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Nobuhiro Kamiya – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study examined the effects of watching gestures and lip movement on second language (English) listening comprehension. The participants were 30 high and 22 low proficient learners of English. There were six listening tasks combining two variables: modality and difficulty. The modality consisted of three types of assessments: Body (the upper…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kang, Seokmin; Hallman, Gregory L.; Son, Lisa K.; Black, John B. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
Explanations are typically accompanied by hand gestures. While research has shown that gestures can help learners understand a particular concept, different learning effects in different types of gesture have been less understood. To address the issues above, the current study focused on whether different types of gestures lead to different levels…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Human Body, Learning Processes, Instructional Materials