Gesture and picture enrichment produced similar benefits on children's L2 vocabulary learning, contrary to adult findings favoring gestures¶

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q3 i? In Experiment 3, gesture enrichment and picture enrichment showed similar benefits on children's L2 learning, unlike in adults where gestures exceeded pictures. → Andrä 2020

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Andrä 2020¶

Andrä, C., Mathias, B., Schwager, A., Macedonia, M., & von Kriegstein, K. (2020). Learning Foreign Language Vocabulary with Gestures and Pictures Enhances Vocabulary Memory for Several Months Post-Learning in Eight-Year-Old School Children. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09527-z

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Experiment 3 compared gesture enrichment with picture enrichment (words accompanied by pictures) in a within-subjects classroom design with 51 third-graders trained over 5 days. The authors report they "observed similar benefits of gesture and picture enrichment," contrary to their hypothesis based on adult studies.

"Gesture-enriched learning was hypothesized to boost learning outcomes more than picture-enriched learning on the basis of previous findings in adults. Unexpectedly, however, we observed similar benefits of gesture and p icture enrichment on children 's L2 learning."

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