The embodied work of teaching grammar and pronunciation in IELTS speaking tutorials

Extending the insights of recent research on the embodied work of teaching, this study focuses on the multimodal construction of teaching objects (past tense forms and pronunciation of ‘ar’) in an underresearched educational site: speaking tutorials for IELTS preparation at a university English language center. The study shows a tutor’s embodied instructional actions during activities such as correcting, explaining, guiding students’ attention,...