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In a recent blog post authored by Dr. Christine Coombe, a TIRF Trustee and long-time leader in the TESOL community, TESOL International Association and TIRF offer a forward-looking view of how research will shape the future of English language teaching. The post explores commonalities between TESOL’s established Research Directions —

This year marks the 24th consecutive year TIRF has offered its Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs)  to doctoral candidates around the world. With the support of our partners – the British Council, Cambridge English (part of the Cambridge University Press & Assessment), Duolingo, and the TOEFL® program at ETS – along with many

Dear TIRF Board Members and Supporters, This month, I had the privilege of delivering the welcome remarks at a symposium titled “Cultivating Global Competitiveness: Technological Innovation and the Development of Postgraduate Education in Macao.” Organized by our Graduate Student Association at the School of Education, the event featured speakers from Macau, Hong

Editor’s note: In this piece, we share information about a doctoral award opportunity from Duolingo. The story below has been adapted for the purposes of TIRF communications. The call for applications is currently open for the Duolingo English Test Dissertation Research Awards, which support dissertation research by doctoral candidates specializing

Editor’s note: We are excited to update our supporters about recent recognition TIRF Vice President Suzanne Panferov Reese received from the University of Arizona, where she is Professor in the College of Humanities. The original story appeared on the University of Arizona’s website. We are pleased to share that TIRF

The nomination window for the 2026 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is closing soon. All proposals must be submitted by October 5, 2025. As in past years, for the 2026 program, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an

TIRF’s Board of Trustees met online via Zoom in September 2025 to review progress and plan for the year ahead. President Jun Liu highlighted recent successes, including the most recent TIRF Presidential Society Fellow. TIRF committee and working group members shared updates on key initiatives. For example, the AI Working

The 2025 TESOL-TIRF Research Symposium, held online from June through September, successfully united educators, researchers, and graduate students worldwide under the theme “Where Curiosity Meets Collaboration.” This fully virtual event provided a dynamic platform for participants to delve into classroom-based research and evidence-informed practices across four thematic strands: classroom-based research

TIRF is excited to launch its new AI Show & Tell initiative, designed to support English language educators worldwide in exploring the innovative and practical use of AI tools in the classroom. This project reflects TIRF’s ongoing commitment to advancing English language education through research, collaboration, and knowledge sharing. The

We are pleased to announce the 2025 TIRF Kathleen M. Bailey Teacher-Research Award (TIRF Bailey Award) recipients! The TIRF Bailey Award honors Dr. Kathleen M. Bailey, who served as TIRF’s President and Chair of the Board of Trustees for over a decade, from 2009 to 2022. The award is meant

Dear TIRF Board Members and Supporters, On August 16th, I had the privilege of joining the International Conference on the Challenges of Chinese Language Education in the Digital Era, co-organized by East China Normal University and Crestar at RELC in Singapore. I was invited to serve as a panelist to share

This time of year marks the beginning of a new school term in a number of countries around the world, and we have a back-to-school gift for you. One of TIRF’s many resources is its collection of more than 260 reference lists. They may interest teachers, researchers, graduate students, teacher

From now until September 26th, all 11 volumes in the TIRF Routledge series, “Global Research on Teaching and Learning English,” will be on sale. Text on the Routledge website notes that these books offer a collection of previously unpublished empirical studies conducted by TIRF grant recipients throughout the world, as