First notebook entry: Introducing myself

Hi, my name is Naoto. I am a Japanese man studying in America. though Right now I am back in Japan during the for summer vacation. I am so so so eager to learn English. I guess I don't have big problems great difficulty in understanding written or spoken English. but my speaking ability in English speaking skill  is really poor; probably because I haven't had enough opportunities to speak. I am really looking forward to improve my speaking ability oral skills via Skype.

Why don't you have the opportunity to speak in English when in the US?  Is it because you either mix too much around your Japanese friends or are you too shy to speak with others because you are embarassed by your poor English? :)  My Japanese friend Moto who had been living in the US for 18 years and his oral English is till terrible because he does not speak much in front of his English speaking friends but is like a chattering bird when with his Japanese friends.  I feel sad for him for being embarrassed by his poor oral English.  If he does not learn to overcome that.  His oral skills in English will never improve.