Seeing or Acting? The Effect of Performing Gestures on Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning
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| Title: | Seeing or Acting? The Effect of Performing Gestures on Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ana B. García-Gámez (ORCID |
| Source: | Language Teaching Research. 2024 28(3):1055-1086. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 32 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Spanish Speaking, Nonverbal Communication, Basic Vocabulary, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Verbs, Recall (Psychology), Association (Psychology), Observational Learning, Multisensory Learning |
| Geographic Terms: | Spain |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13621688211024364 |
| ISSN: | 1362-1688 1477-0954 |
| Abstract: | We evaluate the impact of gestures during the teaching of vocabulary in a foreign language (FL). Spanish speakers learned words in a FL in four gesture conditions according to the relationship between the meaning of the words and the gestures (congruent gestures, incongruent gestures, gestures without meaning, and no gestures). The participants learned the words by performing gestures ('do' teaching group) or by observing the gestures performed by others ('see' teaching group). Compared to the meaningless gesture condition, the processing of congruent gestures facilitated the recall of second language (L2) words in the 'see' and 'do' teaching groups. However, the interference effect associated with the processing of incongruent gestures was greater in the 'see' teaching group than in the 'do' teaching group. Thus, the performance of gestures seems to mitigate the negative impact that the use of gestures may have on the teaching of vocabulary in a foreign language. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1422470 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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