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2 - Cognition and Good Language Teachers

from Part I - Macro Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2020

By
Simon Borg  and
Hugo Santiago Sanchez
Edited by
Carol Griffiths  and
Zia Tajeddin
Carol Griffiths
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Zia Tajeddin
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
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Summary

Chapter 2 outlines the issue of teacher cognition, particularly teachers’ beliefs, in their classroom practice. The authors argue that good language teachers are cognizant of their beliefs and align their teaching with these beliefs, and they also report on two cases of experienced teachers’ reflection on their beliefs.

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cognitionbeliefscorrective feedbacktechnologyreflection
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Lessons from Good Language Teachers , pp. 16 - 27
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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