%0 Journal Article %1 mccafferty2002gesture %A McCafferty, S.G %D 2002 %J The Modern Language Journal %K 2015_E852 ESL L2 ZPD gesture %N No. 2 (Summer, 2002) %P pp. 192-203 %T Gesture and Creating Zones of Proximal Development for Second Language Learning %V Vol. 86 %X This studyinvestigatedthe role of gesturein and of itselfand in conjunctionwithspeech in creatingzonesofproximaldevelopment(ZPD) forsecondlanguagelearningand teaching.A universitystudentof English,newlyarrivedin the United States,was videorecordedonce a week in conversationailnteractionwithan Americangraduatestudent,an ESL/EFL teacher, overtwodifferent 15weeks The viewtakeninthe of periodslasting altogether. study Vygotsky's conceptoftheZPD followsthatofNewmanand Holtzman(1993), whoarguedthatitprimarily concerns that and revolutionaryactivity, learning teaching transformass a consequence of interactingintheZPD, and thatthisaffectsallparticipantsF.indingsindicatetheimportant role thatgestureplayed both in promotinglanguage learningand in facilitatingpositive interactionbetweenthetwoparticipantsh,elpingtocreatea senseofsharedsocial,symbolic, physical,and mentalspace.

@article{mccafferty2002gesture, abstract = {This studyinvestigatedthe role of gesturein and of itselfand in conjunctionwithspeech in creatingzonesofproximaldevelopment(ZPD) forsecondlanguagelearningand teaching.A universitystudentof English,newlyarrivedin the United States,was videorecordedonce a week in conversationailnteractionwithan Americangraduatestudent,an ESL/EFL teacher, overtwodifferent 15weeks The viewtakeninthe of periodslasting altogether. study Vygotsky's conceptoftheZPD followsthatofNewmanand Holtzman(1993), whoarguedthatitprimarily concerns that and revolutionaryactivity, learning teaching transformass a consequence of interactingintheZPD, and thatthisaffectsallparticipantsF.indingsindicatetheimportant role thatgestureplayed both in promotinglanguage learningand in facilitatingpositive interactionbetweenthetwoparticipantsh,elpingtocreatea senseofsharedsocial,symbolic, physical,and mentalspace.}, added-at = {2015-11-25T16:44:47.000+0100}, author = {McCafferty, S.G}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24d589274a12c3d3c95e905d496fefeee/umatadema}, interhash = {1b865305dac48c01ccd28712181f193d}, intrahash = {4d589274a12c3d3c95e905d496fefeee}, journal = {The Modern Language Journal}, keywords = {2015_E852 ESL L2 ZPD gesture}, number = {No. 2 (Summer, 2002)}, pages = {pp. 192-203}, timestamp = {2015-11-25T16:44:47.000+0100}, title = {Gesture and Creating Zones of Proximal Development for Second Language Learning}, volume = {Vol. 86}, year = 2002 }