T.P.R.
Total Physical Response from the 1970s gets some support with this research suggesting "people learn a new tongue more easily when words are accompanied by movement" — Learning a language may come down to gestures. Waving my right arm like a conductor helped me learn Chinese tones, and I now use the same method to teach English stress and intonation.
Labels: Linguistics, The Middle Kingdom

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Speaking of speaking - have you given any further thought to the conference? I need to get back to them with a panel by Jan 15, so please email me asap!
Pints all around!
Fascinating. I do the same when practising Igbo conversation too.
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