Hand Gestures by Berkem Noyan https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn History of Hand Gestures en-us 2020-05-31 15:20:29 UTC 2026-01-05 10:41:11 UTC hello@padlet.com TIME TO BRAINSTORM! brkmnoyan https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603382784 Look at the picture below and say the first word that comes to your mind and then write it down with your classmates.

]]> 2020-05-31 15:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603382784 Look at the pictures below. They are related to the audio podcast you’re going to listen, guess what it is about and make predictions on what the listening activity is going to focus on. brkmnoyan https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603761858 2020-05-31 22:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603761858 LISTENING TIME! brkmnoyan https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603763582 History of Hand Gestures]]> 2020-05-31 22:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603763582 Listen to the podcast and fill in the blanks. brkmnoyan https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603766717 1.   I'd like to focus on the history of four gestures in particular: …………………….., the thumbs up, the high five and the handshake.
2.   The Grenadier Guards, one of the oldest regiments of the British Army, used helmets in the form of  ………………...
3.   It's widely believed that this gesture goes back to Roman times when gladiators ……………….. in front of the emperor and eager crowds in the Colleseum.
4.   It may be that if the crowd wanted to spare the gladiator's life, then they would actually cover up their ……………… and keep it hidden.
5.   Two US teams lay claim to inventing the high five: the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977 or the ………………………….. in 1978.
6.    In the Acropolis Museum in Athens, the base of one of the columns shows goddess Hera shaking hands with Athena, the goddess of wisdom and courage. It's thought that shaking hands, rather than ……………….. or ……………………, showed both parties as equals.
7.   In this way, the gesture ………………………. from its original meaning to convey trust, respect and equality.
]]> 2020-05-31 22:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603766717 Bingo! brkmnoyan https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603768201 Choose a bingo card and put an x over the words you hear through the audio. If you complete your card, shout bingo.]]> 2020-05-31 22:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603768201 Answer the questions below. brkmnoyan https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603778192 1) Which hand gesture do you think is the most common hand gesture world wide? 



2)Which hand gestures do you use most ? Why? 




3)Write down the hand gestures that your culture has and discuss in groups of 2 about the meaning of them and what those hand gesture's origin might be.



]]> 2020-05-31 23:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603778192 Choose the best answer. brkmnoyan https://padlet.com/brkmnoyan/f6q5wa8croh0u0wn/wish/603779161 1-The salute, a ....... most associated with the military, may have originated in the 18th century.

a.signal
b.motion
c. gesture
d.mimic

2-The narrator focuses on the history of four gestures in particular:
the ......., the thumbs up, the high five and the handshake.

a.emblem
b.salute
c.illustrators
d.cones

3-The high-five hand gesture is almost universally used as a greeting or celebration. Many see its origins in ..........

a.baseball
b.volleyball
c.basketball
d.football

4-The final gesture I’m going to mention today is the handshake. It dates back as a greeting at least as far as Ancient ...........

a.Jerusalem
b.Damascus
c.Babylon
d.Greece 

5- In 17th-century marriage portraits in Europe we find many examples of ......... between husband and wife.

a.handshakes
b.high five
c.thumbs up
d.salute
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