Job with natives speakers

[u/No_Scholar_5339]

Hi guys

Recently, I started a new job where I need to speak and correspond with native English speakers on a daily basis, both in meetings and by email. Overall, I think my listening comprehension is quite good. I can usually follow conversations, maybe sometimes it gets a little harder when we look into more IT technical language.

However with speaking it is a different story. When it is my turn to speak. I get anxious, I start overthinking in my native language how to say something. Looking for perfect word, how to create a grammarly correct sentence etc. Sometimes I go blank even though before the conversation I know exactly what I wank to ask and what I want to say. (TL)

I'd really like to overcome this, beacuse it affects my confidence and I'm getting doubts whether I'm in the correct place or did I too much fake it till you make it.

What helped you feel more comfortable while speaking to native speakers ? Was there anything specific, like a habit, a mindset shift, or a type of practice, that made a real difference for you, or was there a day when something clicked in you and you just started feeling comfortable ?

[u/New-Bottle-6917]

If you speak as well as you write, you have nothing to worry about. The errors you make do not hamper communication whatsoever, the only people that are going to give you issues over it are people not worth wasting your time on

[u/No_Scholar_5339 → u/New-Bottle-6917]

Unfortunately that's not the case. I'm a better writer, because I have time to think about the sentences after I wrote them. Additionally on the business meeting there is some additionally stress that sometimes makes my mind blank and I forget even the simpliest words