A healthy level of fear is normal. It's something we ALL experience...
But many English students suffer from an unhealthy, paralyzing amount of fear because teachers make two very BIG MISTAKES...
The first mistake is telling students NOT to be nervous.
We know this common "advice" doesn't work because this only makes you think MORE about embarrassment and failure.
The second mistake is teaching MORE words and phrases before solving the core problem of worrying.
Teachers don't understand that if you're too scared to say the words you already know, you will only feel WORSE if you can't use a larger vocabulary.
So how do you solve this problem?
You must replace your thoughts of worry and doubt with thoughts of calm and certainty!