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

TIRF collaborated with colleagues from Routledge last week to organize a session regarding their co-published series, Global Research on Teaching and Learning English, during the TESOL Convention held in Seattle, Washington. Presenters included TIRF Trustees Kathi Bailey, Michael Carrier, and MaryAnn Christison. TIRF’s Chief Operating Officer, Ryan Damerow, and Naomi

ETS (Educational Testing Service), a long-time TIRF supporter, has recently announced three grant opportunities. Each grant opportunity has unique features and specific deadlines – detailed information for each can be found just below. We encourage our readers to get involved ahead of the deadlines! TOEFL® Young Students Series Research Program

The International Festival of Teacher-Research in ELT 2017 is kicking off on April 6th in Glasgow, Scotland, as part of the 2017 IATEFL Conference and Exhibition. The Festival will showcase a number of exciting teacher-research projects across the world, several of which focus on teacher-research in difficult circumstances. The Festival’s

The TIRF community was well represented at the recent annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). The conference was held in Portland, Oregon from March 18 to 21, 2017. TIRF Trustees Jodi Crandall and MaryAnn Christison organized a colloquium entitled “An Overview of Issues on Research in

Earlier this month at the 2017 AAAL (American Associations for Applied Linguistics) Conference in Portland, Oregon, two TIRF supporters were recognized with prestigious accolades. Dr. Katherine Mortimer was presented with the 2017 TIRF Alatis Prize, and Dr. Patsy Duff received AAAL’s Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award (DSSA). Announced previously on

The 2017 TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo is just a few weeks away. We would like to invite you to join us in Seattle for our annual presentation and networking opportunity. The session will be held on Friday, March 24th from 1:00 to 2:30pm in Room 604 of

As we continue to prepare for the upcoming TESOL Convention in Seattle, we want to invite you to an event involving TIRF Trustees and supporters. Working together with Naomi Silverman, our Publisher at Routledge, TIRF Trustees Kathi Bailey, Michael Carrier, and MaryAnn Christison will offer a session entitled, “Global Research

Editor’s note: TIRF Trustee and Executive Committee Member, David Nunan, authored the following story. After two years of planning and a preparatory online conversation starting on December 1, 2016, the face-to-face component of the Summit on the Future of the TESOL Profession took place in Athens, Greece from February 9th

In last month’s newsletter, we announced our 2017 TIRF Alatis Prize awardee. For her article entitled, “Producing Change and Stability: A Scalar Analysis of Paraguayan Bilingual Education Policy Implementation” (Linguistics and Education, Volume 34), Dr. Katherine Mortimer (Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso), was named as this year’s

Valentine’s Day was celebrated in some countries this past month. The history of this celebration is somewhat murky, since it is associated with both a martyr in the Catholic church and a pagan fertility festival. But since the 1400’s, it has been associated with the exchange of letters. In the