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Essay / How Teacher Body Language Affects the Classroom
Body language speaks louder than any words you can imagine. Whether a person tells people they love them, they're mad at them, or they couldn't care less about them. What matters is that body movements reveal thoughts, moods and attitudes. In a classroom, this can be crucial. Consciously and unconsciously, the teacher's body informs the students of what is really happening. In the competitive and complex world of teaching, the ability to communicate with clarity, confidence and reliability is crucial to success. Too often this capacity is ignored. Logic and solutions are worthless if they are not communicated in a way that persuades, motivates and inspires listeners. All day long, the teacher's body transmits messages about his or her attitude, mood, and general state of being. Students can determine what messages the teacher is conveying; by the way they use their bodies. Although body language began in the past with ancient ancestors and long before vocal sounds evolved into sophisticated words, sentences and paragraphs, it is only in the last 60 years that body language has been seriously studied. During this period, people began to appreciate the value of body language as a tool to improve interpersonal communication. This research aims to show the importance of body language, in the classroom atmosphere, and it can effectively transform a teacher into a master, in terms of classroom management, through body language. In order to control a classroom, a teacher must understand a specific set of aspects related to body language. In addition to focusing on individual parts of the body and the role they play in communicating thoughts, feelings and attitudes, a teacher...... middle of paper...... r and vice versa. Additionally, the way the teacher positions his arms tells an intelligent observer how he feels. Certain postures bring out certain atmospheres. Additionally, hands can reveal attitude toward a place or situation. Besides hands, teachers can use objects or props such as clothing, pens, glasses, and makeup to create an image. Additionally, how a teacher fills and moves through space impacts student attitudes, feelings, and how others perceive the teacher. Furthermore, the way in which a teacher perceives and projects himself determines the way in which students perceive and receive him. In conclusion, to interpret it accurately, a teacher must first have the ability to notice it, otherwise problems may arise. These are the important aspects of body language, which allow a teacher to be excellent in the management of his class and especially his students..