When you learn one language, but only reading, writing but nothing speaking. It´s so hard! I wanted to learn English since I was a child. In my school the english teachers everyday told me that I have

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When you learn one language, but only reading, writing but nothing speaking. It´s so hard! I wanted to learn English since I was a child. In my school the english teachers everyday told me that I have a good memory and I was a good student of english and that I have habilities for languages, etc. And I was so fast to finish the tests exams or reading a text or history and I was fast to answer many questions, obviously all the exams were written. And spent years and years, the same until I finished my career at university and I know something was wrong because when I tried to speack with anyone I feel like I have'nt voice. In my mind I have many sentences, topics, words but all in spanish and I needed time to translate in my mind and I needed time to recorder the correct pronunciations of these words... And The result is just no speak! uhmmm, eeehhhmm, oohmm.... It's so hard!!!!

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When you learn one a language, but only reading, and writing, but nothing speaking, it´s so hard!

I have wanted to learn English since I was a child. In my school/At school the English teachers [everyday] told me every day that I have a good memory, and that I was a good student of English, and that I have habilityies for languages, etc. And I was so fast to finish the tests and exams, or reading a text or history, and I was fast/quick to answer many of the questions. Obviously, all the exams were written.

And I spent many years/years and years, in the same way, until I had finished my [career]/time at university, and I knew something was wrong because, when I tried to speack with [anyone]/someone I [feel like]/felt as though I didn't have'nt a voice. In my mind I had have many sentences, topics, words, but all in Spanish, and I needed time to translate in my mind, and I needed time to [recorder]/remember the correct pronunciations of these words... and the result is just not to speak! uhmmm, eeehhhmm, oohmm.... It's so hard!!!!

Thanks for the cheering!! I will keep on trying it!!

I can understand what you mean, as I have experienced the same thing with the languages I'm learning. However, it's important to know that using a lot of uhmms and aahhs doesn't make you a weak speaker of a language. Even expert language users have to take some time to think about how they will say something. The key is to keep practising your speaking skills whenever you can.

lol yeah I have the same struggle in the language I've been learning that exact same thing it is really tough to turn a good knowledge of a language into speaking ability but keep on trying it will come it just takes practice (or at least that's what I tell myself lol)

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