i have been learning Japanese for about 2 years now and at this point output is definitely something i need to continue practicing but i keep running into this same problem: my brain outpaces my mouth.
i can usually form sentences in my head a lot faster than i can get it out. i notice this too when i read out loud. i comprehend reading Japanese in my head a lot faster than it takes for me to read it out loud. when i read out loud, i am slow, become easily tongue tied, and stumble my way through a passage.
i struggle with this in English too, which led me to believe i might have a stutter or something crazy like my tongue is too fat for my mouth. it literally hurts my brain sometimes when i have to read out loud for a class or something and i sound like a child sounding it out because i feel incredibly stuck.
is the key just more listening/pronunciation exercises? more shadowing? just doing it more? perhaps some mouth exercises i can do?
by semiswee