Join Dr. Joy Peyton for her talk, “Practicing Nonviolent Communication: Speaking the Language of Peace in the Classroom and Society,” which will be held on November 2nd at 3:30pm ET. Interested individuals can either attend in person in Fairfax, VA or online via YouTube. The remainder of this announcement is

Editor’s note: The following piece is not what our readers are accustomed to finding in the “Chair’s Report”; instead, we are offering a “COO Report” this month.  In this piece, TIRF Chief Operating Officer Ryan Damerow reflects on TIRF’s recent collaboration with a university in Shenzhen, China, and shares his

Editor’s note: The TIRF Board of Trustees meets twice each year, once in the spring and once in the fall, in order to discuss opportunities for development and growth, long-term goals of the Foundation, publication activities, and budgetary issues. Board members travel at no expense to TIRF. TIRF’s Board of

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) provided the venue for the September 2017 meeting of the TIRF Board of Trustees. We are very grateful for the rent-free use of the beautiful venue and the support of CAL’s wonderful staff members. CAL is a nonprofit research organization. According to its website,

Editor’s note: At its meeting earlier this month, TIRF welcomed Mr. Joe Bookbinder to its Board meeting in Washington, DC. Mr. Joseph Bookbinder began working as the Director of the Office of English Language Programs in August, 2017. Mr. Bookbinder joined the United States Foreign Service in 1992. He is

We are pleased to announce that Global Perspectives on Language Education Policies, edited by TIRF Trustees Dr. Jodi Crandall and Dr. Kathi Bailey, is now in press! This volume will mark the fifth in the TIRF-Routledge series, Global Research on Teaching and Learning English. The series features the work of

As an activity that is consistent with our mission and guided by our research priorities, the Foundation is pleased to share a recent paper published by Cambridge English Language Assessment, a long-time TIRF partner. The paper, The Impact of Multilingualism on Global Education and Language Learning, is authored by Dr.

Editor’s note: The content below is being shared from the website of ILTA – The International Language Testing Association, which offers annually its Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC). The theme of next year’s LTRC is “Language Assessment in Times of Movement, Transition, and Change.” The colloquium will be held from

The end of September signifies different things in different contexts. In the northern hemisphere, it marks the end of summer. In the southern hemisphere, it is the beginning of spring. For students and teachers whose school year starts in September or late August, it is a time of settling down

TIRF’s Board of Trustees realizes that not every one of our supporters is able to make a financial donation to the Foundation. With this idea in mind, there is an alternative way that you can help provide meaningful revenue for TIRF without actually making a donation to the Foundation. Amazon

As noted above, this past month I had the great pleasure of attending the Multicultural Education Conference (MECA) in Anaheim, California. For me, the highlight of the conference was a presentation by Silvia Mendez, a civil rights activist who is now 81 years old. She was an amazing speaker –

TIRF is now in its 16th year of awarding Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs). It is because of the help of our wonderful sponsors over the years that we have been able to sustain our flagship program, which continues to grow in size each year. This year for the first time

Just in time for the start of new academic semesters around the world, TIRF is pleased to report to its readers that there have been major updates to its “References” section of its website. Please be sure to share this information widely with your colleagues! Several new topics have been

We are pleased to share the news that TIRF’s “Online Language Teacher Education: Participants’ Experiences and Perspectives” report is now available to download as an e-Book, a first-ever venture in TIRF’s commissioned papers efforts. The report was authored by Dr. Denise Murray and TIRF Trustee Dr. MaryAnn Christison. Although the