Category Archives: research

English Medium Instruction in Higher Education – New Report

Posted on 10 January, 2016 by Simon Borg

In universities around the world there is a growing trend towards English medium instruction (EMI). Many arguments have been posited in favour of EMI but there is also increasing evidence that implementing EMI is a complex undertaking and that unless suitable … Continue reading →

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Research Evidence and L2 Teaching

Posted on 4 November, 2015 by Simon Borg

I have for many years been interested in one basic (but big) question: why do language teachers teach in the ways they do? This question has driven much of my work on teacher cognition, since understanding the knowledge, thinking, beliefs … Continue reading →

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Justifying Language Teacher Cognition Research

Posted on 28 October, 2015 by Simon Borg

I am currently at the University of Aarhus teaching a PhD course on language teacher cognition research and our discussions there stimulated this month’s blog. For those new to this topic, teacher cognition research studies the unobservable dimensions of teaching and teacher learning … Continue reading →

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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.

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