Scared of my native language? Need help to develop and overcome this “fear?”
I work as a cashier and whenever I hear Spanish (my native language) I get really stiff and uncomfortable. I hate speaking Spanish because I have an accent. It’s also so hard to speak to strangers in Spanish and not my family. I can speak just fine with my family but the second a Spanish speaking customer comes up to my register I get scared and act like I don’t speak Spanish. I’m intimidated by these strangers Spanish because it’s spoken really fast and they use words I don’t understand because their Spanish is slightly different from mine. I feel bad whenever someone comes in and I act like I don’t speak Spanish when I know I do? HELP HOW DO I FIX THIS? Ive been using a language learning app to help get rid of my accent and develop more words especially those different from words I use.