The hardest thing for me with learning a new language was being wrong all the time, and saying dumb things out loud. Then I found sign language, and let me tell you it has helped with language acquisition for my other foreign languages so much.
Now that I have been learning ASL, I've gotten a whole new fresh look on what's important to know in language at basic levels, and how progression and moving up is. Plus, I can sign something while saying it in the foreign language at the same time to bridge the gap. The signers I meet up with are so understanding and kind and welcome to newcomers. The Deaf community around me has been so supportive of me learning (and there's a whole culture and code of respect that comes with this). I don't have to travel far to get immersed in a foreign language sitting around in your own backyard. When you're able to see communication without words (and there is a lot of "chatter" that ASL drops to keep the conversation at a human pace), starting to piece together a language with words becomes easier.
Remember that we are all human and have the same innate language centers to us. Everything you want to communicate in your native language, someone else has the same exact desires as you as to what to say. Even if that communication happens without words, we still all have a linguistic sense that binds us together. It's just breaking it down to those parts and reforming it to what we humans need from each other. This could give you a fresh perspective on picking up your new (TL). It helped me!!
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