I've already read this one! This is a excellent one. I recovered my motivation for studying English. Although I've been studying English for about a year at conversation school, I didn't talk with our worker in English. Actually, I can't talk with not only business talking, but also ordinary one. Perhaps, It was not good how to study. In my case, I asked teachers many times how I should study. but I didn't understand until now. But now, I got up my motivation. So, I will study it again.
>>[2] Thanks for your reply! I'm very glad your response! I don't speak English so far, but I'm studying it. Unfortunately, I usually don't have a chance to talk in English. But, when I commute to my company, I speak in my mind in English, and when I take a memo, I write in English. And, I'm considering that I will join a English cafe. I wanna talk in English, but I don't have a situation to talk with.
Right or wrong isn't important! What's important is that you can communicate -- and I think you're doing great. Making an effort to speak in English in your mind is extremely important, and it will help you a lot when you do have the opportunity to speak out loud. Don't give up!
>>[4] Thank you! Thank you so much for your advice. I'm 50 years old. I gave up to speak English so far. But, I want to talk in English with our US colleague without transfer. So, now I'm going to learn English at conversation school. Next time to go there, I will bring my note that I wrote many sentences for being checked right or wrong. By the way, I'm not good at talking smoothly. Now, I think the sentence in Japanese before I speak in English. So, My speaking speed is so slowly, and not smoothly. My teacher said, don't afraid mistake! Speak directly that you think.... But I can't. I need much more practices to talk with...
It sounds like you know exactly what you need to do. If you can, I encourage you to talk to yourself in English when you're at home. If you do, English will come out much more smoothly.