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who perhaps prefer to stick closely to the metaphoric construals provided by thelecturer.John also makes good use of gesture to support his metaphors, as we can seein this extract where he entwines his fingers to illustrate the bringing together ofdisciplines:http://youtu.be/RFSEM3iOfx8JohnYeah, so that’s applied linguistics,so it works quite well with yourother things because you’re doingtranslation which is a bit practical,and you’re doing conversation, alsopractical, then you’re doing TELLING,so you’re learningFingers entwinedIn places, John uses gesture to support easily understood, literal uses of language,such as the word ‘long’ in the following extract:http://youtu.be/f8YGujB93f8JohnAn essay. Have you written longessays in English before?Hands stretched out, facingeach other horizontally in alineIn contrast, he does not always make use of supporting gestures when conveyingdifficult abstract concepts, such as the notion of ‘view’ in the following extract:http://youtu.be/a1QWF3CTrEcInternational Students | 377