Resource Library

A Paradigm Shift in Democratizing Learning Access – TIRF’s 2014 TESOL Panel Presentation (March 2014)

TIRF Grantee Katie Bernstein

Building Bridges in Language Planning, Teacher Development, Research, and Assessment – TIRF’s 2015 Panel Presentation (March 2015)

Guatemalan Perspective on English: Current Status and Future Trends – By Ana Sylvia Ramirez (March 2011)

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.

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, Dao Xuan Phuong Trang shares a focused walkthrough of Manus AI. 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: Manus AI_Review Card_Dao Xuan Phuong Trang

📌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 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!

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:

- -Gavin O’Neil, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University;
-Ying Zhang, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University;
-Tabitha Kidwell, Faculty Member, TESOL Program, American University.

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

TIRF’s AI Show & Tell initiative—introduced as a practical, educator-driven exploration of AI in English language teaching—now features a growing library of short videos and accompanying scorecards available on the TIRF website. Through these resources, educators from diverse contexts demonstrate tools such as ResearchRabbit, Atlas, TurboScribe, Connected Papers, and others, offering concrete classroom applications alongside structured “Teacher Review Cards” that highlight each tool’s key features, best uses, limitations, and instructional value. This video features a webinar hosted by four of TIRF's AIstronauts, who build on their insights and engage directly with webinar participants.
To learn more about TIRF's AI initiatives and to see the videos and review cards in the TIRF AI Show & Tell series, please visit:
TIRF AI Show & Tell Initiative

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 NotebookLM. 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: NotebookLM_Review Card_Onur Burns

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

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

TIRF Grantees Highlight Reel

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, Raquel Ribeiro shares a focused walkthrough of GenAI. You’ll discover key features, step-by-step examples, and tips for applying this tool in your own teaching practice.

📌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 2024 in Tampa, Florida, USA on March 21, 2024.

In this interview, we get to hear from Ali Fuad Selvi on how their experience with receiving a TIRF grant affected their personal and academic journeys.
Ali Fuad Selvi shares about their research on Masters TESOL programs, 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!

TIRF Grantee Jaehan Park

Workforce Language Assessment in the 21st-century Knowledge Economy: A Quality Management Perspective – Kathi Bailey (June 2011)

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