Talk a lot. Read even more. And in the meantime when you're not talking or not reading - listen to some English radio, TV or podcasts.

Hello Ald, Your problem is quite same with mine. The different thing is I am very confident to say my opinions in my native language. But I feel pretty difficulty expressing my ideas with foreigners except my English teacher ( he's from USA by the way ). But I feel very shy whenever I talk to other people. It is like only my English teacher can understand what I am saying. Ugh! I know it sucks. So I would love to talk with you to improve our english if you want to. Yours,

Hi, why not join these 2 groups to improve? Italki English Skype Chat group http://www.italki.com/groups/740/topic/9312.htm Italki Skype Conversation Club http://www.italki.com/groups/1804/topic/39157.htm

I agree with Barthelemy - talk! Talk to people. Talk to people you don't know. Even just a few words. You challenge yourself, you make progress and THAT gives you confidence.

You are doing very well, now that you can come and tell about your confusions. :) Never brand yourself as " shy" , no matter what happened. That is really negative information to yourself in this case. We can always try speaking bit slowlier and clearer to give us more time to think about what to say next. :) To speak out and response positively help a lot most of time. So we have no reasons not to do that to help ourselves in our lives. To be shy is not really that bad in real life. Sometimes that might make you more friendly and sweet to others. Good luck!