It is with great pleasure that we announce the addition of two new colleagues to TIRF’s Board of Trustees! Dr. Deena Boraie and Dr. Polina Vinogradova have both been unanimously selected to serve three-year terms alongside their new Board colleagues. Dr. Deena Boraie is the Vice President for Student Life
The TOEFL Program at ETS is happy to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2022 TOEFL® English-language Researcher/Practitioner Grant Program. The purpose of the grant is to enable practitioners to become involved in ETS’s efforts to promote English language learning, and to support education and professional development for
Cambridge Assessment English is pleased to announce Round 12 of the Funded Research Programme. Proposals for research projects related to Cambridge English examinations, teaching qualifications, and/or learning resources are all welcomed. To learn about the call for proposals, the application form, and other information, please visit https://support.cambridgeenglish.org/hc/en-gb/articles/360046397732-Funded-Research-Programme-Round-12-Call-for-Proposals. The deadline for
The competition for the 2022 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is underway. For the 2022 competition, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published in English and dealing with some aspect of language policy and/or
After a year’s pause due to the pandemic, TIRF’s work with Chengdu Duoweimingju (DWMJ) Institute of Education have resumed. We are pleased to report here on our activities with our China-based partner. The Foundation’s Spring 2021 Speaker Series for DWMJ was completed earlier this month. The theme of the session
On July 17th, TIRF partnered with SPELT (Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers) to offer a virtual panel presentation about teaching and researching English in difficult circumstances. The discussion centered around the contents of two books. The first was TIRF’s most recent co-publication with Routledge, Research on Teaching and Learning
The TOEFL® Program at ETS is currently accepting applications for its 2022 Jacqueline Ross TOEFL Dissertation Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize doctoral dissertation research that makes a significant and original contribution to knowledge about second- or foreign-language tests and testing and/or the use and development of
These past few weeks, like many people around the world, I have been watching the broadcasts of Olympic events from Tokyo. During this same period of time, I have been reviewing the applications for the 2021 TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs). It occurred to me that there are many similarities
The competition for the 2022 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is underway. For the 2022 competition, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published in English and dealing with some aspect of language policy and/or
On a Friday this month, when I checked my mailbox at home, I found I had received 13 letters! My initial enthusiasm quickly faded, however, when I saw that none of them were personal letters. Furthermore, none of them were bills, and none of them were checks written to me,
The Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) was held online this year from June 14 to 17, and as has been the custom for several years, TIRF was represented there. At the awards ceremony, plaques were given to seven TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) recipients – five 2019 TIRF DDG recipients
The competition for the 2022 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is underway For the 2022 competition, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published in English and dealing with some aspect of language policy and/or
As TIRF continues to evolve to better meet its myriad stakeholders’ needs, it is evident that there is an opportunity to refine the tools we use when reaching out to individuals and organizations worldwide. We are excited to share with our supporters that TIRF’s website and logo are undergoing changes
Three long-time TIRF Trustees are collaborating to compile what will be the ninth volume in the Global Research on Teaching and Learning English series, which TIRF co-publishes with Routledge (Taylor & Francis). MaryAnn Christison, Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and the Urban Institute for Teacher Education at
