to speak or not to speak gesticulating through the language barrier erick aufderheyde teacher of...
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To Speak or Not to SpeakGesticulating through the language
barrier
Erick AufderheydeTeacher of Drama and EnglishUtrecht International [email protected] or [email protected]
Is gesture only for communicating?
Do gestures allow the student to get a message or thought across that is not easily expressed through verbal language?
How can the awareness and use of gesture help the student in acquiring a new language?
to Gesture or Not to Gesture:hands-on work and exercises
Gestūra‘to bear’
a form of non-verbal communication or non-vocal
communication in which visible bodily actions
communicate particular messages, either in
place of, or in conjunction with, the spoken word.
Speech act / Information act
“Can I please open a window?”
"He threw the ball right into the window."
Co-Speech Gestures
When people talk, they often gesture with their hands
They can provide a window to how people think and communicate
When children learn a new language, their first need is to be understood
Gesture
Co speech gesture
Body “language”
Sign language
Home signs
Educational gesture schemes
Gesture types
Emblems
Iconic gestures
Metaphoric gesture
Deictic gestures
Beat gestures
Butterworths
Gesturing and speaking
Gestures supplement the meaning of speech in at least two ways, matching and mismatching
Speech provides a selective description and gesture a selective depiction of an idea, each highlighting certain aspects
Gesturing and thinking
In classroom settings, gestures can aid learning.
Speech accompanying gestures help with tasks that require maintaining or transforming spatial and motoric information in memory.
Cross-linguistic variation in gesture
Manner of motion e.g. rolling, jumping
Trajectory e.g. down, across, into
embodiment
Are some gestures universal? (open palm?)
Types of gestures / function of gesticulation
Interactive tool ?
Physical scaffolding ?
L2 learning is solving communication
problems
Language games
EAL - Speech games
Communicative competence
Confidence
Fun
