Category Archives: teacher cognition

Teacher Confidence

Posted on 26 September, 2018 by Simon Borg

I’ve worked on a few teacher development projects recently where one of the objectives has been to boost teachers’ confidence, both as speakers and teachers of English. For example, on the EfECT project in Myanmar, participants’ confidence in their English … Continue reading →

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Long live grammar teaching (or ‘It ain’t over till the fat lady sings’)

Posted on 19 October, 2016 by Simon Borg

In the last 20 years, repeated messages in the literature about communicative and task-based approaches, and the uptake of these approaches in contemporary coursebooks, may have created the impression that a ‘modern’ approach to grammar teaching is now a universal … Continue reading →

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Do Teachers’ Beliefs Really Matter?

Posted on 25 April, 2016 by Simon Borg

I’ve spent many years promoting research on language teachers’ beliefs, so the above question may come as a surprise, especially given that beliefs are such an established area of inquiry. But it is precisely because the status of beliefs as an important focus … 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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