What's love got to do, got to do with it? (c) That 80s hit song has been a blast from the past for the last few days and another question has sprung to mind as well : What's gesturing got to do with fluency? Fluency? , you ask. The magical beast everybody's been obsessing about? As language teachers we do hear an awful lot of requests along the lines of "I wanna be fluent/ I wanna speak English/ Spanish/ Japanese just like a native". The way we see it - you're fluent if you can express yourself, your ideas & views. It doesn't matter if you're elementary, intermediate or advanced. Level has nothing to do with it. You're fluent at any level as long as you can get the message across to other people whether it's asking for directions, ordering food or solving an issue at work. Fluency doesn't stop at using grammar structures and vocabulary, it goes above and beyond. This is where gesturing comes in. You can't just sit with your poker face and communicate. Use your face expressions, ha