Tips for Lack of Second Language Confidence:

- Make sure to be patient! Language learning is a slow process.
- Give student significant wait time before having them answer a question.
- Design low-anxiety small group discussions then report to the class as whole afterwards.
- Ask culturally relevant questions without asking culture specific questions.
- Give feedback the emphasizes the value of the student’s contribution.
- Create a blog or class wiki on which all students must post. This gives students an opportunity to speak when their voice may remain mostly hidden by anxiety or shyness.