Today was the first time I spoke in front of my class as I was to give my English test. It was a kind of EXTEMPORE. Five of us were given with three pictures and we were asked to select a topic and speak about it for a minute. I selected a picture where it was showing traffic disturbance caused by stray animals. I stood in front of the podium and that was the time when my heart beat became too fast and I started feeling too nervous . I couldn't speak more than 20 secs when my foot started shaking. Everyone was staring at me ,I admitted that I am feeling too nervous and tried to console myself that I can do this but I failed. My English teacher asked me " Do u want to speak later on ? " , without giving it a second thought I replied her "yes ma'am". Thanks to ma'am that she allowed me to speak for the second time. I came back to my seat and thought of changing the topic. Time passed by very quickly and my turn came. This time I did not wanted to loose it so I spoke about a picture showing, a girl learning karate. Though I was shaking I started to speak with a smile on my face.This time I spoke more confidently as compared to the last time but not very well as I couldn't end it properly as there were no points left. After it ended I wished that again I could speak and tell everyone what I felt while speaking for the first time.
Today I could understand how difficult is it to speak in public, hats off to them who carry themselves on stage so well. But one thing I learned that with practice one can become a good speaker in public and I hope , I shall get more opportunities like this so that I can overcome my fear of speaking in public.
