Embodying intercultural communicative competence in French L2 video reflections
Illustrating skills, knowledge, and attitudes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22223142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia A Gorham (0000-0003-4346-5548, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), Natalie Amgott (0000-0002-4557-1160, Carnegie Mellon University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 80-107 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Multimodality & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2634-9795 • E-ISSN: 2634-9809 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/26349795231222917 |
| OpenAlex | W4390060560 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 60 |
Research has long touted and recently confirmed the importance of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) — the ability to appropriately communicate with those from diverse sociocultural and linguistic backgrounds — in second language (L2) teaching and learning. Additionally, while multimodal course materials have contributed to learners’ ICC, the link between students’ embodied modes (gestures, facial expressions, body movements) and ICC remains under-explored. Building on ICC and the social semiotic theory of multimodality, this study blends multimodal transcription and conversation analysis to examine how 73 university undergraduate learners of L2 French used embodied modes in 188 asynchronous video reflections and how these modes accompanied demonstrations of ICC skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Findings indicate that gestures and facial expressions indicated students’ demonstrations of the ICC skills of observing, analyzing/interpreting, evaluating, relating, listening, questioning, researching, and problematizing. Further, embodied modes demonstrated students’ retrieval and communication of cultural and sociolinguistic knowledge. This study has implications for online language learning and enhancing ICC through virtual multimodal assignments
Active listening · Communicative competence · Conversation · Embodied cognition · Gesture · Intercultural communication · Linguistics · Multimodality · Pedagogy · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology
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Multimodality
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The Sage Handbook of Intercultural Competence
Interaction and Second Language Learning
“Multiliteracies”
Multimodal codemeshing
Materializing ‘Competence’
Collaborative use of multimodal resources in discussions of L2 grammatical meaning
The embodied work of teaching grammar and pronunciation in IELTS speaking tutorials
Exploring the intersection of language and culture via telecollaboration
Translanguaging in the classroom
Awareness of the role of the body in the pedagogy of Italian in Canada and in Italy
Use of race, ethnicity, and ancestry data in health research
Learning in-progress
Je Suis Youtubeur”
Scaffolds, signs, and bridges
The Body as a Resource for Other-Initiation of Repair
Gesture in speaking tasks beyond the classroom
Multimodal composing as a learning activity in English classrooms
Intercultural competence
Multimodality in the New Content Standards Era
Making Pronunciation Visible
All hands on deck. Negotiation over gesture forms in collaborative discourse
Embodied modes in L2 French video reflections
Multimodality and translanguaging in negotiation of meaning
The future of critical pedagogy
Naturalistic inquiry
Embodied semiotic resources in Research Group Meetings
Immersive Virtual Reality as an Effective Tool for Second Language Vocabulary Learning
Translanguaging as a Practical Theory of Language
Identification and Assessment of Intercultural Competence as a Student Outcome of Internationalization
Neurolinguists, beware! The bilingual is not two monolinguals in one person
Gesture as a resource for intersubjectivity in second-language learning situations
The Efficacy of Gesture on Second Language Pronunciation
Gestures as a resource for the organization of mutual orientation
Gesture and Vocabulary Learning in a Second Language
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Challenges of multimodality
Contemporary issues in conversation analysis
The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |