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TIRF Grantee Beth Clark-Gareca

In this interview, we get to hear from Gautam Bisht on how their experience with receiving a TIRF grant affected their personal and academic journeys.
Gautam Bisht shares about their research on decolonizing knowledge in classrooms, their thoughts on English language education, and observations about TIRF.
To learn more about TIRF, visit the TIRF website or scan any of the QR codes at the end of the video!

Welcome to TIRF’s AI Show & Tell: Practical AI for English Language Educators—a video series spotlighting real educators exploring AI tools that support language teaching and learning. Each resource offers practical demonstrations, classroom-ready takeaways, and educator insights to help you understand how generative AI can enhance instruction, assessment, curriculum design, and learner engagement.

In this video, Ana Petersen shares a focused walkthrough of Connected Papers. You’ll discover key features, step-by-step examples, and tips for applying this tool in your own teaching practice.

Use this link to access the Teacher’s Review Card that accompanies this video: ConnectedPapers_ReviewCard_Ana Petersen

📌Explore more videos from TIRF’s AI Show & Tell series:
TIRF AI Show & Tell Initiative

📌Learn more about the background of the AI Show & Tell series:
Introducing TIRF’s AI Show & Tell: Practical AI for English Language Educators

In this interview, we get to hear from Fiodhna Gardiner-Hyland on how their experience with receiving a TIRF grant affected their personal and academic journeys.
Fiodhna Gardiner-Hyland shares about their research on teacher education, their thoughts on English language education, and observations about TIRF.
To learn more about TIRF, visit the TIRF website or scan any of the QR codes at the end of the video!

In this interview, we get to hear from Inoussa Malgroubi on how their experience with receiving a TIRF grant affected their personal and academic journeys.
Inoussa Malgroubi shares about their research on education based in Burkinabe culture and art, their thoughts on English language education, and observations about TIRF.
To learn more about TIRF, visit the TIRF website or scan any of the QR codes at the end of the video!

This video features the acceptance speech by the co-recipients of TIRF’s 2026 James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Planning and Policy in Educational Contexts, Dr. Scott E. Grapin and Ms. Eunae Kim. Their prize-winning article is entitled “District Supervisors’ Sensemaking and Implementation of English Language Development Standards: WIDA 2020 Edition” (2025, AERA Open, Sage).

Learn more about the TIRF Alatis Prize: View here

Welcome to TIRF’s AI Show & Tell: Practical AI for English Language Educators—a video series spotlighting real educators exploring AI tools that support language teaching and learning. Each resource offers practical demonstrations, classroom-ready takeaways, and educator insights to help you understand how generative AI can enhance instruction, assessment, curriculum design, and learner engagement.

In this video, Yiviri Rasifatu Tombir shares a focused walkthrough of Suno. You’ll discover key features, step-by-step examples, and tips for applying this tool in your own teaching practice.

Use this link to access the Teacher’s Review Card that accompanies this video: Suno_Review Card_Yiviri Rasifatu Tombir

📌Learn more about the background of the AI Show & Tell series:
Introducing TIRF’s AI Show & Tell: Practical AI for English Language Educators

TIRF’s DDG Fellows hosted a one-hour webinar designed to assist prospective Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) applicants as they prepare their proposals for the 2025 DDG program. Moderated by Ryan Damerow, TIRF's Chief Operating Officer, the panel featured the following TIRF DDG Fellows: Alisha Biler (Boyce College), Beth Clark-Gareca (Binghamton University), Tabitha Kidwell (American University), Jonathan Malone (University of Maryland, College Park), Bedrettin Yazan (The University of Texas at San Antonio), and Ying Zhang (University of Utah). Learn about TIRF's DDG program here: https://www.tirfonline.org/doctoral-dissertation-grants/.

Welcome to TIRF’s AI Show & Tell: Practical AI for English Language Educators—a video series spotlighting real educators exploring AI tools that support language teaching and learning. Each resource offers practical demonstrations, classroom-ready takeaways, and educator insights to help you understand how generative AI can enhance instruction, assessment, curriculum design, and learner engagement.

In this video, Yiviri Rasifatu Tombir shares a focused walkthrough of MagicSchoolAI. You’ll discover key features, step-by-step examples, and tips for applying this tool in your own teaching practice.

Use this link to access the Teacher’s Review Card that accompanies this video: MagicSchoolAI_Review Card_Yiviri Rasifatu Tombir

📌Learn more about the background of the AI Show & Tell series:
Introducing TIRF’s AI Show & Tell: Practical AI for English Language Educators

TIRF and its partners present at TESOL 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA on March 25, 2026. Presenters include: Onur Ural Burns (University of California, Riverside); Xiangying Jiang (Duolingo); Joyce Kling (TIRF); Nick Saville (TIRF); and Justin Shewell (TESOL International Association). The abstract for the session follows here: TIRF and its global partners explore AI’s role in English language education. Presenters share guiding principles, practical tools, and strategies for teaching, materials development, feedback, and assessment. In this interactive session, they address tensions between teacher agency and AI, while engaging participants in mapping responsible adoption pathways for TESOL’s future.

Lorraine de Matos at 2010 TESOL Convention – Lorraine de Matos (March 2010)

Assessment Issues in Workplace ESL Instructional Programs – MaryAnn Christison (June 2011)

Chinese Perspective on English: Current Status and Future Trends – By Jun Liu (March 2011)

TESOL-TIRF Research Symposium: Research Priorities & Research Agenda (June 2017)

Welcome to TIRF’s AI Show & Tell: Practical AI for English Language Educators—a video series spotlighting real educators exploring AI tools that support language teaching and learning. Each resource offers practical demonstrations, classroom-ready takeaways, and educator insights to help you understand how generative AI can enhance instruction, assessment, curriculum design, and learner engagement.

In this video, Yiviri Rasifatu Tombir shares a focused walkthrough of ResearchRabbit. You’ll discover key features, step-by-step examples, and tips for applying this tool in your own teaching practice.

Use this link to access the Teacher’s Review Card that accompanies this video: ResearchRabbit_Review Card_Yiviri Rasifatu Tombir

📌Explore more videos from TIRF’s AI Show & Tell series:
TIRF AI Show & Tell Initiative

📌Learn more about the background of the AI Show & Tell series:
Introducing TIRF’s AI Show & Tell: Practical AI for English Language Educators

Welcome! In this video, we'll show you how to use RaiseRight to support TIRF. By purchasing gift cards for your everyday shopping through RaiseRight, you can help generate donations for TIRF at no extra cost to you. Watch this step-by-step guide to learn how to get started and make a meaningful impact on TIRF's mission.

TIRF’s DDG Fellows hosted a one-hour webinar designed to assist prospective Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) applicants as they prepare their proposals for the 2026 DDG program. Moderated by Ryan Damerow, TIRF's Chief Operating Officer, the panel featured the following TIRF DDG Fellows:

-Beth Clark-Gareca, Associate Professor and Director of the TESOL K–12 Program, Binghamton University;
-Jonathan Malone, Director, Maryland English Institute;
-Inoussa Malgoubri, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Learn about TIRF's DDG program here:
https://www.tirfonline.org/doctoral-dissertation-grants/

TIRF at 2017 TESOL: Online Language Teacher Education – Participants’ Experiences and Perspectives (March 2017)

Welcome to TIRF’s AI Show & Tell: Practical AI for English Language Educators—a video series spotlighting real educators exploring AI tools that support language teaching and learning. Each resource offers practical demonstrations, classroom-ready takeaways, and educator insights to help you understand how generative AI can enhance instruction, assessment, curriculum design, and learner engagement.

In this video, Onur Burns shares a focused walkthrough of Elicit. You’ll discover key features, step-by-step examples, and tips for applying this tool in your own teaching practice.

Use this link to access the Teacher’s Review Card that accompanies this video: Elicit_Review Card_Onur Burns

📌Explore more videos from TIRF’s AI Show & Tell series:
TIRF AI Show & Tell Initiative

📌Learn more about the background of the AI Show & Tell series:
Introducing TIRF’s AI Show & Tell: Practical AI for English Language Educators