English study

I have been studying English for about 20 years, but I have only just started to use English as a language to communicate with others since last year. This phenomenon is quite common in China because most of the Chinese are just good at passing English exams with a high score but they can't have good conversations in English. It is kind of ironic to be good at "dumb" English. Personally, I think there are several reasons why it's like that. One reason is that English is one of main subjects at school so students just focus on the skills to the English exam with high scores but they don't really learn English as a language. And although there are more and more foreigners that are living in China now, they still don't have many chances to use English in their daily life. After a couple of years after their graduation, their English level starts to get worse. Also, one final reason is that Chinese people are too shy to speak English in public since they worry a lot about making mistakes in public. I think we should overcome the problems of learning English and enjoy English learning in a more relaxed way.