Fear of appearing stupid or foolish Fear of not being successful in communicating (even though you've bee studying a lot and know a lot about the new language) Fear of the silence(s) that might come up between you and the other person So just throw your ego to the side for a few moments and let yourself falter, hesitate, make mistakes, etc. and as the fear lessens you'll find that you really can talk in the new language.

cuz foreigners are 鬼佬。 anything that has the word 鬼 has gotta be scary! :P

because you dont try over come your fear. cowboy...

No guts, no glory - One must have courage if s/he wants to achieve great success. =)

Because good triumps evil, so the toddler got lost in the mall.