Be Comfortable with your Foreign Language.

Some EFL students normally feel uncomfortable speaking English in front other people, there is  a moment when your thoughts and your mouth do not work together. Maybe you have the knowledge in your mind, but it is very difficult to transform that knowledge in sentences, words, or phrases to say what you want to say, that is frustrating, you want to say something but you can´t express yourself.

I think we all already have been through this situation, some more than others, no matter the English level we have this is an experience we live in certain circumstances. Our brain starts to think about what people may think about you, about what you are saying, about your pronunciation, about your mistakes,  and then you may feel ashamed, awkward, and sad and then you prefer just not to talk in English.

But, what can we do to solve this problem? What can we do to avoid that feeling?

Be Brave. Just the fact you speak another language (even with mistakes) is awesome, you not only think, write, hear and speak in you native language but also in english! You have to change your chip in your mind and start to believe in yourself.

I Make a Lot of Mistakes When I Speak in English. And who doesn’t? you have to realize everybody make mistakes speaking  a foreign language, remember, it is a FOREIGN language and you have to learn it.

Be Positive.  Every mistake is a lesson, so you instead of thinking you are doing it wrong, think you are improving your new language.

Find your Weaknesses and Work on Them. We have 4 skills, reading, writing, listening and speaking, we are talking about speaking but remember those 4 skills work hand to hand, so don’t forget to improve each one of them, for a good pronunciation we have to listen the words first, for a good vocabulary to know how to express yourself we have to read a lot and the last but not the least is writing, nothing better to keep you memory in a good shape is writing what you´ve heard and read.

Keep in Practice. You have to speak in english everywhere, don’t only in class, make your foreign language part of your live and for sure in a short time you will see a big difference when you speak in english and those feelings will disappear!