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An Investigation on the Effectiveness of Iconic Gestures as a Vocabulary Teaching Strategy for Novel Concepts in the L2 Classroom

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Olson, Collin S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023

Gestures and other bodily movements are frequently used as instructional strategies in second language classrooms. Research has demonstrated that gestures are an effective strategy to improve L2 vocabulary recall. However, previous studies have only used vocabulary items that are known to participants in their native languages. Additionally,…

Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Nonverbal Communication