Why can I understand English but cannot speak?

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Due to lack of practice and confidence.
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Because when we listen to English sentence we easily translate it our own mother tongue but when we have to speak we form a sentence in our own mother tongue in our brain and during speaking we try to translate it to English .
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Because you have fear of English that someone would catch the mistakes and make you feel embarrassing. Remember no one is perfect and try to be confident. Enrol my classes for two months. You'll be the dominating person among your friends with an excellent voice accent.
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we cannot speak up English fluently because at the time of talking the vocabulary didn't come up to our mind that's why we feel hesitant to talk with someone
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Lack of practice
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Because lack of confidence. I strongly believe that the solution for this is start to watch any English programmes. Speak to yourself.
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You need to be taught basic English Speaking skills if you though understand but cannot speak English. Connect either over chat/call with us for more details. We can completely make you comfortable with English speaking.
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Happy learning.

Because you hasitate to speak, you may start speaking initially with your friends at least 2 hours daily whether on calls or face to face.
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It just because of lack of practice. You have to practice speaking English in real life. You can also try loud reading and listening to English podcast. Just find right people for practicing English everyday. Also learn some advanced vocabulary and idioms. But try to use them while you talk to people...
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