As my internship with TIRF draws to a close after only four short months, I’d like to share some parting thoughts. First, a bit of background—this internship has fulfilled a degree requirement for my Master’s in International Education Management (IEM) here at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

Earlier this year, we announced that TIRF would be offering a series of quizzes about its organizational and programmatic history. It is now time to release the third quiz in the four-quiz series! We invite you to take this “TIRF test” between now and the end of January – click

One-point-six billion dollars. I can hardly imagine such a huge number. How many zeros are involved? I think in numerals it must be written as $1,600,000,000. Eight zeros after the one-point-six. That was the jackpot in the October U.S. mega-lottery last week. I’ve heard that the odds of winning are

TIRF’s Board of Trustees met earlier this month in Washington, DC. While the Foundation’s biannual meetings are always full of thought-provoking discussions and strategic planning, this month’s gathering was especially invigorating due to TIRF continuing to explore opportunities related to its service model for revenue generation. A common message from

Over twenty years ago, Jodi Crandall and Dick Tucker accepted an appointment from TESOL President Joy Reid to serve on the Association Advancement Committee. This group of senior leaders consisted of Jim Alatis, Ed Anthony, Rick Jenks, Joan Morley, and Russ Campbell, as well as Jodi and Dick. After months

Editor’s note: In this piece, TIRF Trustee Michael Carrier shares information about a recent review of TIRF’s Digital Learning volume, co-published with Routledge. The TIRF-Routledge edited volume, Digital Language Learning and Teaching, has recently been reviewed by the prestigious English Language Teaching Journal (ELTJ) published by Oxford University Press. The

Editor’s note: In this piece, TIRF’s intern, Mr. Wyatt Boykin, reveals the final results of TIRF’s midyear appeal donor challenge. Monterey, California, USA – Yorktown. Appomattox. Versailles. These are sites of some of the most famous surrenders in military history. Today, dear readers, we can add one more to the

The TOEFL® grants program at ETS is currently accepting proposals for its “Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment” program. The deadline for this grant scheme is quickly approaching, as proposals must be submitted by October 15th. According to the ETS website, the purpose of the

A new academic semester is well underway in many parts of the world. As a means to assist experienced and novice researchers alike, TIRF is happy to share that it has posted new topics to its “References” section of its website. Some of the new reference lists featured on TIRF’s

This month, as the TIRF Board members gathered in Washington, DC, people along the Carolina coastline in the eastern US braced themselves for the onslaught of Hurricane Florence. We hoped that incoming flights and ground transportation would not be hampered by adverse weather conditions, but as it turned out, all

Monterey, California, USA – Greetings, faithful readers! Your intrepid intern reporter, Wyatt Boykin here. This month’s dispatch comes to you even as the dust of the battlefield has not yet fully settled, nor has the fog of war completely lifted. It has truly been a contest for the ages – Kathi

Editor’s note: Please note that TIRF Trustees cover their own transportation and lodging expenses related to attending meetings held by the Foundation. TIRF’s Board of Trustees will be gathering in Washington, DC next month for its fall meeting. With its 20th anniversary approaching next year, there are a number of

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