Maria Grazia Busà
List of John Benjamins publications for which Maria Grazia Busà plays a role.
Article
2023 Lending a hand to speech: Gestures help fluency and increase pitch in second language speakers Language, Interaction and Acquisition 14:2, pp. 218–246 | Article
This study examines the effect of gestures on second language (L2) pitch measures and fluency in storytelling tasks. It is well documented that L2 learners commonly use gestures in conversations and storytelling. Research has shown that gestures benefit L2 word learning and recall, but it is… read more