Our discussion on class discussion

We are discussing ways in which students can feel secure in their answers/speech when called upon in class. One of the ways we discussed to encourage students to speak is to give the questions ahead of time. The students should have an opportunity to research the answer, and be able to respond. When reading aloud, we, as teachers, make mistakes intentionally so that they can correct you. At this state in linguistic development, we think it should be perfectly acceptable to let classmates help each other with responses. In the past, we feel that we have discounted techniques instead of "fixing" them to better fit our student population and needs. We are going to have conversations with our students about talking in class and the benefits from speaking with small groups of people. We have had conversations about how people in this world do judge you based upon your vocabulary and grammar. Next week we are going to review our data and create a rubric for which to grade student responses in class. We are trying to encourage any and all speech (but not THAT speech) in class, but with the end goal of students using a more formal register in class and discussion.