Gesture and vocabulary learning in a second language

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Original publication
Huang, X., Kim, N. & Christianson, K. (2019). Gesture and vocabulary learning in a second language. Language Learning, 69(1), 177-197. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ lang12326
Writer of summary
Huang, X., Kim, N. & Christianson, K.
Upload date
05 October 2018
Area of research
Effectiveness of teaching
Learning
Vocabulary
Other
  • Gesture
Language summary written in
English
Participant type
Foreign language learners
Language being learned
Other
  • Chinese
Age of learners
Adult learners
Of likely interest to ...
Language learners
Professional development providers/Teacher educators
Teachers
Researchers
Licence
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
First language of learners
English
Proficiency of learners
Complete beginner
Feature being learned
Lexis (vocabulary)
Type of instruction
Offering vocabulary items with iconic gestures, with arbitrary gestures, and without gestures

How to cite this summary

Huang, X., Kim, N. & Christianson, K. (2018). Gesture and vocabulary learning in a second language. OASIS Summary of Huang, X., Kim, N. & Christianson, K. (2019) in Language Learning. https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/5d86p020k?locale=en

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