How to : Use gestures to support comprehension

Gestures are such a powerful tool.

Using gestures in your language classroom allows you to:

• use more of the target language without reverting to English

• support comprehension at all levels

• engage kinesthetic learners

• build classroom community

Watch the following video to learn more and see how to perform the gestures I use in my class.

Be sure to check out Catherine’s post on using gestures and TPR for Acquisition for more on how powerful they can be.

Gestures I shared in the video:

• introduction to gestures (0:00-9:10)

• look

• listen

• write

• read

• think

• there is / there are

• has

• lives

• eats

• like / dislike / love / hate

• put

• give / recieve

• take

• look for

• count / how many

• why

• prefer

• either-or question

• swim

• cut

• draw

• feel

• go

• walk

• see

• throw

• sing

• dance

• box

• raise your hand

• hungry

• open / close

• turn

• do / make

• hear

• want

• can

• say / repeat

• come

• know

• work

• basic weather (starts at 20:45)

• prepositions (starts at 21:50)

• subject pronouns (starts at 23:20)

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