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Simon Borg

@Simon_Borg

ELT Consultant. I design, deliver, evaluate, research and write about English language teacher development.

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Joined December 2009
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Following my talk on Collaborative Professional Development at the Yeditepe ELT Conference, here is a quick blog post on moving from casual interaction to deeper interactive professional learning: simon-borg.co.uk/collaborati… #ELT #CPD #TESOL
Collaborative Teacher Development: Moving from Interaction to Impact - Simon Borg

Collaborative Teacher Development: Moving from Interaction to Impact - Simon Borg

Last weekend, I spoke about collaborative professional development at an ELT conference organised by Yeditepe University. My session focused on a key question: when does teacher collaboration...

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90.2% of English teachers in a national study in Romania reported teaching vulnerable students - but most felt unequipped to do so effectively. What does this mean for teacher education, professional development, and educational policy? simon-borg.co.uk/challenges-… @roBritish

Teaching Vulnerable Students: What English Teachers in Romania Need - Simon Borg

A national study of English teachers in Romania found that vulnerability is widespread, but many teachers lack the information, training and support needed to respond effectively.

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Here's the final blog in the three-part series on higher education reform. It summarises insights that have broader relevance to educational reform contexts. simon-borg.co.uk/reforming-e…
Reforming English Pre-Service Teacher Education (Part 3) - Simon Borg

Reforming English Pre-Service Teacher Education (Part 3) - Simon Borg

What does effective teacher education reform require? This post reflects on ten lessons learned from curriculum reform and professional development in Iraq

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Part 2 of my three-part series on supporting reform in pre-service teacher education. simon-borg.co.uk/reforming-e…
Reforming English Pre-Service Teacher Education (Part 2) - Simon Borg

Reforming English Pre-Service Teacher Education (Part 2) - Simon Borg

This second post describes a national professional development programme for English teacher educators in Iraq and the lessons learned from supporting curriculum implementation

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The first of three blogs on five years of English teacher education curriculum reform in Iraq. simon-borg.co.uk/reforming-e…
Reforming English Pre-Service Teacher Education (Part 1) - Simon Borg

Reforming English Pre-Service Teacher Education (Part 1) - Simon Borg

This first post in a three-part series describes the reform of pre-service English teacher education in Iraq, from curriculum review and redesign to pilot implementation.

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International Handbook of Research on Teachers' Beliefs (2nd Edition) - Simon Borg

International Handbook of Research on Teachers' Beliefs (2nd Edition) - Simon Borg

Research on teachers’ beliefs remains one of the most active areas of educational inquiry. Across a wide range of subjects and educational settings, researchers continue to explore what teachers...

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Increasing Teacher Engagement in Online Professional Development Groups - Simon Borg

One of my recent projects involved the evaluation of a Facebook group for English language teachers. The use of Facebook groups to support teacher development has been studied (see, for example, the...

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After the longest peer review process in my career this article on 'Student teachers’ reactions to formative teacher and peer feedback' with my colleagues Monika Bader and Sarah Hoem Iversen has finally been published. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Student teachers’ reactions to formative teacher and peer feedback

Student teachers’ reactions to formative teacher and peer feedback

Research on students’ perceptions of feedback in higher education has largely focused on students’ general preferences, with little insight into the kind of feedback that students experience. Again...

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Improving the Effectiveness of Professional Development - Simon Borg

Improving the Effectiveness of Professional Development - Simon Borg

It was great to attend the IATEFL Conference last week after a few years away. In particular, after what feels like years of working online, it was just so nice to meet people in person again and to...

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New Research on In-Service Teacher Educators simon-borg.co.uk/new-researc…
New Research on In-Service Teacher Educators - Simon Borg

New Research on In-Service Teacher Educators - Simon Borg

Given the important role that in-service teacher educators play in education systems worldwide, the volume of research that studies their work remains surprisingly scarce. One reason for this is that...

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Making Assessment a More Positive Experience simon-borg.co.uk/making-asse…
Making Assessment a More Positive Experience - Simon Borg

Making Assessment a More Positive Experience - Simon Borg

I had the enjoyable experience last week of speaking to a group of school and university language teachers on the theme of how to make assessment a more positive experience for students. I built on...

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Follow-up to yesterday's webinar on principles for effective CPD. simon-borg.co.uk/planning-te…
Planning Teacher CPD - Key Principles - Simon Borg

Planning Teacher CPD - Key Principles - Simon Borg

This post is linked to yesterday’s webinar on key principles in planning effective CPD for teachers. A recording of the webinar will be available soon on the TeachingEnglish website, but here is the...

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New article on primary English teaching in Saudi Arabia - open access until 13 October. authors.elsevier.com/c/1heVz…
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Follow-up to the earllier blog on pre-service teacher education . simon-borg.co.uk/initial-tea…
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Finally got back to my blog today! simon-borg.co.uk/what-do-elt…

What do ELT Consultants Actually Do? - Simon Borg

Several months have passed since my last blog, where I promised to follow up the discussion of what matters most in rasing national standards of English by discussing some features of effective...

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Great to see the results of the British Council's study of teacher education and development Nepal launched today. Plenty of interesting insights and recommendations for policy and practice. Read it here: bit.ly/3YViALW
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Report launch - Status of Teacher Education & Development in Nepal Primary focus of the report is on continuing professional development, what happens at the in-service level & an analysis of initial teacher preparation Report download: bit.ly/3YViALW #EduSymposium2023
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Professional development for teachers of English in China, Japan & South Korea - new research report available. teachingenglish.org.uk/artic….
The continuing professional development experiences and needs of English language teachers: China,...

The continuing professional development experiences and needs of English language teachers: China,...

About this publicationThis landscape report on the digital CPD needs of teachers of English in basic education in China, Japan and South Korea is the result of comprehensive research that took place...

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Improving National Levels of English – What Matters Most? simon-borg.co.uk/?p=1381
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Just released - series of state of the art reports on English language teaching in South Asia. teachingenglish.org.uk/artic… @amyelightfoot @bdBritish @inBritish @npBritish @pkBritish @lkBritish
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