English on the go

Hello, everybody. I am a somewhat introverted Chinese girl. I have already studied (the 'y' changes to 'i' ...) English for more than 10 years. Every day (two words, 'everday' is an adjective) I remind myself I need study hard but till now my spoken English is still very poor. I am afraid to talk to a foreigner in English, being so shy. The reason is that I afraid to make of making mistakes and I am seldom of lacking confidence. English is very important for me, I need to use English every day. So I must improve my English level. Hopefully I can make a lot of friends and find some study partner here. I am a new comer. The first thing I should learn is how to find friends here. If you know, please tell me. Thanks in advance.

Just look around and see who is helpful and contributes to this community.  Write some articles and that way you will meet English speakers.  Correct some Chinese articles, and that way too you will meet people. 老鬼