TIRF is pleased to announce a major update to one of its cornerstone services: TIRF Talks. This refreshed initiative and redesigned web page reflect our ongoing commitment to supporting the global language education community with timely, accessible, and practical insights from leading scholars and practitioners. TIRF Talks has been re-envisioned
TIRF is proud to welcome Mr. Mark Jiapeng Wang as one of its newest Fellows! Mr. Wang is a remarkable leader whose life story and professional journey exemplify perseverance, vision, and service. As the founder and Chairman of the Board of United World Colleges (UWC) Changshu China and the China
Dear TIRF Board Members and Supporters, I recently had the pleasure of welcoming Charles Hung—the first TIRF Presidential Fellow—back to Macau during his summer break. I invited Charles and his family to dinner to learn more about his academic experience at Imperial College London, where he is currently pursuing a
Editor’s Note: Via our “Grantee Corner” column, we update our supporters on the activities of our various grantees. News about their publications and presentations, the completion of their final reports/deliverables to TIRF, awards/recognition they may receive, and so on will be highlighted from time to time in Grantee Corner. We
The proposal window for the TIRF-British Council Research Mentoring Awards (RMA) program remains open but will be closing soon. Please note all proposals must be submitted by July 31st. The RMA program is designed to assist doctoral candidates in eligible countries. Selected applicants will receive mentoring services from TIRF along
Dear TIRF Board Members and Supporters, I hope this message finds you well. As we continue to navigate a time of profound change and opportunity, I am writing to invite your strategic thinking and collaboration on the future development of TIRF in the digital era. Specifically, I would like to
TIRF is now opening up sponsorship of its reference lists to individuals – meaning there is a new opportunity available for you to support research in language education while both assisting TIRF and promoting topics in our field you view as important. For US $100 a year, you can sponsor
Are you responsible for supervising doctoral students conducting research in English language education and/or applied linguistics? Do your research students have good ideas but are unsure about how to pose and address effective research questions? Do they need help with research methods that may not be within your areas of
The 2025 TIRF Kathleen M. Bailey Teacher-Research Award (hereafter, the “TIRF Bailey Award”) proposal deadline passed earlier this month, on June 9th. 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
Great news, TIRF supporters! Registration is remaining open through June 30th for the 2025 TESOL-TIRF Research Symposium, so there’s still time to join our event! This unique, online symposium brings researchers, educators, and students together to explore how classroom-based research is transforming language education in real time. From professional learning
Editor’s note: The content in this piece was originally posted to BNBU’s website and was translated into English by Google and adapted for TIRF communications. Click here to see the original. On May 17, 2025, the English Language Center of the School of General Education of Beijing Normal University Hong
Dear TIRF Board Members and Supporters, Earlier this month, TIRF held its first symposium in China, in collaboration with Beijing Normal University–Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (BNBU, formerly United International College [UIC]) in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. The event was titled “AI-Empowered English Language Teaching and Learning” and featured two distinguished
The Foundation’s 2025 DDG (Doctoral Dissertation Grants) application window closed on May 14th. Here is a quick glance at some of the key data we have collected based on this year’s competition. The applicants in this year’s DDG competition will be notified in late August or early September concerning the
The TIRF-British Council Research Mentoring Awards (RMA) program is now open! The RMA program is designed to support new researchers and improve the quality of research undertaken by students in doctoral programs within the field of English language education on issues of mutual interest to TIRF and the British Council.
