Editor’s note: This piece is shared with TIRF readers by Libby Karangwa-Miles, LDC2017 Conference Director, British Council. Photos below are from previous LDC conferences and are credited to the British Council. “As we are an organisation committed to diversity and to intercultural understanding, then respect and appreciation of different languages

Editor’s note: This article was written by Kathi Bailey. This month, Ryan Damerow, TIRF’s Chief Operating Officer, has been recognized by his alma mater for the annual “Young Alumni Achievement Award.” Ryan graduated from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS, now known as the Middlebury Institute of International Studies

We are pleased to help publicize the work of the British Council in the area of “language for resilience.” The latest report compiled under this theme regards how language can support the resilience of Syrian refugees and host communities. The text below is borrowed from the Council’s website, from a

Editor’s note: The following information has been shared with TIRFers by Ms. Jennifer L. Uhler, Branch Chief, Office of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US State Department. The Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of

ALTE – the Association of Language Testers of Europe – was established in 1989 by the Universities of Cambridge and Salamanca. According to the ALTE web site, “The initial aim was to establish common standards for language testing across Europe, thereby supporting multilingualism and helping preserve the rich linguistic heritage

As we go to press with this issue of TIRF Today, we are also happily finalizing the details of the first TESOL-TIRF co-hosted event, a Research Symposium. It will be held in Monterey June 2 and 3. The theme of the gathering is “Building an Inclusive, Sustainable Research Community in

We are thrilled to share the news that TIRF Trustee Joe Lo Bianco was recently announced as one of two recipients of the Universitas 21 Award, which recognizes excellence in the internationalization of higher education among the members of the Universitas 21 organization. Dr. Lo Bianco was selected for this

The 6th International Conference of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) will take place in Bologna, Italy from May 3-5, 2017. The conference will provide a unique multilingual forum, sharing insights and practical knowledge gained from teaching and testing a huge range of languages in different contexts around

We are delighted to announce that in the most recent awards of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, a fellowship was conferred on TIRF’s British Council Advisor to the Board, Mr. John Knagg, Senior Advisor of English and Exams for the British Council. The fellowship was

Editor’s note: TIRF Trustee and Executive Committee member Dr. David Nunan highlights the first of several International Festival of Teacher-Research in ELT events. A festival is an organized series of events that is held together by a theme or idea. The idea behind the International Festival of Teacher-Research in ELT

My birthday is in April, so this month I’ve reached another milestone in the inescapable process of aging. This year’s birthday was a strange one. In fact, I spent much of it feeling sorry for myself. Why? Well, half my family forgot my birthday (or at least they didn’t contact

Last week at the TESOL Convention in Seattle, Washington, I was both honored and humbled to represent TIRF when the Foundation received the TESOL Presidents’ Award. This award is given each year to an individual or an organization chosen by the three TESOL Presidents (outgoing, current, and incoming). The award

The Foundation’s Board of Trustees met earlier this month in Seattle, Washington. The meeting took place on Saturday, March 25th, one day after the 2017 TESOL Convention ended. TIRF’s programmatic activities have expanded over the past several years along with its positioning in the language education industry. The agenda for

Last week in Seattle, Washington, Dr. Denise Murray (Professor Emerita at Macquarie University and at San José State University) and TIRF Trustee Dr. MaryAnn Christison (Professor in the Department of Linguistics and the Urban Institute for Teacher Education at the University of Utah) gave a TIRF-sponsored talk as part of