Geoff Jordan is a Ph.D. Tutor in distance learning MA TESOL at Leicester University and a self-described anarchist.  His writing on Second Language Acquisition and English Langauge Teaching have earned him a reputation for being outspoken, and his passion for these topics shone through in this conversation.  

We talked about Geoff's history as an EFL teacher and his transition to teaching at the university level and touched on a vast array of research topics in the field of language learning. This one is particularly dense, so you might want to take notes and do some additional reading when you're done watching! The links below will point you in the direction of more depth on many of the topics we discussed  

Links 

 Geoff's Blog:  

Geoff's Book, "Theory Construction in SLA":

A recent article from Geoff on coursebooks:

And his course on TBLT:

Glen Fulcher on the CEFR:

Earl Stevick's "A Way and Ways":

 Works from John Fanselow:

Also mentioned: Long. M. (2007) Problems in SLA. Chapt. 3: Age differences and the sentitive periods controversy in SLA   

Watch the video of this conversation on the Rebel Teacher Network Youtube channel: