Maybe, I can understand your problem, Jonathan! In the past, I was so fear of speaking that I couldn't open my mouth for a simple question with a native speaker! But actually, the reasons for this fear are very simple! 1/ not enough vocabulary 2/ nothing to talk 3/ not practice speaking enough! If I want to speak English fluently, I need to solve these problems! And I had been finding and finding for a few years and I got the solutions! 1/ watch some english conversations with subtitles on youtube to learn new words 2/ prepare the topics/questions before the talk 3/ find more and more friends in class, italki, english clubs to talk more! Now, I can speak English fluently and I'm learning French, Japanese with these solutions! I wish this information helpful for you! if you want to speak English and help me with French, please add my skype: duc.v.truong! We can share our learning then!