Gesture and Creating Zones of Proximal Development for Second Language Learning

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Gesture and Speech in the Vocabulary Explanations of One ESL Teacher: A Microanalytic Inquiry. (2004, background): “Clearly, L2 learners would also benefit from an awareness of the role gestures play in meaning making (McCafferty, 2002).”
The Ecology and Semiotics of Language Learning (2004, background): “Language in its essence is both embodied and dialogical (McNeill‚ 2000; Ruthroff‚ 2000; Wells‚ 1999; McCafferty‚ 2002).”
The Achievement of Intersubjectivity through Embodied Completions: A Study of Interactions Between First and Second Language Speakers (2006, methodology): “Adams 1998; Gullberg 1998; McCafferty 1998, 2002, 2004; McCafferty and Ahmed 2000; Lazaraton 2004; Negueruela et al. 2004; Olsher 2004; Belhiah 2005; with a small number of exceptions such as Neu 1990).”
SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY AND L2: State of the Art (2006, background): “…are two general areas of interest here: the extent to which L2 learners are able to appropriate gestures that are specific to particular cultures ~McCafferty, 1998, 2002; McCafferty & Ahmed, 2000! and the interface between speech and gesture as it relates to Slobin’s ~1996, 2000, 2003! thinking…”