Hi, Charlie again with peer tutoring tip #6!
Tip #6: Pay attention to body language.
Your body language, and the body language of your tutee, are both important (and often overlooked) elements of a tutoring session. If the tutor has open, relaxed body language, it will put the tutee at ease, and make tutoring more effective.
Smile, make eye contact (if your tutee is comfortable with it; some people are not, and that is OK), keep your body language open (no crossed arms or legs), lean in and pay attention to what your tutee is saying and show it with nods, offer hospitable gestures such as a handshake when the tutee arrives for tutoring.
Maintaining open, relaxed, friendly body language will create a comfortable tutoring atmosphere that will make tutoring more effective and enjoyable for both of you.
Keep in mind, too, that although you may do all of these things, some tutees are naturally just more shy and introverted than others, and that is OK. No need to force an introvert to be an extrovert - that's not your job. Your job is to tutor. If you have a shy tutee, give him or her some time to get comfortable with you and the tutoring. It could be that he or she just needs a few tutoring sessions to open up and get more relaxed.
Well, that's all for now. Stay tuned for tip #7, coming soon!
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