Geoff Jordan

List of John Benjamins publications in which Geoff Jordan is involved.

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Theory Construction in Second Language Acquisition

Geoff Jordan

Recently, many SLA researchers have adopted a postmodernist approach which challenges the assumption that SLA research is a rationalist, scientific endeavour. The resulting epistemological arguments, plus problems of theory proliferation, contradicting theories, and theory domain, hinder progress… read more

[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 8] 2004. xviii, 294 pp.

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McMillan, Neil, Tom Flaherty and Geoff Jordan 2026 Chapter 10. “Are you being served?”: Syllabus and task design for language training in the tourism sector From Task-based Needs Analysis to Task and Syllabus Design: Insights from across educational contexts, Gilabert, Roger and Aleksandra Malicka (eds.), pp. 251–278 | Chapter

This chapter focuses on the transfer from needs analysis to syllabus and task design within the context of vocational training in the tourism sector. We consider theoretical issues around this and argue for a clearer distinction between syllabus and unit design processes. We discuss our needs… read more