Video Response

Studying the body language presents a difficult problem. Body language is a, subconsciously, a form of communication that is almost as important as verbal communication. It's just that though, subconscious. Though there are certain ways we can express that we are engaged in the tutoring session, I think it will be hard to be fully conscious of everything that my body does.

Video 1
There didn't seem to be much going on in this video. There were a number of things, though, that indicated to me that the teacher was engaged in the tutoring. One of the important things I noticed was the way he bent forward to help the student. Trixie mentioned something the other day about how she likes to kneel down to the level of the person she's speaking with if they're sitting down. I think I've seen something similar to this on one of those shows where a family has terrible children and a British woman comes to teach them how to raise their kids. Coming down to someone's eye level indicates, so they said, the sense that even though you are in control you are not talking down to them.

Video 2
There was a fair amount of body language in here that made it seem as though there was a little bit of discussion going on. As the video went on, the student seemed to get lazier and lazier. Things like the telephone call were obvious examples of him not being engaged, and the same is true for his eating. Though none of these things alone necessarily mean that he wasn't getting anything from the experience, the video gives you the general feeling that nothing was really going on.

Video 3
I think this video expressed the importance of setting a good tone for the session at the beginning. The woman is friendly from the outset to the student and they immediately get to work. I think your first impression is important because it is usually necessary for most sessions to have a client that is comfortable and has some level of trust in you as the tutor. With a bad first impression it might take half the session before they begin to trust you.