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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.)

Thanh Luan Nguyen

Thanh Luan Nguyen Doctoral Institution: University of Newcastle, Australia TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Investigating Students’ Perceptions of Vietnamese Tertiary English Education

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Sin Yu Cherry Chan

Sin Yu Cherry Chan Doctoral Institution: Chinese University of Hong Kong TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Second Language Identities and Study Abroad: Multiple Case Studies of Hong Kong English Teacher Education Majors in a Short-term Study Abroad Program in the UK

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Jungwan Yoon

Jungwan Yoon Doctoral Institution: Pennsylvania State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Writing Beyond the Obvious: The Effects of Tasks and Source Texts on Student Writing in ESL Freshman Composition

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YeonJoo Jung

YeonJoo Jung Doctoral Institution: Georgia State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: The Role of Socially-mediated Alignment in the Development of Second Language Grammar and Vocabulary: Comparing Face-to-face and Synchronous Mobile-mediated Communication

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William Cook

William Cook Doctoral Institution: York University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Living Language Policy Through Stratisfied Space: A Linguistic Ethnography in the United Arab Emirates

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Tobie Bass

Tobie Bass Doctoral Institution: University of Georgia TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Immigration Policies Circulating in ESOL Professional Development with K-12 Teachers

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Thi Lan Anh Tran

Thi Lan Anh Tran Doctoral Institution: University of New South Wales TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: English Language Teacher Research Engagement and Research Learning: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory Perspective

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Thi Hoai Thu Tran

Thi Hoai Thu Tran Doctoral Institutions: The University of Newcastle TIRF Research Topic Investigated: English as a Medium of Instruction Dissertation Title: Policy and Practice of English as a Medium of Instruction in Vietnamese Tertiary EFL Contexts

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Tabitha Kidwell

Tabitha Kidwell Doctoral Institution: University of Maryland, College Park TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: A Cultural Balancing Act: The Learning, Beliefs, and Practices of Novice Indonesian Teachers of English

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Su Jin Park

Su Jin Park Doctoral Institution: University of Indiana TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: A Safe House for Korean (Im)migrant Women in the United States: A Feminist Cyber-Ethnography of Korean (Im)migrant Mothers’ Investment in Learning English Online

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Soobin Yim

Soobin Yim Doctoral Institution: University of California TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: Digital Literacy in Academic Settings: Synchronous Collaborative Writing among Linguistically Diverse Students

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Shakina Rajendram

Shakina Rajendram Doctoral Institution: University of Toronto TIRF Research Topic Investigated: English as a Medium of Instruction Dissertation Title: Translanguaging as an Agentive, Collaborative and Socioculturally Responsive Pedagogy for Multilingual Learners

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Phan Nhu Hien Luong

Phan Nhu Hien Luong Doctoral Institution: University of New South Wales TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: A Case Study of the Support Needs of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers at Foreign Language Centers in Vietnam

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