediated Listening Passages and Typed Notetaking: Investigating Their Impact on Comprehension, Test Structure, and Item Performance

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Jing Wei

Jing Wei Doctoral Institution: New York University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Assessing Speakers of World Englishes: The Roles of Rater Language Background, Language Attitude and Training

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Jin Kyoung Hwang

Jin Kyoung Hwang Doctoral Institution: University of California, Irvine TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Adolescent Language Minority Students’ Vocabulary Growth: Exploring Heterogeneity with Multilevel Analysis

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Jia Ma

Jia Ma Doctoral Institution: Queen’s University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Chinese Students’ Journey to Success on Highstakes English Language Tests: Nature, Effects and Values of Their Test Preparation

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Jeffrey Gerald Mehring

Jeffrey Gerald Mehring Doctoral Institution: Ohkagakuen University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: An Exploratory Study of the Lived Experiences of Japanese Undergraduate EFL Students in the Flipped Classroom

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Iftikhar Haider (TIRF’s 2014 Russell N. Campbell Awardee)

Iftikhar Haider (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Re-Envisioning Assessment of Inter-language Pragmatics (ILP) through Computer Mediated Communicative Tasks

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Hiromi Takayama

Hiromi Takayama Doctoral Institution: University of Iowa TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Professional Development in Japanese Non-native English Speaking Teachers’ Identity and Efficacy

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Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Espen Stranger-Johannessen Doctoral Institution: University of British Columbia TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: The African Storybook and Teacher Identity

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Eloise Caporal-Ebersold

Eloise Caporal Doctoral Institution: Université de Strasbourg TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Language Policy and Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC): A Case Study of an English-French Bilingual Crèche in Strasbourg

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