Stuck

I feel like I'm slightly stuck as far as planning my conversation circles. I worry that I'm not doing a sufficient job and unsure if my group is enjoying their time and learning and getting out of it what they want. Each week I tend to only have two or sometimes three out of the five total that are in my group. We usually spend the hour and sometimes more chatting in a coffee shop. It has worked out because usually it's a small number of people and not the same every time so we have plenty of things to talk about. I have tried asking if they would like to do different activities or what they would be interested in doing, but they don't really have many answers for me. I guess that is part of my task though - to plan things out and ensure that they are getting the most out of their experience. I just would love to hear more of their feedback and what they want to do and know about. I think that relates to the article we had to read this week about the sometimes perceived lack of participation by some East Asian students. I was very interested to read that many times students do want to participate and value it as part of their learning experience, but for various reasons do not participate often. One of the reasons it gave was because of lack of confidence in their English skills and the perceived idea of failing if making mistakes while speaking English. I wonder if the ideas talked about in the article are things faced by my group members (perhaps more in class but maybe also within our group). Perhaps I should take some time to consider if I were in their shoes. I'm just unsure of how to make the rest of my chats meaningful while engaging the whole group. Any thoughts? Ideas?