English-language Researcher/Practitioner Grant Award
| Recipients | Academic Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ||
| Phung Dao Mai Nguyen Chau Nguyen |
An Giang University Hue University of Foreign Languages Hue University of Foreign Language |
Vietnam |
| Adrianna Kozłowska | Łódź University of Technology | Poland |
| 2017 | ||
| Özlem Atalay | Middle East Technical University, School of Foreign Languages | Turkey |
| Zoe Kantaridou | University of Macedonia | Greece |
| 2016 | ||
| Gabriel Brito Amorim Cláudia Jotto Kawachi Furlan |
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES) Vitória | Brazil |
| Martha Isabel Tejada Sanchez | Universidad de los Andes | Colombia |
| Hossein Farhady Merve Selçuk |
Yeditepe University | Turkey |
| 2015 | ||
| Takeshi Kamijo | Ritsumeikan University | Japan |
| Saeedeh Haghi Selen Sirin |
University of Warwick Özyeğin University |
United Kingdom Turkey |
| Claudio Diaz Mabel Ortiz Navarreta |
Universidad de Concepción Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción |
Chile |
| 2014 | ||
| Heila Visagie | University of Western Australia | Australia |
| Timothy McLaughlin | Sogang University | Korea |
| Ian Hunter Haimei Sun |
Soochow University | China |
| Tammy Huei-Lien Hsu | Fu-Jen Catholic University | Taiwan |
| 2013 | ||
| Jean-Michel Mosquera | English House | Ecuador |
| Akiko Fujii | University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo | Japan |
| Gaele Morag Macfarlane Hatice Celebi Sarah Kilinc |
Koc University ELC | Turkey |
| Angkana Tongpoon-Patanasorn Chomarj Patanasorn |
Khon Kaen University | Thailand |
Jacqueline A. Ross Dissertation Award
| Year | Recipient | Academic Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Saerhim Oh | Teachers College, Columbia University |
| 2018 | Bart Deygers | University of Leuven |
| 2017 | Jing Xu | Iowa State University |
| 2016 | Kimberly Woo | New York University |
| 2015 | Hans Rutger Bosker | Utrecht University |
| 2014 | Jonathan Schmidgall | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 2013 | Robert Charles Johnson | Macquarie University |
| 2012 | Cecilia Guanfang Zhao | New York University |
| 2011 | Kirby Cook Grabowski | Teachers College, Columbia University |
| 2010 | Alister van Moere | Lancaster University |
| 2009 | Spiros Papageorgiou | Lancaster University |
| 2008 | Guoxing Yu | University of Bristol |
| 2007 | Usman Erdosy | University of Toronto |
| 2006 | Eunice Eunhee Jang | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2005 | Annie Brown | University of Melbourne |
| 2004 | Mikyung Kim Wolf | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 2003 | Janna Fox | Carleton University |
| 2002 | Thomas Lumley | University of Melbourne |
| 2001 | Dianne Wall | Lancaster University |
| 2000 | Angela Hasselgren | University of Bergen |
| 1999 | Liying Cheng | University of Hong Kong |
| 1998 | Brian North | Thames Valley University |
| 1997 | Dorry Mann Kenyon | University of Maryland |
| 1996 | Caroline Clapham | Lancaster University |
| Sara Cushing Weigle | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) | |
| 1995 | Craig W. Deville | Ohio State University |
| 1994 | Antony John Kunnan | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 1993 | Gary S. Buck | Lancaster University |
Samuel Messick Memorial Lecture Award
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Joan L. Herman | UCLA CRESST |
| 2018 | Pamela A. Moss | University of Michigan |
| 2017 | Stephen G. Sireci | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2016 | James W. Pellegrino | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2015 | Susan Brookhart | Duquesne University |
| 2014 | Denny Borsboom | University of Amsterdam |
| 2013 | Terry Ackerman | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| 2012 | Carol Chapelle | Iowa State University |
| 2011 | John Michael Linacre | Winsteps® |
| 2010 | Michael Kane | Educational Testing Service |
| 2009 | Lorrie A. Shepard | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| 2008 | James Dean Brown | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| 2007 | Robert J. Mislevy | University of Maryland |
| 2006 | Mark Wilson | University of California at Berkeley |
| 2005 | Bruno Zumbo | University of British Columbia |
| 2004 | Eva Baker | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 2003 | Patricia Broadfoot | University of Bristol |
| 2002 | Geoffrey Masters | Australian Council for Educational Research |
TOEFL Committee of Examiners Research Grants
| Recipients | Academic Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ||
| Kristopher Kyle Geoff LaFlair Nicole Ziegler |
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States | A Linguistic Analysis of the Communication Demands in Typical Technology-Mediated Learning Environments |
| Gary Ockey Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen |
Iowa State University, United States | Assessing Interactional Competence: Machine vs. Human Task Delivery |
| Carsten Roever Naoki Ikeda |
The University of Melbourne, Australia | Measures of Interactional Competence for TOEFL Speaking |
| 2017 | ||
| Stephen Bax Prithvi Shrestha Kristina Hultgren Nathaniel Owen |
The Open University, United Kingdom | Researching Academic Reading in Two Contrasting EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) University Contexts, and Implications for the Design of TOEFL iBT |
| Chihiro Inoue Daniel Lam |
University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom | The Effects of Extended Planning Time on Candidates' Performance and Cognitive Processes in the TOEFL iBT Integrated Speaking (Lecture and Question) Tasks |
| Andrea Révész Marije Michel |
University College London and Lancaster University, United Kingdom | Investigating the Integrated and Independent TOEFL iBT Writing Tasks: Test-taker Behaviors, Underlying Cognitive Processes, and Their Relationships to Text Quality |
| 2016 | ||
| Khaled Barkaoui | York University, Canada | Changes in the Linguistic Characteristics of L2 Learners' Responses to TOEFL iBT Writing Tasks after a Period of English Language Instruction. |
| Douglas Biber Randi Reppen |
Northern Arizona University, United States | Exploring the Longitudinal Development of Linguistic Complexity in Advanced Untutored Settings: A Comparison of TOEFL iBT Written Tasks with University Academic Writing Tasks |
| Bethany Gray | Iowa State University, United States | The Longitudinal Development of Grammatical Complexity at the Phrasal and Clausal Levels |
| 2015 | ||
| Elena Cotos Yoo-Ree Chung |
Iowa State University, United States | Domain Description: Validating the Interpretation of TOEFL iBT® Speaking Scores for ITA Screening and Certification Purposes |
| Ute Knoch Susy Macqueen Sally O'Hagan John Pill |
University of Melbourne, Australia | An Investigation of the Relationship between Writing Proficiency Level and the Strategic Behaviours Involved in Integrated Listening- and Reading-to-write Performances |
| Gillian Wigglesworth Kelly Frost | University of Melbourne, Australia | An Investigation of the Way in Which Content from Stimulus Materials Is Processed and Incorporated by Test Takers into Speaking Performances on the TOEFL iBT Integrated Reading and Listening to Speaking Tasks |
| Soo Jung Youn | Northern Arizona University, United States | Interactional Features and Sequential Organizations of Pragmatic Listening and Speaking Abilities |
| 2014 | ||
| Sun-Young Shin | Indiana University, United States | Operationalize and Investigate the Measurement of Intelligibility of Different Varieties of English to Inform the Design of Listening Assessment |
| 2013 | ||
| Doug Biber Randi Reppen |
Northern Arizona University, United States | A Comparison of TOEFL iBT® Written Task Performance with Disciplinary Writing Proficiency |
| Scott Crossley Youjin Kim |
Georgia State University, United States | The Role of Working Memory, Lexical Properties, and Cohesive Devices in Text Integration and Human Ratings of Speaking Proficiency |
| Claudia Harsch Ema Ushioda Simon French |
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom | Investigating the Predictive Validity of TOEFL iBT Scores and Their Use in Informing Policy in a U.K. University Setting |
| Okim Kang | Northern Arizona University, United States | Intelligibility of Different Varieties of English in the TOEFL iBT Listening Test |
| Elif Kantarcioglu | Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey | Relationship Between TOEFL iBT Scores and Subsequent Academic Success of Turkish University Students Studying in the Medium of English |
| 2012 | ||
| Annie Brown Ana Maria Ducasse |
Australian Council for Educational Research Limited, Australia |
Comparing TOEFL iBT Speaking Tasks with Real-world Academic Speaking Tasks: Tasks, Performance Features and Assessment |
| Margaret E. Malone Lorena Llosa |
Center for Applied Linguistics and New York University, United States | Comparability of Students' Writing Performance on TOEFL iBT and Required University Writing Courses |
| David D. Qian Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong | Profiling Spoken Meta/Discourse Features in Real Academic Settings: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective |
| 2011 | ||
| Gary Ockey Dennis Koyama Eric Setoguchi Angela Sun |
Kanda University, Japan | The Extent to Which TOEFL iBT Speaking Scores Are Associated with Performance on Oral Language Tasks and Oral Ability Components for Japanese University Students |
| Guangming Ling | Educational Testing Service, United States | An Investigation of the Keyboard Effect on Candidates' TOEFL iBT Performance |
| Mehdi Riazi Jill Murray |
Macquarie University, Australia | Performance on TOEFL iBT Writing Tasks vs. Real-life Academic Writing Tasks: Implications for Validity Argument |
| Kathy Sheehan | Educational Testing Service, United States | Are TOEFL iBT Reading Passages Characteristic of the Types of Reading Materials Typically Encountered by Students in University Settings? |
TOEFL Outstanding Young Scholar Award
| Year | Recipient | Academic Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Tineke Brunfaut | Lancaster University |
| 2014 | Ute Knoch | University of Melbourne |
| 2013 | Okim Kang | Northern Arizona University |
| 2012 | Khaled Barkaoui | York University |
| 2010 | Aek Phakiti | The University of Sydney |
| 2004 | Paul Matsuda | University of New Hampshire |
| 2003 | Christine Coombe | Dubai Men's College — Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai |
| 2001 | Micheline Chalhoub-Deville | University of Iowa |
TOEFL Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment
| Recipients | Academic Institution |
|---|---|
| 2018 | |
| Panjanit Chaipuapae | Northern Arizona University |
| Mustafa Coban | Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University |
| Merve Demiralp | University of Bristol |
| Scott Grapin | New York University |
| Yohana Gratiana | University of Leicester |
| Gwan-Hyeok Im | Queen's University |
| Sha Liu | University of Bristol |
| Phuong Nguyen | Iowa State University |
| Katia Monteiro Vanderbilt | Georgia State University |
| Sonca Vo | Iowa State University |
| Yongkook Won | Iowa State University |
| Weiwei Zhang | University of Auckland |
| Heidi Liu Banerjee | Teachers College, Columbia University |
| Haley Dolosic | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Giang Thi Linh Hoang | The University of Melbourne |
| Daniel Isbell | Michigan State University |
| Apichat Khamboonruang | The University of Melbourne |
| Senyung Lee | Indiana University, Bloomington |
| Roman Lesnov | Northern Arizona University |
| Chikako Takahashi | Stoney Brook University |
| Reuben Vyn | The University of Iowa |
| 2017 | |
| Valeriia Bogorevich | Northern Arizona University |
| YunDeok Choi | Iowa State University |
| Minkung Kim | Georgia State University |
| Xiaofei Pan | University of Iowa |
| Cynthia Berger | Georgia State University |
| Deidre Derrick | Northern Arizona University |
| Frederike Groothoff | Universiteit Utrecht |
| Jing Huang | The University of Hong Kong |
| Shinhye Lee | Michigan State University |
| Jui-Teng Liao | The University of Iowa |
| Young-A Son | Georgetown University |
| 2016 | |
| Laura Ballard | Michigan State University |
| Claire Jo | Harvard University |
| Ines Martin | Pennsylvania State University |
| Renka Ohta | University of Iowa |
| Patharaorn Patharakorn | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Wenjuan Qin | Harvard University |
| Katerina Young | University of Leicester |
| 2015 | |
| Benjamin Kremmel | The University of Nottingham |
| Gina Park | University of Toronto |
| Jonathan Trace | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Junli Wei | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Yuenting Xu | The University of Hong Kong |
| Jack Bower | Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University |
| Edit Ficzere | University of Bedfordshire |
| Zhi Li | Iowa State University |
| Yi Mei | Queens University |
| Keke Zhang | University of Leicester |
| 2014 | |
| Hye-Won Lee | Iowa State University |
| Ashley Chrzanowski | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Justin Cubilo | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Iftikhar Haider | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Wei-Li Hsu | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Naoki Ikeda | University of Melbourne |
| Kunlaphak Kongsuwannakul | University of Leicester |
| George LaFlair | Northern Arizona University |
| Jia Ma | Queen's University |
| Khoi Ngoc Mai | The University of Queensland |
| Nathaniel Owen | University of Leicester |
| Woranon Sitajalabhorn | University of Melbourne |
| Jayoung Song | University of Texas at Austin |
| Jing Xu | Iowa State University |
TOEFL Young Students Series Research Program: Research Grants for Graduate Students
| Year | Recipients | Academic Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Minkyung Kim Scott Crossley |
Georgia State University, United States | Expanding Models of Second Language Reading Comprehension in Young Korean Learners of English: The Roles of Language and Cognition |
| 2016 | Soohye Yeom Henry Jun |
Seoul National University, South Korea | Young Korean EFL Learners' Reading and Test-Taking Strategies in a Paper- and a Computer-based Reading Comprehension Test |
| 2015 | Matthew Wallace Christine Goh |
National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore | Second Language Listening Comprehension: Interactions between Working Memory, Vocabulary Knowledge, Prior Knowledge, and Metacognition |
| 2014 | Laura Ballard Shinhye Lee |
Michigan State University, United States | How Young Children Respond to Online Reading and Speaking Test Tasks: The Computerization of TOEFL® Primary™ Reading and Speaking Tasks |
TOEFL Young Students Series Research Program: Research Grants
| Year | Recipients | Academic Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Becky Huang | University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), United States | An Investigation of the Comparability of Adolescent English Language Learners' Communicative Skills and Performance on the TOEFL Junior® Speaking Assessment |
| 2016 | Feifei Han | The University of Sydney, Australia | The Effects of L1 Background and Band Scores on Written Performance in the TOEFL Junior® Comprehensive Writing Tasks |
| 2016 | Judit Kormos Tineke Brunfaut Marije Michel |
Lancaster University, United Kingdom | The Effect of Working Memory and Task Motivation on Performance in the TOEFL Junior® Comprehensive Test |
| 2015 | Irshat Madyarov Irena Galikyan Rubina Gasparyan |
American University of Armenia, Armenia | An Evaluation of the TOEFL Junior® Standard Test as a Placement and Progress-Monitoring Tool in an EFL Context |
| 2014 | Dina Tsagari Elly Ifantidou Jenny Liontou |
University of Cyprus, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and the Greek Ministry of Education | An Investigation of the Reading and Test-Taking Strategies Used in the TOEFL Junior® Standard Reading Test: Evidence From Retrospective Think-Aloud Protocols |
TESOL Awards for International Participation at TESOL
| Recipients | Country |
|---|---|
| 2017 | |
| An Duc Nguyen | Vietnam |
| Emily Edwards | Australia |
| Ngo Tien Nguyen | Vietnam |
| Jessie S. Barrot | Philippines |
| 2016 | |
| Ye Han | Hong Kong |
| Matthew Wallace | Singapore |
| Nupur Samuel | India |
| Vera Savic | Serbia |
| 2015 | |
| Rui (Eric) Yuan | China |
| Tugba Yegin | Turkey |
| Fausto Puppo | Peru |
| Rui (Eric) Yuan | China |
| 2014 | |
| Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook | Singapore |
| Monica Rodreguez-Bonces | Columbia |
| Louise McLaughlin | Ireland |
| Lin Teng | New Zealand |
English-language Researcher/Practitioner Grant Award
| Recipients | Academic Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ||
| Phung Dao Mai Nguyen Chau Nguyen |
An Giang University Hue University of Foreign Languages Hue University of Foreign Language |
Vietnam |
| Adrianna Kozłowska | Łódź University of Technology | Poland |
| 2017 | ||
| Özlem Atalay | Middle East Technical University, School of Foreign Languages | Turkey |
| Zoe Kantaridou | University of Macedonia | Greece |
| 2016 | ||
| Gabriel Brito Amorim Cláudia Jotto Kawachi Furlan |
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES) Vitória | Brazil |
| Martha Isabel Tejada Sanchez | Universidad de los Andes | Colombia |
| Hossein Farhady Merve Selçuk |
Yeditepe University | Turkey |
| 2015 | ||
| Takeshi Kamijo | Ritsumeikan University | Japan |
| Saeedeh Haghi Selen Sirin |
University of Warwick Özyeğin University |
United Kingdom Turkey |
| Claudio Diaz Mabel Ortiz Navarreta |
Universidad de Concepción Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción |
Chile |
| 2014 | ||
| Heila Visagie | University of Western Australia | Australia |
| Timothy McLaughlin | Sogang University | Korea |
| Ian Hunter Haimei Sun |
Soochow University | China |
| Tammy Huei-Lien Hsu | Fu-Jen Catholic University | Taiwan |
| 2013 | ||
| Jean-Michel Mosquera | English House | Ecuador |
| Akiko Fujii | University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo | Japan |
| Gaele Morag Macfarlane Hatice Celebi Sarah Kilinc |
Koc University ELC | Turkey |
| Angkana Tongpoon-Patanasorn Chomarj Patanasorn |
Khon Kaen University | Thailand |
Jacqueline A. Ross Dissertation Award
| Year | Recipient | Academic Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Saerhim Oh | Teachers College, Columbia University |
| 2018 | Bart Deygers | University of Leuven |
| 2017 | Jing Xu | Iowa State University |
| 2016 | Kimberly Woo | New York University |
| 2015 | Hans Rutger Bosker | Utrecht University |
| 2014 | Jonathan Schmidgall | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 2013 | Robert Charles Johnson | Macquarie University |
| 2012 | Cecilia Guanfang Zhao | New York University |
| 2011 | Kirby Cook Grabowski | Teachers College, Columbia University |
| 2010 | Alister van Moere | Lancaster University |
| 2009 | Spiros Papageorgiou | Lancaster University |
| 2008 | Guoxing Yu | University of Bristol |
| 2007 | Usman Erdosy | University of Toronto |
| 2006 | Eunice Eunhee Jang | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2005 | Annie Brown | University of Melbourne |
| 2004 | Mikyung Kim Wolf | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 2003 | Janna Fox | Carleton University |
| 2002 | Thomas Lumley | University of Melbourne |
| 2001 | Dianne Wall | Lancaster University |
| 2000 | Angela Hasselgren | University of Bergen |
| 1999 | Liying Cheng | University of Hong Kong |
| 1998 | Brian North | Thames Valley University |
| 1997 | Dorry Mann Kenyon | University of Maryland |
| 1996 | Caroline Clapham | Lancaster University |
| Sara Cushing Weigle | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) | |
| 1995 | Craig W. Deville | Ohio State University |
| 1994 | Antony John Kunnan | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 1993 | Gary S. Buck | Lancaster University |
Samuel Messick Memorial Lecture Award
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Pamela A. Moss | University of Michigan |
| 2017 | Stephen G. Sireci | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2016 | James W. Pellegrino | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2015 | Susan Brookhart | Duquesne University |
| 2014 | Denny Borsboom | University of Amsterdam |
| 2013 | Terry Ackerman | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| 2012 | Carol Chapelle | Iowa State University |
| 2011 | John Michael Linacre | Winsteps® |
| 2010 | Michael Kane | Educational Testing Service |
| 2009 | Lorrie A. Shepard | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| 2008 | James Dean Brown | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| 2007 | Robert J. Mislevy | University of Maryland |
| 2006 | Mark Wilson | University of California at Berkeley |
| 2005 | Bruno Zumbo | University of British Columbia |
| 2004 | Eva Baker | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 2003 | Patricia Broadfoot | University of Bristol |
| 2002 | Geoffrey Masters | Australian Council for Educational Research |
TOEFL Committee of Examiners Research Grants
| Recipients | Academic Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ||
| Kristopher Kyle Geoff LaFlair Nicole Ziegler |
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States | A Linguistic Analysis of the Communication Demands in Typical Technology-Mediated Learning Environments |
| Gary Ockey Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen |
Iowa State University, United States | Assessing Interactional Competence: Machine vs. Human Task Delivery |
| Carsten Roever Naoki Ikeda |
The University of Melbourne, Australia | Measures of Interactional Competence for TOEFL Speaking |
| 2017 | ||
| Stephen Bax Prithvi Shrestha Kristina Hultgren Nathaniel Owen |
The Open University, United Kingdom | Researching Academic Reading in Two Contrasting EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) University Contexts, and Implications for the Design of TOEFL iBT |
| Chihiro Inoue Daniel Lam |
University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom | The Effects of Extended Planning Time on Candidates' Performance and Cognitive Processes in the TOEFL iBT Integrated Speaking (Lecture and Question) Tasks |
| Andrea Révész Marije Michel |
University College London and Lancaster University, United Kingdom | Investigating the Integrated and Independent TOEFL iBT Writing Tasks: Test-taker Behaviors, Underlying Cognitive Processes, and Their Relationships to Text Quality |
| 2016 | ||
| Khaled Barkaoui | York University, Canada | Changes in the Linguistic Characteristics of L2 Learners' Responses to TOEFL iBT Writing Tasks after a Period of English Language Instruction. |
| Douglas Biber Randi Reppen |
Northern Arizona University, United States | Exploring the Longitudinal Development of Linguistic Complexity in Advanced Untutored Settings: A Comparison of TOEFL iBT Written Tasks with University Academic Writing Tasks |
| Bethany Gray | Iowa State University, United States | The Longitudinal Development of Grammatical Complexity at the Phrasal and Clausal Levels |
| 2015 | ||
| Elena Cotos Yoo-Ree Chung |
Iowa State University, United States | Domain Description: Validating the Interpretation of TOEFL iBT® Speaking Scores for ITA Screening and Certification Purposes |
| Ute Knoch Susy Macqueen Sally O'Hagan John Pill |
University of Melbourne, Australia | An Investigation of the Relationship between Writing Proficiency Level and the Strategic Behaviours Involved in Integrated Listening- and Reading-to-write Performances |
| Gillian Wigglesworth Kelly Frost | University of Melbourne, Australia | An Investigation of the Way in Which Content from Stimulus Materials Is Processed and Incorporated by Test Takers into Speaking Performances on the TOEFL iBT Integrated Reading and Listening to Speaking Tasks |
| Soo Jung Youn | Northern Arizona University, United States | Interactional Features and Sequential Organizations of Pragmatic Listening and Speaking Abilities |
| 2014 | ||
| Sun-Young Shin | Indiana University, United States | Operationalize and Investigate the Measurement of Intelligibility of Different Varieties of English to Inform the Design of Listening Assessment |
| 2013 | ||
| Doug Biber Randi Reppen |
Northern Arizona University, United States | A Comparison of TOEFL iBT® Written Task Performance with Disciplinary Writing Proficiency |
| Scott Crossley Youjin Kim |
Georgia State University, United States | The Role of Working Memory, Lexical Properties, and Cohesive Devices in Text Integration and Human Ratings of Speaking Proficiency |
| Claudia Harsch Ema Ushioda Simon French |
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom | Investigating the Predictive Validity of TOEFL iBT Scores and Their Use in Informing Policy in a U.K. University Setting |
| Okim Kang | Northern Arizona University, United States | Intelligibility of Different Varieties of English in the TOEFL iBT Listening Test |
| Elif Kantarcioglu | Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey | Relationship Between TOEFL iBT Scores and Subsequent Academic Success of Turkish University Students Studying in the Medium of English |
| 2012 | ||
| Annie Brown Ana Maria Ducasse |
Australian Council for Educational Research Limited, Australia |
Comparing TOEFL iBT Speaking Tasks with Real-world Academic Speaking Tasks: Tasks, Performance Features and Assessment |
| Margaret E. Malone Lorena Llosa |
Center for Applied Linguistics and New York University, United States | Comparability of Students' Writing Performance on TOEFL iBT and Required University Writing Courses |
| David D. Qian Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong | Profiling Spoken Meta/Discourse Features in Real Academic Settings: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective |
| 2011 | ||
| Gary Ockey Dennis Koyama Eric Setoguchi Angela Sun |
Kanda University, Japan | The Extent to Which TOEFL iBT Speaking Scores Are Associated with Performance on Oral Language Tasks and Oral Ability Components for Japanese University Students |
| Guangming Ling | Educational Testing Service, United States | An Investigation of the Keyboard Effect on Candidates' TOEFL iBT Performance |
| Mehdi Riazi Jill Murray |
Macquarie University, Australia | Performance on TOEFL iBT Writing Tasks vs. Real-life Academic Writing Tasks: Implications for Validity Argument |
| Kathy Sheehan | Educational Testing Service, United States | Are TOEFL iBT Reading Passages Characteristic of the Types of Reading Materials Typically Encountered by Students in University Settings? |
TOEFL Outstanding Young Scholar Award
| Year | Recipient | Academic Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Tineke Brunfaut | Lancaster University |
| 2014 | Ute Knoch | University of Melbourne |
| 2013 | Okim Kang | Northern Arizona University |
| 2012 | Khaled Barkaoui | York University |
| 2010 | Aek Phakiti | The University of Sydney |
| 2004 | Paul Matsuda | University of New Hampshire |
| 2003 | Christine Coombe | Dubai Men's College — Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai |
| 2001 | Micheline Chalhoub-Deville | University of Iowa |
TOEFL Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment
| Recipients | Academic Institution |
|---|---|
| 2018 | |
| Panjanit Chaipuapae | Northern Arizona University |
| Mustafa Coban | Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University |
| Merve Demiralp | University of Bristol |
| Scott Grapin | New York University |
| Yohana Gratiana | University of Leicester |
| Gwan-Hyeok Im | Queen's University |
| Sha Liu | University of Bristol |
| Phuong Nguyen | Iowa State University |
| Katia Monteiro Vanderbilt | Georgia State University |
| Sonca Vo | Iowa State University |
| Yongkook Won | Iowa State University |
| Weiwei Zhang | University of Auckland |
| Heidi Liu Banerjee | Teachers College, Columbia University |
| Haley Dolosic | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Giang Thi Linh Hoang | The University of Melbourne |
| Daniel Isbell | Michigan State University |
| Apichat Khamboonruang | The University of Melbourne |
| Senyung Lee | Indiana University, Bloomington |
| Roman Lesnov | Northern Arizona University |
| Chikako Takahashi | Stoney Brook University |
| Reuben Vyn | The University of Iowa |
| 2017 | |
| Valeriia Bogorevich | Northern Arizona University |
| YunDeok Choi | Iowa State University |
| Minkung Kim | Georgia State University |
| Xiaofei Pan | University of Iowa |
| Cynthia Berger | Georgia State University |
| Deidre Derrick | Northern Arizona University |
| Frederike Groothoff | Universiteit Utrecht |
| Jing Huang | The University of Hong Kong |
| Shinhye Lee | Michigan State University |
| Jui-Teng Liao | The University of Iowa |
| Young-A Son | Georgetown University |
| 2016 | |
| Laura Ballard | Michigan State University |
| Claire Jo | Harvard University |
| Ines Martin | Pennsylvania State University |
| Renka Ohta | University of Iowa |
| Patharaorn Patharakorn | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Wenjuan Qin | Harvard University |
| Katerina Young | University of Leicester |
| 2015 | |
| Benjamin Kremmel | The University of Nottingham |
| Gina Park | University of Toronto |
| Jonathan Trace | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Junli Wei | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Yuenting Xu | The University of Hong Kong |
| Jack Bower | Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University |
| Edit Ficzere | University of Bedfordshire |
| Zhi Li | Iowa State University |
| Yi Mei | Queens University |
| Keke Zhang | University of Leicester |
| 2014 | |
| Hye-Won Lee | Iowa State University |
| Ashley Chrzanowski | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Justin Cubilo | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Iftikhar Haider | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Wei-Li Hsu | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Naoki Ikeda | University of Melbourne |
| Kunlaphak Kongsuwannakul | University of Leicester |
| George LaFlair | Northern Arizona University |
| Jia Ma | Queen's University |
| Khoi Ngoc Mai | The University of Queensland |
| Nathaniel Owen | University of Leicester |
| Woranon Sitajalabhorn | University of Melbourne |
| Jayoung Song | University of Texas at Austin |
| Jing Xu | Iowa State University |
TOEFL Young Students Series Research Program: Research Grants for Graduate Students
| Year | Recipients | Academic Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Minkyung Kim Scott Crossley |
Georgia State University, United States | Expanding Models of Second Language Reading Comprehension in Young Korean Learners of English: The Roles of Language and Cognition |
| 2016 | Soohye Yeom Henry Jun |
Seoul National University, South Korea | Young Korean EFL Learners' Reading and Test-Taking Strategies in a Paper- and a Computer-based Reading Comprehension Test |
| 2015 | Matthew Wallace Christine Goh |
National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore | Second Language Listening Comprehension: Interactions between Working Memory, Vocabulary Knowledge, Prior Knowledge, and Metacognition |
| 2014 | Laura Ballard Shinhye Lee |
Michigan State University, United States | How Young Children Respond to Online Reading and Speaking Test Tasks: The Computerization of TOEFL® Primary™ Reading and Speaking Tasks |
TOEFL Young Students Series Research Program: Research Grants
| Year | Recipients | Academic Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Becky Huang | University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), United States | An Investigation of the Comparability of Adolescent English Language Learners' Communicative Skills and Performance on the TOEFL Junior® Speaking Assessment |
| 2016 | Feifei Han | The University of Sydney, Australia | The Effects of L1 Background and Band Scores on Written Performance in the TOEFL Junior® Comprehensive Writing Tasks |
| 2016 | Judit Kormos Tineke Brunfaut Marije Michel |
Lancaster University, United Kingdom | The Effect of Working Memory and Task Motivation on Performance in the TOEFL Junior® Comprehensive Test |
| 2015 | Irshat Madyarov Irena Galikyan Rubina Gasparyan |
American University of Armenia, Armenia | An Evaluation of the TOEFL Junior® Standard Test as a Placement and Progress-Monitoring Tool in an EFL Context |
| 2014 | Dina Tsagari Elly Ifantidou Jenny Liontou |
University of Cyprus, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and the Greek Ministry of Education | An Investigation of the Reading and Test-Taking Strategies Used in the TOEFL Junior® Standard Reading Test: Evidence From Retrospective Think-Aloud Protocols |
TESOL Awards for International Participation at TESOL
| Recipients | Country |
|---|---|
| 2017 | |
| An Duc Nguyen | Vietnam |
| Emily Edwards | Australia |
| Ngo Tien Nguyen | Vietnam |
| Jessie S. Barrot | Philippines |
| 2016 | |
| Ye Han | Hong Kong |
| Matthew Wallace | Singapore |
| Nupur Samuel | India |
| Vera Savic | Serbia |
| 2015 | |
| Rui (Eric) Yuan | China |
| Tugba Yegin | Turkey |
| Fausto Puppo | Peru |
| Rui (Eric) Yuan | China |
| 2014 | |
| Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook | Singapore |
| Monica Rodreguez-Bonces | Columbia |
| Louise McLaughlin | Ireland |
| Lin Teng | New Zealand |