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Gardner, Christie Marie.

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Second language gesture and acculturation in study abroad contexts.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Second language gesture and acculturation in study abroad contexts./
Author:	Gardner, Christie Marie.
Description:	158 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 52-05.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International52-05(E).
Subject:	Education, Educational Psychology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1553234
ISBN:	9781303778049

Second language gesture and acculturation in study abroad contexts.
Gardner, Christie Marie.

Second language gesture and acculturation in study abroad contexts. - 158 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 52-05.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013.

Motivation is an integral part of learning; Gestures are an important aspect of human communication, and culture plays a significant role in shaping all of these human elements. This study explores the relationship between social, cultural-historical activity and second language (L2) gesture acquisition as student motivations both drive, and emanate from, the L2 learning process. Six American students participating in a study-abroad program in Chile were evaluated at three different levels of L2 proficiency (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) for L2 gesture articulations and motivational developments. During the semester-long investigation, three audio-video recorded interviews were conducted to observe L2 gestural behaviors, and two e-mail logs were collected to supplement research evaluations of student motivations and activity.

ISBN: 9781303778049Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017560
Education, Educational Psychology.

Second language gesture and acculturation in study abroad contexts.
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520 $a Motivation is an integral part of learning; Gestures are an important aspect of human communication, and culture plays a significant role in shaping all of these human elements. This study explores the relationship between social, cultural-historical activity and second language (L2) gesture acquisition as student motivations both drive, and emanate from, the L2 learning process. Six American students participating in a study-abroad program in Chile were evaluated at three different levels of L2 proficiency (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) for L2 gesture articulations and motivational developments. During the semester-long investigation, three audio-video recorded interviews were conducted to observe L2 gestural behaviors, and two e-mail logs were collected to supplement research evaluations of student motivations and activity.
520 $a Results from the study's observations indicated that L2 proficiency level did not relate to student motivations, L2 gesture acquisition, or activity with any justifiable support. However, overall findings did reveal a relationship between L2 gesture acquisition and cultural activity, with anxiety and learner agency found to mediate this relationship. Specifically, students who were found to produce the most L2 gesture forms were those who reported having the most frequent native speaker interactions---a cultural activity that was both pursued and internalized differently as individual learner agency and anxiety influenced student goals. Implications of this investigation maintain that psycholinguistic investigations of L2 learning and development can benefit from the acknowledgment of gesture as a fundamental component of communication as it aids in the illustration of second language development as an emerging process.
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