Gesture Study Sample Clauses

Gesture Study. ‌ As in the case of feedback, there are different types of gestures. Previous research found that young children are sensitive to gestures. For example, children show sensitivity to an adult’s pointing gesture and shift their attention in the direction of pointing (Rohlfing, ▇▇▇▇▇, & Bertenthal, 2012). There is also evidence that iconic gestures can support L2 vocabulary acquisition in children (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2008; ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2013). However, it is still unclear (1) when and how gestures facilitate L2 word learning and (2) which types of gestures are more effective in teaching words. To answer these questions, we examined children’s word learning with a human experimenter in three different conditions: deictic gesture condition, iconic gesture condition, and no gesture condition. We also aim to test effects of beat gestures in future though the condition was not included in the current study because determining effects of deictic and iconic gestures is most critical for the project, and the comparison between the two gesture conditions and no gesture condition is sufficient to evaluate whether body movements in general enhances word learning. In this study, a human experimenter taught four pairs of adjectives (small and big, wide and narrow, high and low, and tall and short). These adjectives were chosen because they are easy to gesture and those gestures can be easily performed both by a human experimenter and NAO.