My fear of speaking English Hi, my name is Paula and I’ve been trying actively to learn english since about one year ago, but I think I didn’t find the right method (I used Duolingo and similar apps) and I didn’t want to step out of my confort-zone so I didn’t learn a lot. I’m going to change my plan: I’ve done a schedule where I have written the whole necessary matters to learn a language (not only reading and listening which are the only ones that I have been studing until now ). I’m going to practice three days a week for two hours each day. And each day I’m going to study one of the matters: writting, listening, gramar, listening, pronunciation, reading and the most feared by me: speaking :$. I fear it because I’m not very outgoing in my own language so you can imagine in one that I don’t speak well talking with somebody I didn’t know… I have spoken english when I traveled to foreign countries and I have no other alternative to speak. But nothing else. And here in Spain when a friend of mine has tried to speak in english with me to practice, I don’t Know why, my mouth is locked, even if I know the answer and I understand everything, I don’t know what happens that I can’t talk. It's not rational. The feeling is similar to jump from a springboard. You see it from a lateral view and think “bah It’s not too high” but when I am above it and the more think about jumping, the more my body get stucked and I just don’t dare. So I’m going to sing up for clases. The spent money may be enough motivation to take the plunge.