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Gesture, Meaning, and Thinking-for-Teaching in Unplanned Vocabulary Explanations
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van Compernolle, Rémi A.; Smotrova, Tetyana – Classroom Discourse, 2017
In this article, we examine the ways in which an ESL instructor constructs contextually relevant meanings through the synchronization of speech and gesture during unplanned vocabulary explanations. Video recorded data are analysed, with focus on an in-class homework review in which students demonstrated difficulty in comprehending several key…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Nonverbal Communication, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology