Dr Simon Borg
Reader in TESOL
Tel: +44 (0)113 3434552
Fax: +44 (0)113 3434541
Room: HP 2.20
Email: s.borg@education.leeds.ac.uk
Member of Centre for Language Education Research.
Interests
Background
I have been involved in TESOL for 21 years, working as a teacher, teacher educator and lecturer in the UK, New Zealand, Malta, Oman, and Turkey. Research has also involved spells in Hungary, Slovenia, Spain. Egypt, Malaysia, Italy, Spain and Vietnam. .
Current Responsibilities
At the School of Education I teach MA TESOL modules on Teacher Education and Research Methods. I also supervise a group of PhD students all of whom are working in the area of language teacher cognition.
Outside the School of Education, I am a member of TESOL's Research Standing Committee and on the editorial boards of TESOL Quarterly and Language Teaching Research.
Research Areas
My key area of research in TESOL is language teacher cognition - the study of what language teachers know, believe, think and do. For an brief introductory article click here. A bibliography (last updated 16 November 2009) can also be downloaded here. My book on these issues, 'Teacher Cognition and Language Education', was published in paperback edition in 2008.
I am also involved in researching the teaching of grammar in ELT classrooms and language teachers' conceptions of research. Research methods is another area of specialisation.
I welcome PhD students in any of these areas.
Presentations
A list of my recent and forthcoming invited conference presentations is available here. My next plenary will be Contemporary themes in language teacher education at the Third National Symposium on Foreign Language Teacher Education and Development in Chongqing, China (10-12 December 2009). For 2010 I have been invited to speak at events in Oman, Turkey and Japan.Funded Projects
Teacher learning on the Delta (£6370, Cambridge ESOL),
The impact on students of British Council EFL classes (£24,998, The British Council)
Teachers' beliefs and practices about the effective integration of grammar instruction ($US20,000, TESOL International Research Foundation, with Anne Burns, Macquarie University)
Research engagement and quality in English language teaching ((£10,422, The British Council)
School leaders' conceptions of research engagement in English language centres (£6,497, The British Academy)
The development of advanced classroom research skills (£16,400, Ministry of Education, Oman.
Selected Publications
PAPERS
Phipps, S. and Borg, S. (2009). "Exploring tensions between teachers’ grammar teaching beliefs and practices". System, 37(3), 380-390. Read Abstract.
Orafi, S.& Borg, S. (2009). "Intentions and realities in implementing communicative curriculum reform". System, 37(2), 243-253. Read Abstract.
Borg (2009). "English language teachers' conceptions of research". Applied Linguistics, 30(3), 355-388. Read Abstract.
Borg S, Burns, A. (2008). "Integrating grammar in adult TESOL classrooms". Applied Linguistics, 29(3), 456-482. Read Abstract.
Borg, S. & Ioannou-Georgiou, S. (2008). "IATEFL research publications". Language Teaching, 41(3), 431–443.
Borg, S. (2008). "English language teachers' beliefs about research: Perspectives from the Netherlands". Levende Talen Tijdschrift [Journal of the Dutch Association of Modern Language Teachers], 9(3), 3-13.
Borg, S. (2007). "Research engagement in English language teaching". Teaching and Teacher Education, 23, 731-747. Read Abstract.
Borg, S. (2007). "Understanding what teachers think about research". The Teacher Trainer, 21, 2-4. Read Abstract.
Phipps, S., Borg, S. (2007). "Exploring the relationship between teachers’ beliefs and their classroom practice". The Teacher Trainer, 21(3), 17-19.
Borg, S. (2006). "The distinctive characteristics of foreign language teachers.". Language Teaching Research, 10(1), 1-29. (PDF File, 178K).
Borg, S. (2006). "Conditions for teacher research". English Teaching Forum, 44(4), 22-27.
Borg, S. (2003). "Teacher cognition in language teaching: a review of research on what language teachers think, know, believe, and do". Language Teaching, 36(2), 81-109. (PDF File, 325K).
Extended list of publications.
This page last updated by Simon Borg on 16th November 2009