The ability of new Canadians to decode gestures generated by Canadians of Anglo-Celtic backgrounds

Wolfgang, Aaron; Wolofsky, Zella

doi:10.1016/0147-1767(91)90073-p

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“…They found that non-native children understood significantly fewer gestures than the native children, suggesting not only that emblems are cultural artefacts that need to be learned, but also that acculturation is necessary for their acquisition. Similar findings are reported for other language pairs and settings (e.g., Safadi and Valentine 1988;Schneller 1988;Wolfgang and Wolofsky 1991).…”

Section: From the Sla Of Gestures supporting

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Some reasons for studying gesture and second language acquisition (Hommage à Adam Kendon)

Gullberg¹

2006

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

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This paper outlines some reasons for why gestures are relevant to the study of SLA. First, given cross-cultural and cross-linguistic gestural repertoires, gestures can be treated as part of what learners can acquire in a target language. Gestures can therefore be studied as a developing system in their own right both in L2 production and comprehension. Second, because of the close link between gestures, language, and speech, learners' gestures as deployed in L2 usage and interaction can offer valuable insights into the processes of acquisition, such as the handling of expressive difficulties, the influence of the first language, interlanguage phenomena, and possibly even into planning and processing difficulties. As a form of input to learners and to their interlocutors alike, finally, gestures also play a potential role for comprehension and learning

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Section: From the Sla Of Gestures supporting

confidence: 86%

Some reasons for studying gesture and second language acquisition (Hommage à Adam Kendon)

Gullberg¹

2006

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

124

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“…In their meta-analysis of the emotion recognition literature, Elfenbein and Ambady (2002) found that natives of a culture have an in-group advantage in recognizing the emotions of fellow natives. These findings echo previous work on the in-group advantage with gestures (Wolfgang & Wolofsky, 1991). It is interesting that this ingroup advantage for emotion recognition decreases as out-group members gain more exposure to the new culture.…”

Section: Learning To Recognize Gestures In a Foreign Culturesupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Previous research has found that gestures, like other important facets of nonverbal communication, differ significantly across cultures (Archer, 1997;Payrató, 1993;Poortinga, Schoots, & Van de Koppel, 1993;Safadi & Valentine, 1988;Wolfgang & Wolofsky, 1991). To someone born and raised in the United States, for example, the gesture described in the example above would be identified as "He's crazy!"…”

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Cracking the Nonverbal Code

Molinsky

Krabbenhoft²,

Ambady

et al. 2005

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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The purpose of this set of studies was to assess whether the ability to distinguish between real and fake gestures in a foreign setting is positively associated with cultural adjustment to that setting. To do so, we created an original videotaped measure of gesture recognition accuracy (the GRT). Study 1 ( n = 508) found positive associations between performance on the GRT and length of stay in the foreign setting and between GRT performance and self-reported intercultural communication competence. Study2 ( n = 60) replicated the positive association between GRT performance and self-reported intercultural communication competence. It also found a positive association between GRT performance and external perceptions of intercultural communication competence and motivation as rated by observers native to the new cultural setting. Together, findings from the two studies highlight the importance of gesture recognition in the cultural adaptation process and the potential of the GRT measure as a useful assessment tool.

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“…Although some attention has been given to L2 users' comprehension of conventional or quotable gestures ('emblems) (e.g. Jungheim, 1991;Mohan & Helmer, 1988;Wolfgang & Wolofsky, 1991), nothing is known about whether L2 learners ever produce such culture-specific gestures, which may show the same acquisition difficulties as idiomatic expressions (e.g. Irujo, 1993 …”

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Gestures and some key issues in the study of language development

Gullberg¹,

Bot²,

Volterra³

et al. 2010

Benjamins Current Topics

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The purpose of the current paper is to outline how gestures can contribute to the study of some key issues in language development. Specifically, we (1) briefly summarise what is already known about gesture in the domains of first and second language development, and development or changes over the life span more generally; (2) highlight theoretical and empirical issues in these domains where gestures can contribute in important ways to further our understanding; and (3) summarise some common themes in all strands of research on language development that could be the target of concentrated research efforts.

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The ability of new Canadians to decode gestures generated by Canadians of Anglo-Celtic backgrounds

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Some reasons for studying gesture and second language acquisition (Hommage à Adam Kendon)

Some reasons for studying gesture and second language acquisition (Hommage à Adam Kendon)

Cracking the Nonverbal Code

Gestures and some key issues in the study of language development

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