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Optimizing Language Learners´ Nonverbal Behavior: From Tenet to Technique
Tammy Gregersen
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Description for Optimizing Language Learners´ Nonverbal Behavior: From Tenet to Technique
Paperback. This book highlights the pivotal role that nonverbal behavior plays in target language communication, affect and cognition. It integrates research tenets and video demonstrations of nonverbal behavior with structured activities that will guide teachers and learners to capitalize on the nonverbal means at their disposal. Series: Second Language Acquisition. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: CJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. .
This book highlights the pivotal role that nonverbal behavior plays in target language communication, affect and cognition. It integrates research tenets and video demonstrations of nonverbal behavior with structured activities that will guide teachers and learners of any language to capitalize on the nonverbal means at their disposal. It does not shy away from the challenges that nonverbal communication poses in target language communication, including issues of personal and cultural identity that emerge with languages around the world. With its easy-to-use format, solid research support, and fully integrated activities and videos, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested ... Read more
This book highlights the pivotal role that nonverbal behavior plays in target language communication, affect and cognition. It integrates research tenets and video demonstrations of nonverbal behavior with structured activities that will guide teachers and learners of any language to capitalize on the nonverbal means at their disposal. It does not shy away from the challenges that nonverbal communication poses in target language communication, including issues of personal and cultural identity that emerge with languages around the world. With its easy-to-use format, solid research support, and fully integrated activities and videos, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Second Language Acquisition
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783097357
SKU
V9781783097357
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About Tammy Gregersen
Tammy Gregersen is Professor of TESOL at the University of Northern Iowa, USA. Her research interests include language teacher education, individual differences, positive psychology, nonverbal communication, emotion and affect. She is the co-author (with Peter D. MacIntyre) of Capitalizing on Language Learners' Individuality (2014) and co-editor (with Peter D. MacIntyre and Sarah Mercer) of Positive Psychology in SLA (2016). ... Read more
Reviews for Optimizing Language Learners´ Nonverbal Behavior: From Tenet to Technique
Gregersen and MacIntyre focus attention on the often neglected aspects of non-verbal behavior, giving first an overview of key areas, and then presenting more than a hundred ready-made activities for language teachers to use in the classroom. A valuable addition to the library of any language teacher or motivated intercultural traveler.
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