Reaction to the Commentary by Saeed Karimi-Aghdam: Reaction to the Commentary by Saeed Karimi-Aghdam

Authors

Language, Sociocultural Theory

Reaction to the Commentary by Saeed Karimi-Aghdam

Steven G. McCafferty, University of Nevada -- Las Vegas

Steven G. McCafferty is a professor of applied linguistics in the Department of Educational Psychology and Higher Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research interests center primarily on the application of sociocultural theory to L2 development with regard to learners of English. Along with other publications, he served as the editor for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Applied Linguistics on “Private and inner forms of speech and gesture and second language learning” (2004), was the co-editor with Marianne Gullberg for a Special Issue of Studies in Second Language Acquisition on L2 gesture studies (2008), and co-editor of a book on L2 gesture studies with Gale Stam, Gesture: Second Language Acquisition and Classroom Research (2008). He also taught a course on L2 gesture studies at the 2009 Summer Institute in Applied Linguistics, is an active member in AAAL and ISGS, a former Chair of the Applied Linguistics Interest Section, TESOL, and the seventh Host/Chair for the SCT and L2 gathering (conference) in 1997.