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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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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
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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)
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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)