Here it is, the end of August, and Ryan is urging me to draft my Chair’s Report for this month’s issue of TIRF Today. I was completely lacking in ideas until I read another email from Ryan, reminding me about the theme of the 2019 TESOL Convention, which will be

Over the last seventeen years, TIRF has been supporting junior researchers and their work via its Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) program. During this period of time, TIRF has made DDG awards to 130 individuals from many As of August 2018, the DDG program has resulted in 130 grantees from many

Monterey, California, USA – Greetings, dear readers! Your intrepid intern reporter, Wyatt Boykin, here. As you’ll recall from my frontline dispatch in last month’s TIRF Today newsletter, the obstreperous young upstart and TIRF COO Ryan “Daring” Damerow had the unmitigated gall to challenge his President/employer/mentor/friend/hero Kathi “Boss” Bailey to a

Editor’s note: In this piece, TIRF Trustee Dr. MaryAnn Christison shares information with TIRF Today readers, regarding the LTRC conference that took place earlier this month in New Zealand. Please note that TIRF Trustees travel at no cost to the Foundation. The TIRF Board of Trustees was pleased to support

Hopefully, you already know that TIRF is halfway through its mid-year appeal for donations. As a non-profit organization, the Foundation relies almost entirely on donations to fund its operations. We realize that you likely have many, many options for giving and that, should you choose to support TIRF, you want

ETS is currently accepting proposals for two different grant programs: (1) the Jacqueline Ross TOEFL® Dissertation Award, and (2) the 7th annual TOEFL® English-language Researcher/Practitioner Grant Program. According to the ETS website, the purpose of the Jacqueline Ross TOEFL® Dissertation Award is to recognize doctoral dissertation research that makes a

Editor’s note: In this piece, TIRF Trustee Dr. David Nunan shares information about the assembly in China, co-organized by TESOL International Association, which took place earlier this month in Shanghai. Please note that TIRF Trustees travel at no cost to the Foundation. In July, three members of the TIRF Board

The nomination window will soon be closing for the 2019 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts. This is the fourth year we are offering TIRF’s Alatis Prize competition. A prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published

As you can see from Wyatt Boykin’s report above, we are halfway through the competition for new donors that Ryan Damerow, TIRF’s Chief Operating Officer, proposed as the driving strategy for this year’s mid-year appeal. The idea – as explained in the June issue of TIRF Today – is to

Editor’s Comment:  As long-term readers of TIRF Today know well, summer (in the northern hemisphere) is when the Foundation conducts its midyear appeal. This year, however, there is a new twist to the effort, as noted below by Wyatt Boykin, TIRF’s new intern. News Flash: TIRF launches its 2018 Midyear

We are pleased to share with TIRF Today readers that a number of our Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) recipients have completed their studies recently. The list of grantees below are those awardees who have both finished their doctorate and completed their final reports for TIRF since the beginning of the

Editor’s note: In this piece, TIRF President Kathi Bailey interviews one of TIRF’s founding and current Trustees, Dick Tucker (pictured right). To see a video of Dick Tucker talking about the work of TIRF, click here and scroll down.   Kathi: You were part of the original committee that TESOL

There is still time to submit your proposal for the 2019 TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo! Next year’s convention will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The submission deadline is July 2nd at 5pm ET. Click here to learn more about the proposal submission procedures.

Back in February of this year, we announced that TIRF would be offering a series of quizzes about its organizational and programmatic history. We invite you to take the second TIRF quiz between now and the end of September – click here. And do not forget – if you fare