Public Speaking Course

My sixth challenge was to suggest going somewhere to a friend I rarely go out with. I completed it successfully about a month ago. Long story short, I went to see a theatre performance which I just adore and after that, I wrote a huge text about how great it was to the conversation of my 5 friends who are actually my groupmates. The thing is that we are quite close and we talk to each other every day, but in fact, we practically never go out to some places except each other's flats or the New York Pizza nearby our uni. Of course, they know my incredible passion for theatre and Globus in particular, however, none of them is really into that and they go to theatres really rarely. But that time they liked the way I was describing my amusement. As days went by I was thinking about the way to talk them into going and seeing it with me and about the way I should persuade them. Frankly, I didn't want to be intrusive and irritating, but I really wanted them to sincerely become intere...

About two weeks ago I've done the challenge number 5, which was to speak English with my friend in a public place. So, my friend Alina and I usually go to our favourite coffee shop and sit there for hours, and that day we went there again. As it is our go-to place, we are bound to meet some familiar people and friends accidentally. So, we came there and I told her about the task I wanted to do. She found that sort of funny and we both were interested in the reaction of the people who were going to hear that. Also, I think I have to mention that we both went to the same language school for many and many years, so she was just the perfect partner for this challenge. We didn't discuss it for too long and just started speaking about common things we usually talk about, but now in English. At that very moment, there were about 5-6 people in the coffee shop, and we also were sitting really close to the place where the coffee is made, having one friend sitting next to us. We spoke a...

Talking about challenge number 4, I had to ask my distant friends to go to the concert together as we're all fans of that group. So, my favourite music band was coming to my city, but none of my friends was listening to it. Nevertheless, there were some distant friends of mine, who were the fans of that group and I was sure they would go. I had to ask them if we could go together. I felt soo nervous, that I actually was thinking it over for about a month. Today it sounds pretty crazy to be so scared, and I myself don't even understand why was I feeling so insecure. One day I decided to finally do this and texted one of them asking whether they were going to the concent. He said that they were. I asked if I could join them and he said that there was no problem. So. in fact that was as easy as that and I didn't have to worry so much. Finally, we went to that concent together, having a little party before it and we even were to an autograph session of that group and made so...

Hello to everyone! Long time no see! I'm sorry that I was away from my blog for so long, but today I'm ready to tell you everything about all the challenges I've completed in the last month! So, my third challenge was to ask a stranger for a phone call. Actually, I've already said in one of my challenges that it's quite difficult for me to initiate dialogues with strangers, so I was a  little afraid to do that. On that day I visited a hospital and I decided that it's the time. I was sitting in the corridor when a young woman came and sat not far away from me. I picked her as my victim. She wasn't looking really friendly, so my challenge had me feeling even more uncomfortable. I turned to her and, even though my phone was in my purse at the moment, asked if she could help me as I really need to call. When she looked at me, I felt helpless. However, she smiled at me and gave me her phone. I called my mum and pretended to ask some very important question, a...