We are pleased to announce that the TIRF Insights: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) publication is now available in Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish! Published earlier this year in English, the SEL paper addresses issues such as disrupted education, learning loss, and the wide-scale use of hybrid and online teaching and
At the Foundation’s fall Board meeting, two Trustees were honored for their long service to TIRF. Mrs. Ana Sylvia Ramirez Toriello is the CEO at El Instituto Guatemalteco Americano (IGA), Guatemala’s Bi-National Center. Dr. Joe Lo Bianco recently retired from his post as Professor of Language and Literacy Education at
The Foundation’s Board of Trustees gathered virtually earlier this month, in order to convene their fall meeting. In this piece, we provide updates from the meeting, including information about TIRF’s leadership transition, which was formally announced earlier this year. TIRF Treasurer Donna Christian led the first portion of the meeting.
This year marks the 21st consecutive year TIRF has offered its Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs) to doctoral candidates around the world. With the support of our partners – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, the British Council, and Educational Testing Service, Inc. – along with many individual donors – TIRF has recently completed
At this time of year, I often think about why August seems to go so fast. Wasn’t it just June? Wasn’t it last week that I was making plans for the projects I’d get done this summer? Now the summer is over, the projects are not finished, the new school
TESOL International Association is hosting its virtual conference ELevate, 18-19 October, to help primary and secondary English language teaching (ELT) professionals support their multilingual learners. This event provides in-depth interactive workshops led by top English language experts. At ELevate 2022, ELT professionals will gain a deeper understanding of critical issues,
We’re happy to share information with TIRF supporters about an exciting event from Ellii. Consider joining them for a free, two-day virtual conference: #ElliiCon2022: Simplicity in ELT. On September 15–16, join the Ellii team and other English language experts to explore simple, effective, and practical strategies that will help you
The competition for the 2023 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is currently open. The deadline for nominations is just over one month away. For the 2023 competition, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published
Part of TIRF’s mission is to collect, organize, and disseminate information and research on the teaching and learning of language. One way the Foundation addresses this goal is by sharing reference lists on topics of interest to language teachers, researchers, test developers, teacher educators, materials developers, and program administrators. There
Editor’s note: In this piece, Professors Eivind Torgersen and Anna Krulatz share information about the AcEngMulCla project, which was carried out by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, the University of Utah, and TIRF. The work was supported by the Research Council
Editor’s Note: This news item was shared with TIRF by Trey Calvin, Communications Director at the Center for Applied Linguistics. Over the last two years, CAL has been hosting free, “bite-size webinars” at the intersection of policy and practice. Our guest speakers are invited to help us imagine a world
Two short months ago, the Foundation began offering organizations an opportunity to support both the field of language education and TIRF in a simple and affordable way. In short, TIRF invites organizations to sponsor its reference lists – an activity that also helps to promote their visibility via the Foundation’s
The competition for the 2023 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is now open! For the 2023 competition, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published in English and dealing with some aspect of language policy
Following up on last month’s announcement regarding the change in TIRF’s presidency this September, we are excited to share the election of the Foundation’s next Vice President. Please join our Board of Trustees in congratulating TIRF Trustee Dr. Suzanne Panferov Reese as our second-ever Vice President! Dr. Panferov Reese will
