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This metadata is linked to the study "Benefits of enacting and observing gestures on foreign language vocabulary learning: A systematic review and me-ta-analysis" and it contains the methods adopted in the study. The study conducted a systematic literature search and meta-analysis comparing benefits of the enactment and observation of gestures in the domain of L2 vocabulary learning. It had three main aims. First, it aimed to test whether gesture enactment is a more effective or equivalently effective learning strategy than gesture observation, as well as the size of the overall effect. Second, it aimed to examine effects of gesture enactment and observation on several L2 vocabulary learning outcomes including both free and cued recall vocabulary tests. Third, it aimed to assess whether benefits of gesture enactment and observation might be influenced by word concreteness and word type, the number of word repetitions during learning, and the overall number of L2 words presented.