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When I speak English. When I must speak English, I stay fixed, I don’t find words immediately. I need to speak more, but I’m afraid to be ridiculous! I understand English but I can’t speak that. Speaking in groups, it’s for me a big fear! I’m always afraid to do mistake. But I know with mistake, we learn more and we correct our English.

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When I speak English.

When I must speak English, I stay fixed, I don’t find words immediately.
I need to speak more, but I’m afraid to be ridiculous!
I understand English but I can’t speak that.
Speaking in groups, it’s for me a big fear!
I’m always afraid to do mistake.
But I know with mistake, we learn more and we correct our English.

 

When I have to speak English, I 'clam up'/freeze, and can not find the words right away/straight away [immediately].
I need to speak more, but I'm afraid to sound bad/ridiculous/absurd !
I understand English, but I can't speak it.
Speaking in a group (of people) is my big fear; I'm always afraid of making a mistake. But I know that we learn   from mistakes / by making mistakes   and our English improves.

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When I speak English.

When I must speak English, I stay fixed, I don’t find words immediately.
I need to speak more, but I’m afraid of sounding ridiculous!
I understand English but I can’t speak it very well.
Speaking in groups is a big fear for me!
I’m always afraid of making mistakes.
But I know with mistakes, we learn more and we correct our English.

 

I think all of us are afraid of sounding horrible in other languages, you wrote well!

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