... can be combined together to form complex strategies of eye-play, which would seek out students misbehaving covertly. Hand gestures are important to a teacher as it helps emphasize points being made. Michael Argyle states that hand gestures: "Helps give illustrations of shapes, sizes or movements particularly when these are difficult to describe in words" This associates with teaching as the teacher can make the lesson more interesting and exciting, and also students would find the lesson easier to understand and enjoyable. Teachers also need to use non-linguistic aspects of speech, which is known as paralanguage. Words can be said in various different ways, conveying different emotional expressions and different meanings; for instance, a student misbehaving in class can be spoken to in a much louder speaking tone known as 'shouting' using a loud tone and a low pitch. This contrast to the way a teacher speaks to a student who has done well, where a ...

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