Foreign languages and social skills

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I wanna know whether learning another language helps you acquire social skills. Personally, I feel I've learnt a few things mostly in theory, but some of them in practice (although not much), but I wanna know whether it's the case for most people and if it depends on the method.

Whilst not really being social skills, I feel easier expressing myself in English than in my native language.

some of my thoughts are even in English

I voted the option 4 by mistake, I meant that I've studied a foreign language but it didn't help me to improve my social skills. Sorry.

I have learnt two foreign languages, although for both I focused heavily on reading and writing and not on speaking.

How do you know if it could possibly improve your social skills as long as that hasn’t happened?

No, learning other languages didn't help me at all. And even worse, my lack of social skills makes it very hard for me to learn how to use foreign languages because I cannot talk to people using those languages.

Lack of social skills also means talking to people in any language other than your native one is even more dangerous. A lot more chances to put your foot in your mouth

I've tried learning Hebrew from pre-school through college. Not only am I terrible at the language, but my classes have in no way prepared me to become more sociable. (On a side-note, I took three Spanish courses in high school. I found it easier to learn than Hebrew, but since I hadn't practiced using it since high school, I forgot most of what I learned. Still, I didn't gain any social skills from those classes, either.)