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from the outset, particularly when compared with her use of gestures whenspeaking to native speakers. For example, in this first extract, she emphasises thewords ‘internal focus’, by pointing her right forefinger down towards the floor. Shedoes this just before producing the words themselves:http://youtu.be/vnzMzZC3AccAliceand this one down herewhich is very centralisedwith a-a very kind of^ internal focus…exaggeratedly points with Rforefinger downwards from thecentre of the bodyWhen asked about this particular gesture, the lecturer commented that she wasindeed putting in more ‘effort’ with him and was, to a certain extent, ‘acting’ at thispoint. Other examples of these ‘exaggerated’ gestures include the following, whereshe illustrates ‘freedom’ with an expansive hand movement and ‘closeness’ with akind of hugging gesture.http://youtu.be/aBDa9Kdhr7EAlicewe think of it asthe human relations er type ofculture where..people have a lot of freedom todo what they want…It’s not socentralised..They’ve got a lot of freedomBut they’re very close to eachotherBoth hands move rapidlyupwards and outwards palmsopeningArms coming together,hands overlapping372 | International Students