Asking for and Giving Personal Information in English
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joining us as always this week this
week’s topic is going to be exchanging
contact information so I hope we can
talk about a lot of things today I want
to talk about how to exchange contact
information in a way that doesn’t make
the other person feel uncomfortable and
we’re also going to talk about how to
maybe accept or refuse if someone asks
you for your contact information so
we’re going to start in just a couple
minutes
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then I want to mention a couple of
questions actually a few people had the
same question about a vocabulary word I
used in last week’s live stream and that
was about the word loci I said that I
had a very low-key holiday and people
say what does low-key mean this word if
you’re not sure if you weren’t in last
week’s live stream
I used the word low-key this word here
this was a word that I used to talk
about my holiday and people said what
does low-key mean I don’t know what that
word means
low-key is a very casual word it’s kind
of a slang word it means low intensity
so low-key means like low intensity so
it’s it means like quiet or relaxed or
not a lot of force or not like emotional
very very low intensity low-key so this
is a nice word to explain a day off or
like to explain an event to explain a
party like a low-key party or a low-key
barbecue or a low-key night out for
example so that’s a word that I talked
about last week but today we’re going to
talk about how to exchange your contact
information so we have a couple points I
want to mention kind of three parts for
today’s lesson but I think actually I
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today’s topic so today’s topic as I said
is exchanging contact information we’re
going to break it into three I’ve
decided to break it into three parts
first we’re going to talk about how to
ask for someone else’s information but I
know that many of you probably know like
what’s your phone number or what’s your
email address I want to talk about ask
about like social media accounts and how
to ask that in a polite way so in a way
that makes the other person feel
comfortable so that’s one - I want to
talk about how to ask and give your
contact information in a business
setting so something a bit more formal
that will be the second point for today
and then the third point I want to talk
about for today is responding to
requests for your contact information so
that’s those three okay but let’s begin
with the first topic that I said I
wanted to talk about how do you ask for
someone’s information so please be
careful I want to review this word we’ve
talked about many times on the channel
so Michael and I have talked about this
word I’ve talked about this word in ask
Alicia the word creepy so when you ask
someone for their contact information
don’t be creepy remember the word creepy
it’s a casual it’s kind of an everyday
word but it means a person who causes
nervous feelings in other people so we
need to ask for contact information but
we should not be creepy about it so
first point is don’t begin your
conversation asking for someone’s
contact information so that’s rather
creepy so if you walk up to somebody and
say hey can I have your phone number hey
can I have your email address it’s it’s
strange and uncomfortable so first
please make sure to speak with the other
person for a while for a short time and
then perhaps gently politely ask for
their contact information so please
avoid saying give me your facebook give
me your Instagram because these sound
rather creepy or they can’t or they
sound a similar word is pushy these
words can sound creepy or pushy so pushy
means a person who tries to push the
other person to convince the other
person
to do something so please don’t be
creepy don’t be pushy these are two key
points for today so what should you say
what should you say so I’m going to talk
about just three example sentences you
can use to ask for someone’s social
media accounts exchanging contact
information through social media so in
these example sentences I’m using just a
few popular social media platforms but
you can of course choose the platform
that is that you are interested in using
so we’ll look at it here in just a
second I think it’ll come in just a
second but instead of saying give me
your facebook or give me your Instagram
or something well instead say do you use
Facebook do you use Instagram do you use
whatsapp these are much much better
questions so the reason so why why is
this why is saying do you use Facebook
why is this better it’s because if you
use this question the other person has
the chance to say no the other person
can say no I don’t use Facebook or no I
don’t use Instagram so if the other
person feels uncomfortable then this is
a chance for them to say no I don’t want
to exchange my contact information so
this is a much much better question to
ask to use Facebook to use Instagram to
use what’s up I asked this question if
the other person says no then you can
say oh okay I understand and then maybe
you can you can ask is there another way
I could contact you which is fine you
know email address or phone number but
if they say yes if they say yes to this
question then you can follow up so we’ll
talk about that in just a moment so if
you say that do you use Facebook
do you use Instagram to use whatsapp
then your follow-up question so they say
yes I do
or yeah yes I do I do something like
that then your next question is going to
be something like we’ll see it in just a
second here the next question will be
for Facebook for example can I add you
as a friend can I add you as a friend or
can I follow you
or can I have your number so depending
on the social media that you’re talking
about if it’s Facebook for example can I
add you as a friend or if it’s Twitter
or Instagram can I follow you or if it’s
whatsapp can I have your number in
YouTube Roberto says can I say pass me
your Facebook no we don’t use the verb
pass for Facebook we don’t use that verb
we say like can I add you our can i
friend you on facebook we use these as
verbs to friend or to add so we don’t
use the verb pass we can say like let’s
exchange Facebook info or like let’s
exchange like our I don’t know our
Instagram account names exchange is okay
too
so these are some good questions you can
ask that are rather polite so again if
you say give me your facebook or give me
your Instagram it’s a little too pushy
so I don’t recommend those instead I
recommend do you use Facebook then can I
add you as a friend long and YouTube
says can or could I would recommend can
can could I add you as a friend it’s a
little more formal and in most cases if
you’re saying like asking about
someone’s social media accounts it’s
probably a casual situation so I would
recommend using can instead of good yeah
do you have Instagram yes so I’m so you
use so something something says can I
say do you have facebook yes yes that’s
the question we talked about before and
Garrison says can you give me your
Facebook is that way correct can you
give me your Facebook it’s okay but I
think I still think it’s better to ask
do you use Facebook I think most people
say that instead it’s just it’s more
polite it’s much softer I would
recommend do you use Facebook and then
the next question if they say yes say
can I add you as a friend Toni says
would you like to have my phone number
that is a very confident question I
don’t know if I would use that if
someone said that to me
I would feel I would feel that person is
a little too confident
um on Facebook essa asks is a– i just
answered one of your questions in the
next ask Alicia um are you on Instagram
yes you can use are you on Instagram or
are you on Facebook yeah tarik has the
same question on Facebook are you on
Instagram are you on Facebook
yes yes those are great questions to Leo
asked may I have your number yes that’s
also a good question today I’m focusing
on like social media because I think
many people like to use those today
so these are a few ways that you can
kind of politely ask for someone’s
social media like accounts and they have
the chance to refuse if they’d like to
okay good so I would recommend that all
right shoe bomb on YouTube says can we
be friends on Facebook that’s another
nice question yeah so you can again do
you use Facebook yes can we be friends
on Facebook okay
that’s sort of the pattern for the
conversation so do you use Facebook do
you use Instagram these are very nice
questions to ask I highly recommend
those okay yeah and Deena has another
one are you on Twitter
do you use Twitter we have that as well
yes good okay so that’s our first topic
for today how to kind of ask about
social media in a polite way but now I
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we’re talking about exchanging contact
information um you Malak us which video
should I use to learn English from
beginning on your channel um from
absolute beginner we have one 30-minute
video that’s actually kind of old that
we did but it’s it’s like learn English
in 30 minutes but it’s from our English
in three minutes series that’s a nice
way to learn the basics I think um I
don’t use whatsapp now my Instagram
account I start this live stream every
week with an example from my social
media accounts if you haven’t found it
by now
go check go check okay let’s go on to
the next topic so the next topic is
going to be exchanging your contact
information in a more formal situation
so how do you do that in a in a business
situation for example if you go to a
conference or a networking event then
you might have a business card with you
like I don’t know maybe I do have maybe
uh-huh but if you go to like a
networking event or something like that
you might have cards with you so um
that’s a situation I might have
something in here here let’s I have an
Adidas card we’ll use that okay so
that’s this will be my business card for
today okay so if you go to a business
event its natural to introduce yourself
to someone and because you are at the
event for the purpose of networking for
the purpose of exchange and contact
information so when you do that it’s
typically polite at least at like a
comfort
in the US or maybe a conferences in the
UK for example to share a little bit
about yourself so who are you what do
you do and then you can you can finish
that by giving the other person your
card you can say here’s my card and then
you’ll see here in just a second so
you’ll say here’s my card yeah here’s my
card and then I and then give a summary
of your job a really quick summary of
your job so for example I could say hi
my name is like here’s my card
I make videos at English classes 101.com
or here’s my card I edit and translate
documents in my case or like here’s my
card I make cakes in a bakery I don’t
know depending on your job depending on
what you do here’s my card
I plus a summary of your job so this
summary should probably begin with a
verb phrase so I in my case like make
videos and teach English at English
class 101.com
so some kind of short summary of your
job when you give the other person your
card however if you’re having a
conversation with somebody and they
don’t give you a card they don’t give
you any information about how to contact
them but you would like to keep in touch
don’t ask for their social media account
and don’t say do you use Facebook
perhaps if it’s very casual if it’s very
I don’t know low-key then you could but
instead in most business situations
there are a couple of other questions
that you can ask here these two are more
formal questions first
is there an email address where I can
reach you about this if you like you can
you can drop this part that’s okay
is there an email address where I can
reach you it’s fine or is there an email
address where I can reach you about this
so meaning about this topic so this is
one way like you can you can ask for an
email address or here is there a phone
number where I can reach you this is
another way to get in touch with
somebody for like a more
a business situation something that’s a
little bit more of a formal question
Raphael yes it is an adidas card that’s
the card in my wallet okay my example
business card so these two are more
formal these two are ways that you can
ask more politely for someone’s
professional contact information so in
this case if you say is there a phone
number where I can reach you it’s
probably not going to be well it might
be someone’s personal cell phone number
but this is for these are more
professional questions so I want to
practice this a little bit so I in my
example about giving your business card
to someone giving a short summary of
what you do I know many of you like
teach or our students are studying but
imagine if you were going to a
conference if you were going to a more
formal situation looking for a job in
English for example and you gave your
card to somebody what would you say so
this is our our point so I hope get
ready get ready to chat at me um so in
your case if you were giving your card
we’ll see you here in a second oh we’re
fixing some text really quickly if you
were giving your card to someone in a
formal situation what would you say so
my example was here’s my card I make
videos for English class 101.com
here take my card this is me or here’s
my card I translate and I edit English
document so here’s my card I run a
design firm in LA so in your case in
your case if you were giving your card
to someone in a formal situation what
would you say garrison has a question on
Facebook is there a phone number where I
can reach out you ah you can say reach
out to you but reach out is typically
used like when you maybe you’re making
an introduction for a new project like
for example I want to reach out to you
to see if you’re interested in this
project when you’re just exchanging
information I would recommend is there a
phone number where
I can reach you I think that’s better
don’t worry about reach out in this
introductory one thanks for the question
though okay
so Deena says here’s my card I am so
here I’m if you want to introduce your
job title which I think Deena did in you
tin the YouTube chat if you want to
introduce just your job title say I am a
teacher I am a doctor or here like what
I was thinking was a what do you do so I
help people with their problems I don’t
know so here you can introduce your job
title or you can introduce actually your
activities here so either is fine good
Junior says here’s my card I’m a student
okay good good good that’s fine that’s
fine if you’re a student by the way if
you’re a student talk about what you’re
studying so you can say um like Jun
junior in your case I don’t know what
you’re studying but like here’s my card
I’m a student I’m studying blah blah
blah or I’m interested in blah blah blah
so give the other person something like
how are they going to remember you give
them something they’re like oh yeah this
is his card
this guy is interested and I don’t know
cakes I don’t know why okay so please
think about that this is an opportunity
to share something about yourself with
the other person Roberto says here’s my
card I am and don’t forget your article
I am an expert in genes oh okay exciting
um why do you do you mind if you give me
your mobile number I would say I don’t
know that that’s maybe the best question
you could say like would it be possible
to get your contact information is a
little is much actually much more
natural I feel okay
Tuan says here’s my card I’m a software
quality control something expert maybe
or I’m a software a quality control
specialist something like that that’s
nice though
subhan says here’s my card here’s make
sure don’t forget this s yeah here’s my
card I’m studying engineering nice
Taylor here’s my card
I’m an English teacher I’m a I’m an
adult English teacher sounds good
Ferris says here’s my card I’m a
magician really okay cool um
Tariq II on Facebook says here’s my card
I run an engineering consultancy firm
perfect very nice for y’all I’m here’s
my card I’m an Arabic teacher great Dina
says what is reach you is there up reach
reach you means contact you so like to
reach out it’s like so reaching is this
motion yeah I like to reach for
something but reach out as a set phrase
means contact someone like digitally
like through transmission so to reach
out to someone through email so like
reaching out but they’re far away so
reach out in like by phone or by email
and Allah says here’s my card I’m a
designer good Raphael on Facebook I’m a
lawyer here’s my card great good good
good good okay very nice very nice this
seems very clear okay so this is one way
to introduce yourself in a business
situation but it is time for another
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so let’s finish up today our third topic
I said so the third topic was responding
to requests for your contact information
we talked about it a little bit already
but also if you haven’t already make
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join like and share like a joke okay
anyway let’s go on to the last topic for
today so um we talked about like do you
use Facebook or is there a phone number
where I can reach you of course and some
of you mentioned in the chat to like can
I have your email address or can I have
your phone number
those are great questions as well I just
wanted to introduce a few different ones
today but if someone says can I have
your email address can I have your phone
number of course just say sure sure is a
great response or yes is a very simple
response that’s great and then give your
information however sometimes of course
for everybody there are cases where we
don’t want to give our contact
information to the other person for a
number of reasons
so I want to introduce a couple ways to
refuse and that are like polite I feel
and hopefully hopefully the other person
is not creepy or pushy so please I hope
you aren’t creepy or pushy and hopefully
the other person is not creepy and not
pushy but if someone says for example
can I have your phone number and you
think oh I don’t really want to give
this person my number you can use this
response I’m sorry but it’s private it’s
private so this is a nice phrase it’s a
very very general response you can use
this for like your phone number your
email address if you like if you like
your social media accounts perhaps to
like I’m sorry but it’s private this is
a very general response you can use to a
request for your contact information I’m
sorry but it’s private my phone number
is private so in most cases the other
person should understand okay this is I
should not push any further so I’m sorry
but it’s private okay however if you
have maybe like a specific rule for like
your social media use or something like
that and a couple other things that you
can say like if someone says can I have
your Facebook or do you use Facebook or
something like that and maybe you do but
you have a specific
rule for how you use Facebook or how you
use Instagram many people do you can say
for example sorry I use Facebook for
family members only so maybe this is a
polite way to refuse someone if you like
if their if people are being like pushy
if you’re dealing with a pushy person or
a creepy person you can try to use
something like this like I use Facebook
for my family members only or my
Instagram is for close friends only so
these are a couple of examples of ways
to like nicely refuse to nicely refuse
if however there’s still like someone is
still like um really pushing you or
whatever you can say something like I
prefer not to share my contact
information but hopefully you don’t need
to say that
so I’m sorry it’s private yeah can I in
YouTube the YouTube chat says the rude
one is I’m sorry but it’s none of your
business
yes that is rather rude so if you’re
dealing if the person is rather pushy if
they’re like really pushing for your
contact information and like you’ve
politely refused many times somebody
might say that
so it’s none of your business it is
quite rude yeah but you might hear that
if you’re too pushy yeah okay good um
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good so we talked about a lot of points
for today but I hope that I hope that
the things we talked about today are
helpful in in politely and tactfully so
tactful means like um maybe kindly and
with understanding for the other
person’s feelings so I hope that you can
exchange your contact information and
exchange your social media stuff
politely and without being creepy or
pushy okay so we have to finish up two
days stream unfortunately so thank you
so much for joining us today we’re
happening up at the end of the lesson
I’m gonna steal the mouse sorry okay
good but I have to finish up for today
so um next week actually next week’s
livestream we’re going to talk about job
interview questions a lot of you have
asked about job interview situations and
so on so I’m going to prepare some
sample job interview questions and a
couple different patterns for how to
answer so that’s gonna be next week’s
topic Kudo Domino yes it is live it is
live this is almost finished though so
we’re going to talk about typical
questions and some sample answers for
job interviews in English so I hope that
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exchanging your contact information with
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