What do learners make of teachers' gestures in the language classroom?

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-230

  Sime, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746844483     PISSN: 0019042X     EISSN: 16134141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IRAL.2006.009     Document Type: Article

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