Jookyoung Jung Doctoral Institution: University College London TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: The Effects of Task Complexity on the Difficulty of L2 Reading Test: An Eye-tracking Study
Marianne Blattès Doctoral Institution: King’s College London TIRF Research Topic Investigated: English as a Medium of Instruction Dissertation Title: English-medium Instruction in French Higher Education: Competing Ideologies, Policies and Practices
Le Duc Manh Doctoral Institution: University of New South Wales TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: English Teacher Agency: A Case of Vietnam
Mikako Nishikawa Doctoral Institution: University of Bristol TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Test-takers’ Cognitive Processes While Synthesizing Multiple Texts and Graphs
Rooh Ul Amin Doctoral Institution: University of Memphis TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Situating the Self: Identity and Power Relationships in a Pakistani ESL Classroom
Minjin Lee Doctoral Institution: University College London TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: Exploring the Pedagogical Potential of Multimodal Input-Based Tasks: A Study of Captioning, Textual Enhancement, and Working Memory Using Eye-Tracking
Takahiro Yokoyama Doctoral Institution: Queensland University of Technology TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: The Impact of TESOL Teacher Education on Job Satisfaction for Native English Speakers Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in Japan
Naoki Ikeda Doctoral Institution: University of Melbourne TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Exploring Construct and Practicality of an Interactional Test for L2 Oral Pragmatic Performance
Tomoyo Okuda Doctoral Institution: University of British Columbia TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: The Writing Center as a Global Pedagogy: A Case Study of a Japanese University Seeking Internationalization
Nicole Pettitt Doctoral Institution: TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Social Positioning in Refugee-Women’s Education: A Linguistic Ethnography of One English Class
Rebecca Bergey Doctoral Institution: University of Virginia TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Exploring the Use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as a Source of Professional Development for Teachers of English Language Learners
Ron Darvin Doctoral Institution: University of British Columbia TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: Digital Identities, Educational Inequities: Investigating Social Class and New Literacies of Migrant Filipino Youth in the Knowledge Economy
Simon Davidson Doctoral Institution: University of Melbourne TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: How Valid are Domain Experts’ Judgments of Workplace Communication? Implications for Setting Standards on the Occupational English Test (OET) Writing Sub-Test
Takashi Oba Doctoral Institution: McGill University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Form-focused Practice and Corrective Feedback in EFL Classrooms: The Role of Analytical Ability and Working Memory
