I thought I knew English

I always thought that I knew a lot of English, but that's not true. In my professional career I had been using the English principally to send emails. On one occasion I had to take some training for fifteen days totally in English. That was a big problem for me, because I wasn't used to listening and I didn't have the vocabulary to do it.
In many occasions I can understand what people say when they talk in English, but I have a big problem, I don't know how to respond. I'm not comfortable talking in English, I know my biggest problem(and I think for others) is the fear that the other people will laugh at us.
I have one month been studying for one month in a English institute in my country and I think I have learned a lot. But I don't practice speaking with other people.
Can you help me? What can I do to improve my English skills? Is anyone here that would like practice your Spanish with me and me practice my English with you? I'm ready to do it. If in this moment it is difficult for me to talk person to person. I want to try via Skype. And I want to help other people with Spanish.

Appreciate your time.

Best regards.

Jose Morales

Si Jose, estoy cierto que podemos hablar muchas horas sobre la calidad de Flor de Caña! Hasta pronto.