Dear TIRF Supporters, As we approach the close of 2025, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to all TIRFers for your dedication, active participation, and invaluable contributions to making TIRF the strong and impactful organization it is today. This year has been marked by meaningful progress, collaboration, and

Editor’s note: The following story was shared by colleagues at ETS and has been lightly adapted for TIRF communications. ETS is pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2026 Jacqueline Ross TOEFL® Dissertation Award. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. (U.S. Eastern/New York Time) on October 10, 2025. More details can be

We are pleased to announce the opening of TIRF’s 2025 Kathleen M. Bailey Teacher-Research Award (hereafter, the “TIRF Bailey Award”). Recipients of the TIRF Bailey Award will receive $1,000 and will have an opportunity to receive mentoring services from the Foundation. The TIRF Bailey Award is meant to recognize Dr.

Editor’s note: Dr. Kathi Bailey recently caught up with Dr. Nick Saville, both TIRF Trustees. The two explored Nick’s career trajectory, his contributions to TIRF, and his broader involvement in language education and assessment. In this piece, we share a ChatGPT-powered summary of key points from the interview; however, we

We are pleased to announce the 2024 TIRF-British Council Research Mentoring Award (RMA) recipients! First offered last year, the RMA program is designed to support new researchers and improve the quality of research undertaken by students in doctoral programs within the field of English language education on issues of mutual

TIRF partner National Geographic Learning (NGL) is hosting a webinar next month, drawing content based, in part, on the topic of the TIRF Insights: English-Medium Instruction paper co-published by NGL and TIRF earlier this year. The session, offered once at 9am ET and again at 9pm ET on October 17th,

Dear TIRF Colleagues and Friends: Nowadays, everyone is talking about Open AI and how ChatGPT is impacting what we do. Our TIRF Vice President, Professor Suzzanne Panferov Reese, asked the following question not long ago using ChatGPT: “What is the future of English teaching in an AI world?” Within a

If you missed TIRF’s presentation at the 2023 TESOL Convention, we have good news to share. A slidecast has been created and posted to TIRF’s website and YouTube Channel. Click here to access the recording. The presentation is entitled “TIRF Research on Integrating Language and Content in Diverse Contexts.” The

Are you preparing a conference presentation, writing a literature review, or simply looking for information on a particular professional topic? If so, TIRF can help! For several years now TIRF has been providing a collection of reference lists on topics of interest to language teachers researchers, program administrators, teacher educators,

TIRF is offering an exciting initiative in which you can support both the Foundation and our field in a cost-effective way while delivering recognition of your organization’s brand via TIRF’s website. In short, for US $100, organizations worldwide can sponsor one (or more) of TIRF’s 240+ reference lists, which concern

One way TIRF meets its mission is to provide professional services and expertise to language education centers and other entities offering language education programs. Via its Program Review services, TIRF makes research-based recommendations and identifies leading practices to help its clients achieve their goals, thereby helping to advance the field

Earlier this year, the Foundation began offering organizations an opportunity to support both the field of language education and TIRF in a simple and affordable way. In short, TIRF invites organizations to sponsor its reference lists – an activity that also helps to promote their visibility via the Foundation’s channels.

The date of this issue of TIRF Today is June 30, 2022. The end of June often feels like the real beginning of summer to me. Typically by then I’ve finished my grading, the commencement ceremony is over, and my former students – like graduates everywhere whose school years end