Gesture and Speech in the Vocabulary Explanations of One ESL Teacher: A Microanalytic Inquiry

Language Learning

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-117

  Lazaraton, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 1642586825     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2004.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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