Today I’m going to talk about a situation when I feel confident. One thing that made me confident was giving a presentation in our school. I used to feel nervous speaking in front of people, but one day a department of education decided to organize a competition in our school where students from all schools will participate. I wanted to fight my fear and started creating a presentation related to biotechnology, that I’m not aware of this topic. Despite this, I practiced a lot at home, recording myself and improving my pronunciation. It took me a couple of weeks and I made simple notes instead of reading from the script, which helped me speak more naturally. I even practiced in front of a mirror to work on my body language and facial expressions. So on the day of the presentation I was still a bit nervous, but as I started speaking I gained confidence. Also I made eye contact with all students and jury, explained my points clearly and even answered a few questions at the end. After finishing, I felt really proud of myself. Jury gave me positive feedback and my teacher, classmates, said I did well. That experience boosted my confidence and now I feel much more comfortable speaking in front of others. I also realized that preparation is the key to confidence, so now whenever I have to speak in public, I make sure to practice well in advance and this experience has really helped me to improve my communication skills. So that’s why next time if I had a chance, I would definitely participate in such competitions to improve my skills and gain more experience and confidence.
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Today I'm going to talk about a situation when I felt confident. One thing that made me confident was giving a presentation in our school. I used to feel nervous speaking in front of people, but one day a department of education decided to organize a competition in our school where students from all schools would participate. I wanted to confront my fear and started creating a presentation related to biotechnology, a topic I was not familiar with. Despite this, I practiced a lot at home, recording myself and improving my pronunciation. It took me a couple of weeks, and I made simple notes instead of reading from a script, which helped me speak more naturally. I even practiced in front of a mirror to work on my body language and facial expressions. So on the day of the presentation, I was still a bit nervous, but as I started speaking, I gained confidence. I made eye contact with all the students and the jury, explained my points clearly, and even answered a few questions at the end. After finishing, I felt really proud of myself. The jury gave me positive feedback, and my teacher and classmates said I did well. That experience boosted my confidence, and now I feel much more comfortable speaking in front of others. I also realized that preparation is the key to confidence, so now whenever I have to speak in public, I make sure to practice well in advance. This experience has really helped me improve my communication skills. So that's why next time I have a chance, I would definitely participate in such competitions to improve my skills and gain more experience and confidence.
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