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It was the 1st week of class when I asked a student an open translation question. I quickly came to observe she had extreme anxiety with public speaking by her display of shaking hands and flush face. She couldn't answer the question even though I knew she understood the material. Without knowing the art of questioning has so many subcategories, I reverted to a closed question for her that allowed her to quickly answer the question but still making her accountable for participation. Whenever I would call on her in the future, I would push her a little bit more (redirecting, probing, reinforcement, praise) to bring her out of her shell. This technique was successful for her!

Any different approaches that you could recommend in the future?

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