Los heterosemánticos gestuales entre españa y brasil: propuestas de actividades de e/le a aprendices brasileños

Abstract

It is known that around 65% of communication is done non-verbally. This non-verbal communication, be it paralinguistic, proxemic or kinesthetic, collaborates in the construction of the meanings of a message. If so, we have the challenge of identifying what we call 'heterosemantic gestures' between Spain and Brazil, from a Dictionary of Spanish Gestures (DGE), available ¬on-line. Of the 174 gestures of the DGE, we chose six that have the same expression in the two countries, but different meanings. After that, we explain the meanings in each case, emphasizing the communication problems that can be generated by the fact that a Brazilian apprentice of E / LE does not understand them and does not produce them properly. Finally, we propose a set of activities to work with this subject in E / LE classrooms in Brazil.