Steven Thorne

Steve Thorn

International Panel Member

Portland State University (USA)

Steven Thorne (Ph.D. in Language, Literacy and Culture, UC Berkeley) is Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition in the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Portland State University (USA), with a secondary appointment in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). His research utilizes cultural-historical and usage-based approaches to language development, often with a focus on human interactivity in technology contexts. His research has appeared in the Modern Language Journal, Language Learning & Technology, Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, CALICO Journal, Language Teaching, Brain & Cognition, ReCALL, Intelligence, and in numerous edited collections. His book length works include a co-edited book on Internet-mediated Intercultural Foreign Language Education (Thomson/Heinle, 2006) and the co-authored volume Sociocultural Theory and the Genesis of Second Language Development (Oxford University Press, 2006).