Many teachers have come across students who don’t seem to want to talk in class. Sometimes, this may have to do with the students’ own characters. Sometimes, it is because there are other students who dominate almost intimidate. Sometimes, it is because students are simply not used to talking freely – for reasons of culture and background. Perhaps, in their culture, woman are traditionally expected to remain quite in a mixed-sex group. Perhaps their culture finds in modesty a positive virtue. Perhaps they suffer from a fear of making mistakes and therefore ‘losing face’ in front of the teacher and their peers.