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LolaI will do it, I will classify my ideas,main ideas, so I follow a structure, forexample the introduction, the body ofthe essay, and the conclusionTwo hands palm down, eachmaking slight rotating motions(‘I will classify my ideas’),moving to palm up openhands (‘I follow a structure’),then using RH to count offon LH beginning with littlefinger on RH (‘for examplethe introduction’), then ringfinger (‘the body of the essay’),then middle finger (‘and theconclusion’)Our interpretation of this exchange has been that up till this point, there has beena clear mismatch in the conceptualisation of essay writing that each of theseinterlocutors has. This is resolved by the ‘story’ metaphor. On the other hand, itmay be the case that John was deliberately emphasising structure because that’swhat Lola is going to need to focus on in her essays. The ‘story’ metaphor may bea deliberate attempt on his part to identify common ground.Other apparent mismatches between these two speakers in terms of their useof metaphorical gesture include those they use when talking about time. Lolaconstantly makes use of a left to right orientation when discussing past, presentand future, whereas John’s use of gesture is more varied:http://youtu.be/1NuILWGckAkLolaJohnand the teachers are native speakersat university teachers who areteaching me English are Spanish andthey speak slow, but here the firstday I saw many authors like Chomskyor many example that I didn’t know, sothe first day I were a bit lo-, I was abit lost,OkLH moves to left and pointsleft with thumb (‘I were a bitlo-‘), LH palm up open handrepeats lateral move to left (‘Iwas a bit lost’)International Students | 365