Behaving Brazilian: A Comparison of Brazilian and North American Social Behavior

Harrison, Phyllis A.

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“…This is important because all cultures have emblems, and each culture has its unique emblems; that is, they vary from one culture to another in different dimensions. Moreover, some cultures have more emblematic gestures than others (Harrison, 1983), and some emblems are multicultural or cross-cultural. For example, the gesture made by circling the index finger around the side of the head, meaning 'he or she is crazy', is considered a cross-cultural emblem (Ekman, 2004;Johnson, Ekman & Friesen, 1975;Kita, 2009;Morris et al, 1979;).…”

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Emblematic gestures learning in Spanish as L2/FL: Interactions between types of gestures and tasks

Belío-Apaolaza

Muñoz

2021

Language Teaching Research

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The acquisition of communicative competence in second and foreign languages requires the incorporation of verbal and non-verbal elements. Notwithstanding, few studies have performed empirical research into the acquisition of non-verbal signs. This research studies the learning of emblematic gestures for students of Spanish in the USA using an evolutionary analysis after instruction. Interactions between types of gestures ( common, different, and unique) based on the similarities with the first language and learning mechanisms in free and guided comprehension and production tasks are taken into account. The results indicate that although the detection and production of emblems improve with instruction, the progress is unequal: the categories different and unique obtain a higher rate of improvement than common emblems in specific tasks. In conclusion, it is essential for the teaching of gestures and non-verbal communication to consider, along with the non-verbal target language code, the non-verbal mother tongue code.

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