Rhythm of Language: Developing L2 Speaking Skills

Jane Orton, Ricci Stewart, Anne Isaac and Celia Thompson
DVD produced by TELaRs for the Department of Language, Literacy and Arts Education, 2004

Based on the integral role of kinesics in meaning making and the phenomenon of synchrony of voice and movement in natural speech, gestures and movement are used as aids to remediate the whole range of vocalic features of expression: articulation, stress, pitch, tone, volume, pace, chunking and intonation. Given the tight alignment between vocalic and lexicogrammatical choices and meaning, this is work at the deep level of language acquisition.

The DVD contains 20 minutes of structured video clips showing classes in Chinese as a foreign language and English as a second language + article on the theoretical underpinnings of the practice.

This DVD is available for purchase at Bullwinkle's Stationery Store (Parkville Campus).