The problem of uncertainty in one’s own knowledge.
This is the only problem related to this topic that is not related to psychology. If you are aware of the lack of knowledge, you do not have a very big vocabulary, continue to work on yourself, read a lot, watch films and listen to audio recordings. There are plenty of methods and ways to increase its level of knowledge in our time, and there is no need to describe them in this article.
The problem is fear of someone’s negative assessment.
To begin with, it is worth clarifying that the criteria by which your teachers at the institute, or school teachers evaluated you, will be very different from the criteria by which foreign native speakers of the language will be evaluated. They have a different mentality, other requirements and requests for your language, grammar and pronunciation, and you may not even know about the specifics of these criteria.
Therefore, if your teachers and teachers “awarded” you with an excessive internal censor, or a critic, with direct communication with foreigners, this internal critic should learn to turn off for a while. Let your internal critic work when you pass the exams, or at an interview when hiring a foreign company, or if you were invited to a diplomatic reception as a translator)) where you need to show yourself from the best side, internal The censor can be very useful and will protect you from many errors.
Take up the “training” of this inner character, he performs many useful functions, but direct communication between people is not his territory..Powerful inner critic is impossible, and you do not need to be expelled from your inner world, but its strength can be made its own, gradually accumulating self -confidence and improving. Only the first step is difficult, since the internal censor tries to prevent anything new in our life, protecting us from mistakes. About how to make this first step will be written in the next article.
The problem of the fear is not to show yourself from the best, the fear is very stupid.
With the fact that at the initial stages of communication you will not be on top, suitable words will not always be at the right time, and the light jerk will periodically pursue you, you should just come to terms and accept it as a fact. This is the necessary stage of adaptation that you need to go through to take a step forward. Believe me, the same person feels the same who first goes on stage or for the first time driving a car. This passes only when you accumulate the minimum level of self -confidence.
The problem of perfectionism.
Perfectionism in the study of foreign languages is a rather positive and useful property than a problem. But communication is a creative, artistic environment, and perfectionism can significantly limit freedom of expression and literally deprive a person speechless. Therefore, it is worth it to be approximately the same as your inner criticism: to turn on and turn it off at the right moment for you. As for a foreign language, the following experiment can be undertaken here: at those moments when you will communicate with someone (especially at the very beginning), forget about the existence of grammar, let your language be imperfect! Realize that communication is emotionally through and through, and its main goal is to convey to the interlocutor his message. If the interlocutor understands you, then your goal has been achieved. This will not add the perfection of your speech, but will help to liberate and make communication directly. And you can turn on your perfectionist at any time when you want.
The problem of stress from the influence of all of the above problems.
All of the above factors are stressful for your psyche and can significantly reduce the effectiveness of your practice. My entry system of another language environment is built in such a way as to minimize the level of stress, and in the process of passage you yourself will control its level.