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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.)

Justin Cubilo

Justin Cubilo Doctoral Institution: University of Hawaii at Manoa TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Video-Mediated Listening Passages and Typed Notetaking: Investigating Their Impact on Comprehension, Test Structure, and Item Performance

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Jing Wei

Jing Wei Doctoral Institution: New York University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Assessing Speakers of World Englishes: The Roles of Rater Language Background, Language Attitude and Training

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Jin Kyoung Hwang

Jin Kyoung Hwang Doctoral Institution: University of California, Irvine TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Adolescent Language Minority Students’ Vocabulary Growth: Exploring Heterogeneity with Multilevel Analysis

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Jia Ma

Jia Ma Doctoral Institution: Queen’s University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Chinese Students’ Journey to Success on Highstakes English Language Tests: Nature, Effects and Values of Their Test Preparation

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Jeffrey Gerald Mehring

Jeffrey Gerald Mehring Doctoral Institution: Ohkagakuen University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: An Exploratory Study of the Lived Experiences of Japanese Undergraduate EFL Students in the Flipped Classroom

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Iftikhar Haider (TIRF’s 2014 Russell N. Campbell Awardee)

Iftikhar Haider (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Re-Envisioning Assessment of Inter-language Pragmatics (ILP) through Computer Mediated Communicative Tasks

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Hiromi Takayama

Hiromi Takayama Doctoral Institution: University of Iowa TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Professional Development in Japanese Non-native English Speaking Teachers’ Identity and Efficacy

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Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Espen Stranger-Johannessen Doctoral Institution: University of British Columbia TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: The African Storybook and Teacher Identity

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Eloise Caporal-Ebersold

Eloise Caporal Doctoral Institution: Université de Strasbourg TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Language Policy and Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC): A Case Study of an English-French Bilingual Crèche in Strasbourg

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Bal Krishna Sharma

Bal Krishna Sharma Doctoral Institution: University of Hawai‘i at Manoa TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Plurilingualism in Business, Industry, the Professions, and Educational Contexts Dissertation Title: The Commodification and Representation of Nepal in International Tourism

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Aziz Khan

Aziz Khan Doctoral Institution: University of Auckland, New Zealand TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: A Narrative Ethnography of Teachers’ Language Perceptions, Preferences, and Practices in a Multilingual Context, and its Implications for Language-in-Education Policy and Planning

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Yu-Chi Wang

Yu-Chi Wang Doctoral Institution: The University of Iowa TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education in Schools Dissertation Title: Investigating Identities of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in an Afterschool Book Club

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Yi Mei (TIRF’s 2015 Russell N. Campbell Awardee)

Yi Mei (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: Queen’s University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Understanding Essay Rating as a Socially Mediated Activity: The Case of a High-Stakes English Test in China

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Xu Yueting

Xu Yueting Doctoral Institution: University of Hong Kong TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Assessment Literacy of University English Teachers in China: A Mixed Methods Study

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