In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the main goal of language use is communication, then mistakes are secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually as awareness of those mistakes increases. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes. The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. But a student who is unwilling to interact in the first place would lose this opportunity to learn by trial and error.