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TIRF (The International Research Foundation for English Language Education) is a nonprofit organization, whose goal is to generate new knowledge about English language teaching and learning. TIRF promotes research and best practices to improve the use of English in the emerging global knowledge economy of the 21st century. == Mission == Over the last three decades, the English language teaching profession has witnessed phenomenal growth and development in two major areas: (1) revolutionary changes in language teaching theory and practice (Kumaravadivelu, 2006; Larsen-Freeman & Anderson, 2011; Savignon, 2007; and Widdowson, 2004), and (2) a virtual population explosion of learners worldwide - millions of people who have a need to learn English; see, for example, data about English language learners in China and Brazil.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brazil )〕 At the same time, the gap has widened between practice and the research needed to inform practice, in language learning and teaching, as well as in teacher training. With these realities in mind, TIRF's mission embodies four major goals: # to implement a research and development program that will generate new knowledge and inform and improve the quality of English language teaching and learning; # to promote the application of research to practical language problems; # to collect, organize, and disseminate information and research on the teaching and learning of language; and # to influence the formation and implementation of appropriate language education policies, taking cognizance of the complementarity of English as an international language and indigenous languages and cultures worldwide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The International Research Foundation for English Language Education」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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