You are a teacher supervising a group of software engineers in the final year of their bachelor studies. The students are developing software that can monitor waste bins and send signals back to the waste management company when the waste bin is due to be emptied. Their case study is in Brazil, in South America. The group consists of students from Botswana, Vietnam, USA, Britain and Germany.

You note that the project is running on schedule. The American, British and German students often show up for project meetings. The Student from Botswana is either always late to the meeting or never shows up and the Vietnamese student has missed every meeting. You decide to investigate.

In a one-on-one meeting with the African student, the complaint is that they are excluded from group discussions.

In another meeting with the Vietnamese student, they complain about problems understanding what the group members say, because they speak so fast.

In your meeting with the American student. They complain that the Vietnamese student and the student from Botswana are not engaging with the project and it is frustrating.

You meet the German student and the complaint is that the project is running behind schedule and they are frustrated. You then meet the British student and they say, they are trying their best but they are not sure what the others are doing.

As a teacher, based on the tips from this module, what strategy would you use in solving the problem?