The Embodied Teaching of Spatial Terms: Gestures Mapped to Morphemes Improve Learning

Learning spatial terms in a second language is often an arduous task which learners perform with varying levels of success. While classroom-based studies of gesture have shown the importance of embodied learning, predictions about which teaching gestures are most effective remain rare. In the contex...

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Main Author: Natasha Janzen Ulbricht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feduc.2020.00109/full