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TIRF DDG recipients

Recipients and Findings

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 and two 2020 awardees. (Since last year’s LTRC event was cancelled due to the pandemic, recognizing the 2019 grantees was not possible.)

Larisa Olesova

Larisa Olesova Doctoral Institution: Purdue University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: An Examination of Nonnative-English-speaking Students’ Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Embedded Audio Feedback Provided by a Nonnative or Native-English-speaking Instructors in Asynchronous Online Discussions

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Ching-Ni Hsieh (TIRF’s 2010 Russell N. Campbell Awardee)

Ching-Ni Hsieh (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: Michigan State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Rater Effects in ITA Testing: ESL Teachers’ Versus American Undergraduates’ Judgments of Oral Proficiency, Accentedness, and Comprehensibility

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Aymen Elsheikh

Aymen Elsheikh Doctoral Institution: Indiana University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: A Case Study of Sudanese EFL Student Teachers’ Knowledge and Identity Construction

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Sara Smith

Sara Smith Doctoral Institution: Oxford University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment | Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education in Schools Dissertation Title: The Nature of Multi-word Vocabulary among Children with English as a First or Additional Language and its Relationship with Reading Comprehension

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Liang Guo

Liang Guo Doctoral Institution: Georgia State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Product and Process in TOEFL iBT Independent and Integrated Writing Tasks:  A Validation Study

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Larry Davis

Larry Davis Doctoral Institution: University of Hawai’i TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Rater Expertise in a Second Language Speaking Assessment: The Influence of Training and Experience

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Kristen Lindahl

Kristen Lindahl Doctoral Institution: University of Utah TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Exploring an Invisible Medium: Teacher Language Awareness among Preservice K12 Educators of English Language Learners

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Ali Fuad Selvi

Ali Fuad Selvi Doctoral Institution: University of Maryland TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: A Quest to Prepare English Language Teachers in Diverse Teaching Settings

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WeiWei Yang

WeiWei Yang Doctoral Institution: Georgia State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Mapping the Relationships among the Cognitive Complexity of Independent Writing Tasks, L2 Writing Quality, and the Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency of L2 Writing

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Tasha Darbes

Tasha Darbes Doctoral Institution: New York University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: “Hard to Place”: Multilingual Immigrant-Origin Students in Community Colleges

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Lixia Cheng

Lixia Cheng Doctoral Institution: Purdue University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Effects of Pragmatic Task Features, English Proficiency, and Learning Setting on Chinese ESL/EFL Learners’ Spoken Performance of Requests

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Joyce Kling

Joyce Kling Doctoral Institution: University of Copenhagen TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Plurilingualism in Business, Industry, the Professions, and Educational Contexts Dissertation Title: Teacher Identity in English-Medium Instruction: Teacher Cognitions from a Danish Tertiary Education Context

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