Doctoral Dissertation Grant

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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Lucie Moussu

Lucie Moussu Doctoral Institution: Purdue University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Nonnative-speaking Teachers Dissertation Title: Native and Nonnative English-speaking English as a Second Language Teachers: Student Attitudes, Teacher Self-perceptions, and Intensive English Program Administrator Beliefs and Practices

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Soodeh Eghtesad

Soodeh Eghtesad Doctoral Institution: Sorbonne Universtity TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Cultural Implications of Assessment Procedures in English, French and Persian as a Foreign or Second Language Classes in the USA, France and Iran

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Derya Kulavuz-Onal

Derya Kulavuz-Onal Doctoral Institution: University of South Florida TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: English Language Teachers’ Learning to Teach with Technology through Participation in an Online Community of Practice: A Netnography of Webheads in Action

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HyoJung Lim

HyoJung Lim Doctoral Institution: Michigan State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Exploring the Validity of Evidence of the TOEFL IBT Reading Test from a Cognitive Perspective

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Alannah Fitzgerald

Alannah Fitzgerald Doctoral Institution: Concordia University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: A New Paradigm for Open Data-driven Language Learning Systems Design in Higher Education

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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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