The East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT) held its 20th annual conference remotely on October 22-23, 2021. ECOLT represents a U.S. East Coast group of professionals, scholars, and students who are involved in language testing projects and research. One of the organization’s goals is to support connections between academia,
This year marks the 20th consecutive year TIRF has offered its Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs) to doctoral candidates around the world. With the support of our partners – Cambridge Assessment English, the British Council, and Educational Testing Service, Inc. – along with many individual donors, TIRF has recently completed the process of awarding
The deadline for TIRF’s 2022 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts is tomorrow: October 1, 2021. 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
The Foundation’s fall meeting took place earlier this month. TIRF’s Board of Trustees, along with its Chief Operating Officer, Ryan Damerow, met virtually to further TIRF’s various programmatic and operational endeavors. Although the online format of the meeting did not allow for the usual eight hours Board members are used
I hate September. Well, maybe hate is too strong a word. Or maybe it is not the right word. I dread September. Why? Because I hate, or rather, dread going back to school. I’ve felt this way since I was 11 or 12 years old. Why did I dread school so much?
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
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
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
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
This month, I am returning to a theme that has intrigued me in the past and one which I’ve written about before in our newsletter Chair’s Report. Did you know that August 17th was National Nonprofit Day in the US? According to the National Day Calendar, “Through nonprofits, awareness, research,
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
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
