What does it consist of?
This technique involves using gestures and body movement to support language learning and memory. Gestures help students remember content by linking language to physical action, which is especially effective with children and lower levels.
Both sound gestures, such as clapping or rhythmic tapping, and physical gestures, such as using fingers to represent syllables, words or parts of a sentence, can be used.

What do we achieve with this technique?
– improving memorisation of vocabulary and structures
– increasing attention and focus
– supporting understanding of sentence structure
– helping visual and kinaesthetic learners

Example:

To reinforce sentence structure, the teacher dictates a sentence and assigns each word to a different finger while saying it aloud.

For example:

“I went to the cinema yesterday.”

As the teacher says the sentence, each word is linked to a finger:

Thumb – I
Index – went
Middle – to
Ring – the cinema
Little finger – yesterday

After finishing, the teacher points randomly to one finger and asks:

“What word is here?”

Students must recall the word assigned to that finger.

The teacher continues pointing to different fingers, encouraging students to reconstruct the sentence word by word. This interaction helps learners internalise word order and sentence structure through physical anchoring.