I Cannot Speak English Well

My name is Nabi Kim. I live in Seoul, South Korea. I knew of/learned of this web site from my English teacher. I want to be able to speak English well. I have studied English for about 10 years now, but I still cannot speak it well. As a result, I become very nervous whenever I meet foreigners. I'm really happy that I found this useful website. I want to meet people from other countries and become friends with them.*

Hi Nabi. Good job! Whatever changes that I’ve made were merely done to allow your sentences to sound more natural to my native ears. I hope that this helps you. J.

*As to using “wanna,” please limit it to informal conversation or personal email. For “public” use, please use the full words—“want to.” As to speaking, you need to train your mouth muscles and tongue to be in certain positions that are not natural in speaking Korean, so read English out loud and/or do a lot of repetition (i.e. practice… practice… practice!) As to speaking with foreigners, they will understand that English is not your native language and that you will make mistakes, it's natural, so do not be so self-conscious about it.

I can speak english well.