How a teachers non verbal communication influence in its students
... The gestures I think are probably interpreted similar by most students are for example, when he smiles and look right to the eyes, most of the times that means he is going to ask you something. ... For example like I said before, sometimes he forgot what he was going to say, he moves the head side to side, and some students would think he is mad or disappointed. Those are probably the gestures differentially interpreted by many students. I don’t think that if the student is unable to “translate” the instructor’s non-verbal communication, their grade should be significantly affected, at least not in this class and with this teacher. There may be teachers in whose class you have to try hard and understand the gestures or you may get sued. Of course we are all different and that’s why we tend to assume that we know what others try to say with their non-verbal language.