The problem of speak without a partner. Well, I have been studying English for 3 years, in this time I improved my written, my listening, my reading, but I noticed that my speaking still keeps poor. I'm trying find ways to improve my speaking, but when you live in a foreign country it seems difficult. In order to overcome this problem I speak with myself, when I'm taking a shower or when I'm alone at home, but the problem is that you can't know if you are speaking right or wrong. I also noticed that to listen is easier than to speak because when you hear an English native speaker you usually don't understand all he said, but you hear some key words and then try to understand all the context. It not occurs when you are speaking. When you are speaking you spend a short time to think with you need to use "could" or "should", maybe "would", you know, you waste time thinking and choosing the better words to use in your answer. Isn't it? Now I'm going to find partners to improve my speaking because I really guess the fear of fail is a huge barrier in my English studies.