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http://youtu.be/sLRkRnntEWEAliceand for meit was so frighteningCharlieto let go ..of control.I think .. if you let go of the controla little bit by little bitgiving gesture with both handsGiving gesture with both handsgraduallyI think .. you won’t worry that muchbut if you do it suddenlyjust like .. you really keep control ofthemHands spread out palms facingeach otherfrom you know up until fifteen…you will worry much more.Thus we can see that when speaking to international students, Alice uses plentyof supporting gestures and that the students appear to echo her use of both thewords and the gestures when describing theories back to her. There could beseveral reasons students repeat words and gestures in this way. It could be that itis a part of the learning process (they are, after all learning both new language andnew concepts), or it could serve an interpersonal relationship-building function,perhaps linked to the unequal power relationship between the student and thelecturer. It may also indicate a lack of confidence on the part of the students376 | International Students