Fear of Failing or something?

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I find foreign languages to be fascinating. I am in High School and am currently studying French and Spanish. I have already taken three years of Spanish and looking forward to my fourth year next semester. I've already required taken the amount of years. Fortunately, I am Haitian and used to speak French fluently. But now, since I haven't used it in years, I can't seem to be able to form a normal simple sentence anymore. My mom calls it Americanized, but I know that the only reason I don't speak it anymore is because I'm scared of making a mistakes while I talk. I used to be complimented for my "perfect" French so you can imagine wow I'd feel to be corrected for something I was supposed to be exceptionally good at! So I am back to brushing up on my French in class, but my teacher thinks that I should be in level three French. I've spent my recent years second doubting myself a lot and I couldn't possibly bare to think about failing something I already know! Have you ever been in a situation like this? If so, how did you cope with it? I've spent years denying my that I was afraid of being corrected, but this the first time I've actually said anything about it.