How is the input of a different language understood, but the output of that language difficult?
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I started to understand Czech because listening and reading are passive skills (where you don’t have to produce language) and it is not necessary to perfectly understand every single word, conjugation or declination. I could get the idea of each conversation, even if it was too fast for me to hear each word. I started understanding a lot of Czech after 6 months, but was very hesitant to speak for years.
Speaking is an active skill (where you must produce language) and you are choosing from limited vocabulary and grammatical patterns. Your brain sometimes can’t work fast enough to piece together a sentence in conversation. In addition, if you are shy or anxious to speak, it can become more difficult to concentrate and speak correctly.
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