Why am I too shy to talk on a microphone in an online chat?
Do you have the same problems like me ?
I am afraid of talking with language partners through voice chat or video.
However, I have known them quite a long time but we all still just text chat.
I always feel uncomfortable when my foreign friends ask me to do a voice chat.
I know it is just voice chat, but I am scared.
I have tried a voice chat maybe three times, but I thought it would not work.
I did not how to speak and my brain stopped thinking.
Surprisingly, when I use a text chat, I text very fast and the process of my thinking is faster.
I think it is because I can use more time to consider what I am going to say.
I can express my idea through writing but not speaking.
To tell the truth, I am too shy to speak with foreign friends in many parts of the world.
However, when I met foreigners in person by accident in a university, I wasn't scared.
I was happy to talk with them.
I know that learning languages by texting to each other is not the best way to learn.
Speaking face to face through a video call if we live in different countries is better but I have never done it.
I lost many of friends when I told them I cannot use voice chat or video call.
I was too shy to do it and I just felt awkward to talk.
Have you faced this problem?
I don't know how to solve it, but I am trying to talk to a mirror or myself.
Maybe I need some scripts before accepting a voice chat XD
My English skills are not quite good especially speaking and listening, so it makes me afraid of talking with friends about various topics. I think I cannot make it.
I am scared if I don't know how to answer.
I am not a talkative girl so our chatting must be boring.
If I can only read and write but I cannot speak, it is a fail study language !
In spite of I having learned English since I was young, but I am still shy to use it.
I hope I can solve this problem and find a good way to escape from being shy.
Sorry for my poor writing and thanks in advance for the correction.
Your writing is very good! Keep up the good work! ^^
I completely understand what you're saying. I have several friends that I help with English, and they help me with Korean. I usually just message them, because I'm too shy to speak in Korean. ㅠㅠ
Just keep practicing! I hope we can both overcome our shyness!