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!) It is always best not to force a shy person to speak during a discussion as it can often go south. Instead of asking them for a full-length response give them guided questions with expected answers or simple yes or no questions. That way the student does not have to think a whole lot about their answer.