Emma Yea I've been always worrying about it . You're right . All I have to do is just speak English ! I never make it if I worry about it ! Thanks love !

Matthew Trammell Thank you so much for your advices. It helps me a lot! I'll try using my English. Someday, I'll overcome with it and then I could enjoy speaking with friends.

I agree with Matthew and Emma. Keep in mind that there are many ways to practice speaking in English in order to build up your confidence. You can improve your speaking skills without actually having a conversation with someone. For the last 60 days I have been making YouTube videos on a daily basis in order to practice speaking in Russian. I speak in front of my webcam as if it were a mirror and I talk for a few minutes (5-20 minutes). I don't have the added pressure of worrying about listening comprehension or having to find interesting topics to keep the conversation going. It's quite therapeutic and has greatly improved my speaking ability. If you're not comfortable with publishing your videos on YouTube, you can keep your videos or audio recordings private, upload them to a cloud storage website and just share the link with specific language exchange partners or teachers for feedback on your pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. I hope that idea helps you build up your confidence.

Unfortunately, the only way to overcome it is by doing it! You worry about it because you think the other person will be annoyed or bored, but I think once you do it once or twice and they don't act that way, it will give you confidence to do it again! I have the same problem in learning Korean, and speaking to a teacher worked for me. I don't worry so much about 'wasting their time' or making a mistake because they are a teacher and I am paying them, and after speaking to a teacher I felt more comfortable speaking to other people. Good luck! ^_^

Taiki, you write English PERFECTLY! つげ！ My advice for you is to speak. Taiki, JUST SPEAK!!!! If you make a few small mistakes, we will still understand what you are saying. Listen, most Americans do not speak correct English either! "Correct" English is mostly written. When we speak, a lot of people do not speak correctly. The way I am talking to you now is very different than how I would talk if we were using Skype. 大丈夫だよ！Writing English is the hard part, SPEAKING English is a lot easier! If we can understand you, it's ok. It does not have to be perfect. がんばって！