Use gestures, facial expressions, and mime to help learners get meaning from
teacher talk (but keep in mind that the head movements for “Yes” and “No” differ
in various countries, and the “OK” sign or thumbs-up
Use gesture and mime to show they understand and to help make themselves understood
o Play a miming game, responding to instructions involving positives and negatives. Make up mimes for, e.g. listen, speak, write, do not write.
o develop speaking strategies such as mime and gesture to convey meaning
Use of nonlinguistic means: a learner uses non-linguistic resources
such as mime, gesture, facial expression, and sound imitation to help
him/her in expressing the meaning. For