Gestures as a Concrete Paving for Children Language Development
Mohammad Halili Universitas Trunojoyo Madura Penelitian ini dipresentasikan pada ICON LATERALS (International Conference on Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies): Promoting Creative Literacy in Digital Age, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Brawijaya, 2017 Full Paper (Download PDF): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vp8ulVEZfXqrhlf8eqLW3S0SFHSBWHh4/view?usp=sharing Abstract: Stimulus and responses are two distinctive elements involve in developing children’s language performance but are undoubtedly interwoven. In this context, gestures, following the spoken discourse that the parents or caregivers made are essential not only to language comprehension, but also to language production. Since most of parents or primary caregivers are really unaware of their significant roles, the presence seems to be going beyond our particular attention. Therefore, this paper aims to scrutinize the significances of gestures and their interconnectedness to children language acqui...