Laugh at your own mistakes! I started leaning english seriously only when I was in College. I came to realize that English will help much on job application. Since then I read english lesson books, took some courses, yet I still didn't improve much in speaking. Not until I worked in an multinational company; i started to improve conversation skill way much better than before (even though it's still not fluent :). However, I've committed myself to keep learning. Somehow being an adult learner of a new language just like me, has one biggest barrier: my reluctance to make mistakes, in which young learners wouldn't care so much. I tend to over think, worrying that my mistakes would make people laugh at me. Once, I made an embarrassing mistake that even myself would be able to laugh over it. I love the feeling after I did that. No shame nor tense at all. All of a sudden one phrase glanced over my mind, "I'm a human too". Finally I can be at peace even when I make mistake; it's the way human learn and that without it we will not improve much. For you who want to improve your bahasa, please do not worry of making a lot of mistakes. We all do, anyway! Find a native language partner that can help you practicing. Practice makes perfect. Don't hesitate to ask your exchange partner to correct when you are wrong; i bet those corrected-wrongs are the longest you will remember of all others that rights :) Hope you can find partner that can help you to keep focus, calling you back when commitment to learn fades. But on top of that, don't be stressed out. Chill out and enjoy the learning. Bahasa is an easy language after all (says the internet, hehehe :) Again, never forget to laugh at your own mistakes. All the best! (Note: Feel free to correct my english. And in the next posting, I'll provide the translation in bahasa for your reference. Cheers!)