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Direct linkBorg, Simon – Applied Linguistics, 2009
This article examines the conceptions of research held by 505 teachers of English from 13 countries around the world. Questionnaire responses supplemented by follow-up written and interview data were analyzed to understand teachers' views on what research is and how often they read and do it (and why or why not in each case). An understanding of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Borg, Simon; Burns, Anne – Applied Linguistics, 2008
This paper examines the beliefs and practices about the integration of grammar and skills teaching reported by 176 English language teachers from 18 countries. Teachers completed a questionnaire which elicited beliefs about grammar teaching generally as well as specific beliefs and reported practices about the integration of grammar and skills…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Borg, Simon – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2011
This qualitative longitudinal study examines the impact of an intensive eight-week in-service teacher education programme in the UK on the beliefs of six English language teachers. Drawing on a substantial database of semi-structured interviews, coursework and tutor feedback, the study suggests that the programme had a considerable, if variable,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Feedback (Response), Teacher Education, Interviews
Phipps, Simon; Borg, Simon – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
This study examines tensions in the grammar teaching beliefs and practices of three practising teachers of English working in Turkey. The teachers were observed and interviewed over a period of 18 months; the observations provided insights into how they taught grammar, while the interviews explored the beliefs underpinning the teachers' classroom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Teachers, English (Second Language)
Orafi, Senussi Mohammed Saad; Borg, Simon – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
This paper examines three teachers' implementation of a new communicative English language curriculum in Libyan secondary schools. The teachers were observed for two weeks teaching a unit of material from this curriculum and subsequently interviewed to examine the rationales for their classroom practices. The analysis highlighted considerable…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Change, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedBorg, Simon – Applied Linguistics, 1999
Describes the use of grammatical terminology in the practices of four second-language teachers, discussing the motivations for teachers' decisions regarding this aspect of their work. Audio recordings of teachers' lessons and interviews in which teachers discussed the use of terminology in their lessons indicated that a range of experiential,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiotape Recordings, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
