An Examination of L1 and L2 Gesture Use: What Role Does Proficiency Play?

Autor/inn/en	Gregersen, Tammy; Olivares-Cuhat, Gabriela; Storm, John
Titel	An Examination of L1 and L2 Gesture Use: What Role Does Proficiency Play?
Quelle	In: Modern Language Journal, 93 (2009) 2, S.195-208 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-7902
Schlagwörter	Class Activities; Learning Activities; Spanish; Second Language Learning; Nonverbal Communication; Language Proficiency; Language Acquisition; Second Language Instruction; College Students; Statistical Analysis; Video Technology; English; Native Speakers; Teaching Methods; Learning Strategies; Visual Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernaktivität; Spanisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Collegestudent; Statistische Analyse; English language; Englisch; Muttersprachler; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Abstract	This study examines possible connections between second language competency and frequency and type of gesture use (illustrators, compensatory illustrators, adaptors, emblems, regulators, and affect displays). To this end, 75 students enrolled in beginning, intermediate, and advanced college-level Spanish courses were videotaped while conversing in dyads, first in Spanish and then in English. ANOVA results based on observer responses to the videotape indicated that advanced learners used significantly more speech-related, meaning-enhancing gestures than did beginning and intermediate students and that participants used significantly more gestures overall in their native English than they did in the target language (Spanish). Pedagogical implications address the creation of supportive environments, training in strategies, and the use of authentic classroom activities that include the visual modality. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10