Dear TIRF Colleagues and Friends, TIRF recently conducted a successful review for the English Language Center at United International College in Zhuhai, China. After the review was completed, I invited two TIRFers to join me in Macao, Trustee David Nunan and Chief Operating Officer Ryan Damerow. During our evening together

Editor’s note: TIRF shares information from other organizations relevant to the Foundation’s supporters, as part of its mission. In this piece, we briefly highlight an upcoming webinar from the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL). The focus is directly related to TIRF’s Research Topic, “Research on Revitalization of Endangered Indigenous Languages.”

Second Language Teacher Education journal (published by Equinox) has released a call for papers (CFP) on a special issue under the theme “Language Teacher Leadership.” The volume, to be co-edited by Hayo Reinders and Kathi Bailey, adopts a focus on perspectives on leadership in education. The co-editors will consider proposals

Editor’s Note: Dr. Kathi Bailey served as the President of TIRF and the Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees for 13 years. In this “Trustee Update,” TIRF Chief Operating Officer Ryan Damerow talks with Kathi about her current TIRF duties and other professional activities. Ryan: You were the President

To help demonstrate the “I” in “TIRF,” each year, after we award our latest Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) recipients, we update the “TIRF Alumni” Map. Using Google Maps, the latest grantees are added to this online resource. In addition, this year, we added our inaugural TIRF-British Council Research Mentoring Awards

Earlier this week on #GivingTuesday, TIRF launched its year-end fundraising campaign. From now until December 31st, TIRF Trustees are matching donations from the public, dollar for dollar, up to $10,000. We hope you and other TIRF supporters will consider getting involved by year’s end by making a donation.  In years

Dear Colleague, Due to the wonderful contributions of many TIRF supporters like you, TIRF has enjoyed a number of successes this year. We have seen growth in our programs, expansion in our partnerships, and increased engagement from the public, evidenced, in part, by our activities at last year’s TESOL Convention.

Dear TIRF Colleagues and Friends: Earlier this month, I was invited to attend the inaugural meeting of the establishment of the “Belt and Road Languages and Cultures Network” and its forum in Beijing, organized by China Daily. More than 60 representatives from English language associations and universities participated in the

TIRF is offering an exciting initiative in which you can support both the Foundation and our field in a cost-effective way while delivering recognition of your organization’s brand via TIRF’s website. In short, for US $100 a year, organizations worldwide can sponsor one (or more) of TIRF’s 240+ reference lists,

Organizers of the Language Assessment Research Conference (LARC) 2024 are currently offering its call for papers. In this piece, we share information about how you can get involved. LARC 2024 will take place April 11-13, 2024 under the theme of “Finding Balance in Language Assessment.” The organizers at Brigham Young

We are pleased to share this update with you about TIRF’s latest fundraising effort. As we reported in the July issue of TIRF Today, the Board of Trustees has launched a campaign to create an endowment honoring founding TIRF Trustee Russ Campbell. The effort is well under way, and we

Earlier this year, TIRF furthered its partnership with the British Council by establishing the TIRF-British Council Research Mentoring Awards (RMAs). In this post, we share news about this new award program and announce the inaugural recipients. The RMAs are designed to support new researchers and improve the quality of research

Dear TIRF Colleagues and Friends: I had the pleasure of being invited to give a keynote speech on September 15th at the 2023 TOEFL Annual Conference in Beijing, China, in my role as TIRF President. In my talk, which was entitled “How Will AI Transform ELT?”, I used video clips

ETS is currently accepting applications for the 2024 TOEFL® Grant for Doctoral Research in Language Assessment (previously called Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment). The application deadline is 11:59 pm (U.S. Eastern Time) on October 15, 2023. Ph.D. candidates working on dissertation research in foreign