Tried to practice my speaking by reading out aloud some NHK News articles. What should I focus on if I want to improve my speaking skills?

Hi due to lack of practice I am still very inexperienced when it comes to speaking.

So I tried to do a little speaking practice by trying to read out aloud the latest 4 NHK easy news article since they are quite short and also have furigana. So I thought for someone who is still very inexperienced with speaking Japanese I thought it might be a fun practice.

So below I will link my attempt of reading the articles as well as their corresponding articles. Of course I won’t expect any one to listen to all of my tries but if some kind and more experienced soul finds the time to listen to just one example and tell me what points I should focus on when trying to improve my speaking skills.

https://vocaroo.com/1aM1SaLhODBQ:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/ne2025040411078/ne2025040411078.html

https://vocaroo.com/1a5ORp0mEdxv:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/ne2025040411402/ne2025040411402.html

https://vocaroo.com/1kkNb3A0geW8:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/ne2025040411434/ne2025040411434.html

https://vocaroo.com/1dYiwAiuCyrU:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/ne2025040411523/ne2025040411523.html

P.S. I know that the best method would probably be to actually find a Japanese person, like a tutor to directly talk to but next to other reasons, as a somewhat introvert person I have not found yet the courage to get into an actual conversation.