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Author Salvato, Giuliana.

Title Looking Beyond Words : Gestures in the Pedagogy of Second Languages in Multilingual Canada.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Annotation This book is a result of the growing number of insights found in recent research on gesture studies and language acquisition, which have renewed the attention of scholars in gesture functions and meanings in communication and language learning. Observation of the participation of both gesture and speech in the formulation of meaning has revealed that communication is typically multimodal. This perspective has produced engrossing research questions, particularly in contexts where the combination of languages and cultures is complex and diversified. Competence in multiple languages and in different semiotic systems inevitably impacts the way in which people interact and learn languages. Given its status as a country of immigration, Canada provides such a context for this study. This book discusses the changes that the literature on gesture studies can help implement in current practices of language pedagogy. By including gesture as a nonverbal dimension of language and as a means for language acquisition, it provides a contrast to those traditions that have viewed gesture as a marginal aspect of communication and language learning. In addition, this book offers the results of three research studies in Italian language classes in Canada, showing that gesture enables a multimodal approach in language pedagogy and a richer experience for both teachers and learners.
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Subject Speech and gesture -- Canada.
Speech and gesture.
Canada.
Second language acquisition.
Second language acquisition.
Gesture -- Canada.
Gesture.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Canada.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
Italian language -- Study and teaching -- Canada.
Italian language -- Study and teaching.
Multilingualism -- Canada.
Multilingualism.
Nonverbal communication in education -- Canada.
Nonverbal communication in education.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe Salvato, Giuliana. Looking beyond words . Gestures in the pedagogy of second languages in multilingual Canada
ISBN 1443881635 (electronic book)
9781443881630 (electronic book)
1443880124
9781443880121