Dear TIRF Supporters & Trustees, In this report, I am delighted to share some reflections following the recent congregations of our graduating students at City University of Macau. It was a heartfelt occasion, particularly as I had the privilege of speaking with about 10 exceptional undergraduate students from our Applied
We’re excited to introduce a new and simple way to support TIRF—just by making your everyday purchases through RaiseRight. RaiseRight is a gift card fundraising platform that allows you to give back while you shop. When you purchase gift cards from hundreds of popular brands—covering groceries, dining, travel, and more—a
The Foundation’s 2026 DDG (Doctoral Dissertation Grants) application window closed on May 13th. 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 September concerning the results of the
Did you miss TIRF’s recent AI Show & Tell webinar? The recording is now available! The webinar brought together contributors from TIRF’s new AI Show & Tell video series to discuss practical uses of AI in English language education, lessons learned from classroom implementation, and key considerations for educators exploring
The proposal window for the TIRF Kathleen M. Bailey Teacher-Research Award (i.e., TIRF Bailey Award) will remain open for just three more days! Individuals interested in submitting an application should do so by 11:59pm PT (USA) on June 1, 2026. The TIRF Bailey Award program supports English language teachers in
The 2027 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts nomination period is now open! For the 2027 TIRF Alatis Prize, we invite nominations of outstanding articles or chapters from peer-reviewed, edited books that were published during calendar years of 2025 or 2026.
Editor’s note: “TIRF Perspectives” is a new publications activity from TIRF. It profiles recent research and developments in English Language Teaching (ELT)—in a practical and accessible format. TIRF Perspectives is aimed at parents, teachers, school leaders, and all student advocates who want to review recent educational trends in a non-academic
Dear TIRF Supporters & Trustees, I am thrilled to share the remarkable success of the 1st International Conference on Applied Linguistics in Asia (ICALA), held last week at the Taipa Campus of City University of Macau, coinciding with our 45th anniversary. This landmark event brought together over 200 scholars and
Editor’s note: This piece is co-authored by Joy Peyton (Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Linguistics [CAL]), who is a long-time TIRF supporter; Jana Staton (former CAL researcher and co-author with Joy Peyton of the first seminal books on dialogue journal writing for first- and second-language classrooms); Phil Quirke
TIRF is pleased to share that a slidecast and the Mentimeter results from its session at the 2026 TESOL Convention are now available. The session, entitled “Unmasking AI: What Language Teachers Need to Know,” was delivered on March 25, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah, as part of TIRF’s ongoing
We are pleased to announce the collection of TIRF’s Reference Lists has now been updated with new citations through the end of 2025. In addition, we have begun adding DOIs to the lists. A DOI is a “Digital Object Identifier” – a string of numbers, letters, and symbols that remains
We are pleased to announce the release of TIRF’s AI Show & Tell video series and accompanying scorecards! These resources are now available to support English language educators worldwide. Additionally, we are excited to share news of an upcoming webinar that will be held in May, 2026 as an opportunity
The application deadline for the TIRF Kathleen M. Bailey Teacher-Research Award (i.e., TIRF Bailey Award) will remain open for several more weeks. Individuals interested in submitting a proposal should do so by the June 1, 2026 deadline. The TIRF Bailey Award program supports English language teachers in conducting research that
The application window for TIRF’s 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) program is closing soon. All proposals must be submitted by 11:59pm PT on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. The Foundation’s flagship program is designed to provide awards for doctoral students nearing the completion of their studies. There are two different types
