Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Shy I have a female ESE student who seems to get extremely shy every time I call on her for and answer. I will give her a lot of time to respond. I will restate the question in a few different ways. I make every attempt to involve her in the lesson, but she only responds once and a while. How do I ease her anxiety? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) One activity to help this student come out of her shell is to have students pair up in small groups of about four or five. The teacher will a pick a subject and topic, then present questions one by one. For each question, the groups will have about 3 minutes to discuss and find their answer. Each student from each group will take turns presenting their answer. This will feel like a game and bring out the students confidence to participate and speak in class.