What can I do ？ Today，when I chatted with John by mic，I was so nervous and I didn't know what to say and how to express myself very well，so that John didn't understand me well，and I could just unde

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What can I do ？ Today，when I chatted with John by mic，I was so nervous and I didn't know what to say and how to express myself very well，so that John didn't understand me well，and I could just understand him a little too. So we ended up chattering soon.I let him down.I am also sad. So I started to think about something…… I know that my spoken English is so bad，actually，my English is very poor all the time.I always want to improve it，but I can't insist on practicing English every day，why？because I am so lazy，and don't study hard.however I don't dare to admit it and have no courage to face the reality.I can't ？ I am so confused now.I can't sleep .I always try to change myself ，but I always fail to do that.I am really disappointed in myself.I don't know what I will be in the future. In order to the better future，what can I do now？I ask myself again and again. What can I do？？？ …… Then I remember a sentence ：No matter how hard it is，just keep going because you only fail when you give up. This is the answer？？？ …… It is time to sleep.I should not think about more.Tomorrow is a new day and there are many things waiting for me to finish.This is what I can do now， I think.

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What can I do ？

Today，when I chatted with John by mic，I was so nervous and I didn't know what to say and how to express myself very well. In effect, that John didn't understand me well，and I could just understand him a little too. So we ended up chatting soon.I let him down.I am also sad.
So I started to think about something.
I know that my spoken English is so bad. Actually，my English is very poor. all the time.I always want to improve it，but I can't insist on practice English every day. Why？Because I am so lazy，and don't study hard. However, I don't have the courage to admit it and have no courage to face the reality. Why can't I？
I am so confused now.I can't sleep .I always try to change myself ，but I always fail to do that.I am really disappointed with myself.I don't know what I would be in the future.
In order to have a better future，what can I do now？I ask myself again and again.
What can I do？？？
……
Then I remember a sentence ：No matter how hard it is，just keep going because you only fail when you give up.
This is the answer？？？ Is this the answer?
……
It is time to sleep.I should not think more about it. Tomorrow is a new day and there are many things waiting for me to finish.This is what I can do now， I think.

Hiya Miller! Thanks for dropping by and checking out my entry. You know what? I also have the same struggle here in China. Firstly, I want to have a better future (who doesn't want it anyway?). Secondly, I also need to learn and polish up my Mandarin as this is the answer to my problem, which is how to have a better future. I understand your situation. Being here in China, gave me lots of challenges and struggles. It isn't easy keeping up here with only few Chinese words in mind such as 你好, 谢谢 and 再见. I have already planned on establishing a career here, but the only thing that hinders me is my very poor Mandarin. So to get over this, I am picking up Mandarin everywhere and as much as I can learn. Therefore, you don't have to worry too much. You are young and have lots of opportunities for you to learn. You're on the right track. Don't get embarassed, neither feel shy talking in English. The more you talk, the more you learn. Mistakes happen, it's normal for learners, the good thing about that is you get to know which is right and wrong. :) Hope this motivates you pal! Enjoy!

Hi Miller, If you do something over and over again, you will eventually get better. There is a theory in the US, that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to get good at any given skill. Just think about that next time you wonder why you aren't as good as you would like to be at English. David

I feel the same way. I am very shy and often feel embarrassed about my Chinese. I always make a lot of mistakes and forget even the simplest words sometimes. But you have to remember if you don't make mistakes then you don't really learn anything. By the way, I think you expressed yourself very well in your notebook entry, much better than I could do in Chinese. 加油！

First, thanks for helping to correct my introduction. As you could tell, I made a lot of mistakes, and I still have a long way to go. I felt really embarrassed by my Chinese! Your English is better than my Chinese from what I can see here. Just keep at it (加油!) and you will have excellent English soon. Perhaps you can find some foreigners in the city on business or on vacation to talk to, or they might need help and directions in English.

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