This collection highlights diverse epistemological perspectives in original research on the important role of multimodality in second language contexts.?This book will be of interest to students and scholars in applied linguistics, multilingualism, bilingualism, gesture studies, cognitive science, and psychology.
List of Contributors
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Multimodality across Epistemologies in Second Language Research, S?ren W. Eskildsen and Amanda Brown
Chapter 2: Gesture as a Means for Communicating and Understanding Embodied Conceptualizations in Second Language Interactions, Jana Bressem and Silva Ladewig
Chapter 3: Language, Embodiment and the Material Ecology: Embodied and Material Resources for Repairs in Second Language Interactions, S?ren W. Eskildsen and Johannes Wagner
Chapter 4: Multimodality and Contingency Teaching: Promoting Interactive Read-alouds for Elementary Second Language Learners., Alessandro Rosborough and Jennifer J. Wimmer
Chapter 5: How Flexible seating Redefines the Place of the Body in the Language Classroom, Marion Tellier
Chapter 6: Learning to Embody the Teacher, Keli Yerian and Marion Tellier
Chapter 7: Conflicting Deictic Gestures in EFL Classrooms: Their Frequencyls%