Talking vs. Speaking English Hi there! I'm new to this world and it's my first time with a discussion in the notebook, so, please, be kind. :) What I would want to share is one of my biggest problem with learning languages and speaking them. Especially with English, which is my favourite foreign language. I think my written English it's not so bad, in according to what some people I have chatted with have said about it. My problem comes when I have to talk. While I'm chatting, or writing, I can even think in English. I'm very good at that and I've almost lost the habit of having to translate from Italian, using a certain vocabulary and/or slangs, sometimes. When I have to talk my brain stops, and I go back to school time, when I was in front of the English teacher and I had to translate "Il gatto è sotto al tavolo" trying to remember which was the word for gatto and so on... It upsets me, and makes me mad with myself. I become frustrated and I lose the will to talk. It's kind of a lock inside of me that makes me loose all my knowledge. Is there out there someone with the same problem? How did you fix it or How are you trying to fix it? Correction: the title should have been Writing VS Talking (Sorry :D)