It's said that public speaking is ranked the #1 fear for most people. I used to be, and still am, one of those people. It's gotten easier over the years though. For one thing, I don't stutter as bad as I used to, and I'm trying to eliminate those infamous "like's" and "um's".
Where exactly did these filler words come from? Who was the first person to start using these words to bridge those awkward gaps in your speech? The answer may be untraceable like a lot of things. It's almost a part of your culture to use these words in everyday conversation too. I overhear many conversations and people tend to over-exaggerate a lot of situations by constantly saying "very", "so", and "literally". That sentence itself used too much "too much".
I think public speaking will probably get better as you experience more things...and practice doing it a lot. That's the only way you're going to get better at it. To this day I still don't know if speaking in front of people you do know is harder/easier than speaking in front of those you don't.
Sometimes in English we watch these videos called TED talks, and although I don't always follow what the actually speaker is saying, I watch what they do...and how they project their idea. It doesn't matter what you say most of the time, it really is how you go about it. I hope one day to be an effective public speaker like so many I have seen before.
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