Teacher research: practical and relevant classroom inquiry

Posted on 18 February 2014 by Simon Borg

Read my latest blog on teacher research on the Cambridge University Press ELT site – http://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2014/02/teacher-research-practical-relevant-classroom-inquiry/.

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Publish (quantitatively) or Perish

Posted on 29 January 2014 by Simon Borg

In November I spent two weeks in China teaching research methods and running workshops around the theme of research in language education. In this post I reflect on my experiences. Continue reading →

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Teachers as Tour Guides?

Posted on 8 October 2013 by Simon Borg

After a longish break for the summer (mostly spent relocating to Slovenia rather than sitting on a beach somewhere) I am now resuming my monthly reflections on various aspects of English language teaching. My blogs are normally inspired by a recent professional experience and this month the event was last weekend’s INGED conference in Izmir (I talked about learner autonomy – my slides and references are here). Continue reading →

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Continuing Professional Development

Posted on 26 May 2013 by Simon Borg

This week I attended the Cambridge English Global Schools Forum, held at the Møller Centre, Cambridge. This event brings together individuals in key decision-making positions in language education around the world. Around 40 delegates from 22 countries were represented and the theme of the event was teacher development and support. My contribution was a presentation about the characteristics of effective continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers (the slides for this talk are available here). Continue reading →

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Conference Presentations

Posted on 14 April 2013 by Simon Borg

I have just returned from the IATEFL Conference in Liverpool. An excellent event as always and a superb venue too. Conferences like this are a great opportunity to catch up with what’s happening in the world of ELT; they also provide many opportunities to reflect on and learn about giving talks (both what to do and what to avoid). So today I am going to post some thoughts about conference presentations. Continue reading →

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