Optimizing language learners' nonverbal behavior : from tenet to technique / Tammy Gregersen and Peter D. MacIntyre.
Series: Second language acquisitionPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, c2017Description: xxi, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781783097364 (hbk : alk. paper)
- 9781783097357 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 302.222 22 GRE
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Contents
Part 1 : Introduction
Introduction
Background on nonverbal behavior, its teachability and general training recommendations
Part 2 : Codes
Gesture
Posture
Facial Expression
Eye Behavior
Space and Touch
Prosody
Part 3 : Activities
Communicative Techniques
1. Confounding cultural contexts
2. Emblematic Problems
3. Enigmatic Emblems
4. Allow me to Explicitly Explain
5. Thinking for speaking: How my language influences my gestures
Etc.
Affective Techniques
1. Mirror, mirror, on the wall
2. Imitation is the sincerest form of Blabbery
3. Haiti! improvising zones of proximal development (ZPDs)
4. Emotional Illustrations
5. Display your Dismay
Etc.
Cognitive Techniques
1. Grounding names in action: 1 Dub Thee 'peculiar peter'
2. 'Vividifying' Mental Visions
3. (Part 1 of 2 techniques): Squishy, Squashy strong and sturdy
4. (Part 2 of 2 techniques): Squishy Sponges and Strong Steel
5. Foreigner Talk
Etc.
Includes bibliographical references p.351-365 and indexes p. 371-374
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