HOW TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF IN ENGLISH 3 SIMPLE STEPS FOR SELF INTRODUCTION IN ENGLISH

hey have you ever been in a situation

where someone asked you to introduce

yourself in english and you felt

stuck maybe the words didn’t come to you

maybe you didn’t know what to tell them

about yourself well if you answered yes

to either of those questions today’s

lesson is for you

because i’m going to give you three

simple steps that’s right

one two three three simple steps to help

you

master your english introduction it’s so

simple

i’m teacher tiffany let’s jump right in

all right so there are three simple

steps and we’re going to start by

looking at

the first step the first step is to

tell them the type of person you

are now the focus is your character

and personality and let me explain this

a little bit more

you see when you’re going to an

interview the first thing they’re going

to ask you to do

of course is to introduce yourself but

you have to remember

usually those individuals have already

looked at your cv they’ve already seen

your resume

so it’s not the time for you to tell

them i went to this school

i have this degree no instead they want

to know

more about you as a person so the first

step the first part of your introduction

telling them who you are as a person now

you do that in two parts the first part

your character this helps them get a

better understanding

of your core values in other words

the things that are important to you

that’s right

that means you need to think about this

hey

what’s important to you who are you as

an individual

this is the first portion now after

you’ve explained your

character you’re going to also talk

about your personality

this helps them get a better

understanding

of how you will blend with the current

individuals at their company and this is

something that i loved

explaining to my students when i was in

south korea

because it’s an aspect of western

culture that many times

students maybe like you don’t realize or

understand the importance of

you see in western culture it’s all

about you know

being with the group of course you want

to be an individual

but you also want to blend with the

group

in a way that makes things interesting

creates harmony so when you first come

to the interview

you’re starting off by telling them hey

these are my values and also this is my

personality

so as you all know i’m a very happy

person

i’m very outgoing and i love being

around people too

you can tell that and actually the first

video you saw from me

you assessed that without even realizing

it wow

teacher tiffany seems to be a very happy

person

something about her seems really genuine

you

started off by making an assessment of

me based on my

character and my personality even

without you realizing it

that’s why this is the most important

part to start off with

for your introduction so let’s see what

this looks like

okay we have an example from a young

lady all right here’s the example again

remember

her character and personality here she

goes

hello my name is samantha smith

i am a very diligent and honest

person i also have a very outgoing and

friendly personality

immediately she starts off by telling

something about herself

her character and her personality now

there’s a word in here that i want to

practice with you for pronunciation

underlined and bolded diligent after me

diligent excellent again

diligent nice last time

diligent excellent now

i’m also a very diligent person but what

does this word

mean now the word diligent just means

having or showing care and

conscientiousness

in one’s work or duties again

giving 110 when

you work we say you are a diligent

person

now we’re seeing that samantha started

off her introduction

in an amazing way we immediately know

that

her character is wow she’s very diligent

and her personality she said she’s

outgoing and

friendly so immediately in the mind of

the interviewer

she would probably work well with our

group

starting off the introduction again step

one telling the type of person

you are all right now let’s go to step

number two

another important step your experience

briefly here we go the focus is

describing a specific experience now

again this is something that is very

unique

about an introduction in english maybe

you’ve never heard this before

after you’ve described yourself you’ve

given information about your character

and your personality

you then need to talk about an

experience

now i’m going to explain explain how to

pick a specific experience but

this is very important and it goes back

to western culture

and to the english language many times

when you’re speaking in english

you think it’s about your words and the

grammar but

actually it’s about your ability to

express yourself

and also talk about your experiences in

the way that a person listening to you

can understand

the same is true for your introduction

so your experience briefly

part two we have again step two also has

two parts first related to the interview

again

this shows that you have taken the time

to do

some research about the position and the

company

so you’re not going to tell an

experience or a story that has nothing

to do with your job

you want to make sure the experience you

choose relates

to the job you’re trying to get now part

two

of this step is right here life

changing experience this shows that you

are able to think

logically about your life and about

business because you have to make a

connection

again giving a good introduction in

english

it’s not about the words you use it’s

about the way you organize your ideas

and your thoughts

so again in step two you’re talking

about your experience

as it relates to the job you’re trying

to get

and again you’re saying how this

experience connects to your

job or the job you want to get and it

shows the person listening to you

the interviewer that you know how to

think logically

that you can connect different

experiences in your life and it makes

you look like a better candidate

and your introduction whoo seems amazing

now i want to pause real quick remember

i told you at the beginning that there’s

a special

event that i’ve created for you you see

i’m teaching you how to give

a great introduction in english and we

have one more step

but there are so many different things

you need to learn to

give a good introduction and to pass an

english interview

and to even do well in a business

environment and that’s exactly why

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interview to help you

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let’s keep going on now again with step

two i explained

talking about your experience briefly we

have

related to the interview and a life

changing experience

so let’s see an example again state hot

relates to your interview

plus your life changing experience here

we go

i have traveled all over the world but

my favorite country is south korea

during my time there i learned many

things about

their culture and language the main

thing i learned was the

importance of embracing and respecting

other cultures as a global company

i believe that this is a philosophy you

also value

this is amazing now if i was

interviewing anyone

and they gave this part of their

interview introduction

i would be amazed why because they

started talking about

their experience in south korea again i

was in south korea but this is the

example that’s being given

and it was very interesting they loved

it and they learned a lot about cultures

and then immediately a connection was

made

to the position they’re trying to get oh

as a global company

i believe you also value respecting

other cultures

immediately the interviewer realizes wow

this person has a good character a good

personality

step one and step two has had some life

experiences that

we can benefit from at this company this

is amazing now in the midst of the

answer there was a word that i want to

go over with you really quickly it was

embracing so after me embracing

excellent again embracing

good last time embracing

good job now the word embracing again it

came out in the response

it just means to accept or support

a belief a theory or change

willingly and enthusiastically so the

person again

in their introduction is giving so much

information about who they are as an

individual

and their experiences and how their

experiences

have made them a better individual

prepared to get

this job right now that was just step

two

so what about step three this

introduction is already looking

amazing now step three of a good

introduction in english is

life philosophy so here we go

now your focus is your philosophy and

how

it developed again this is why i am

encouraging you

as you prepare your introduction you

need to make sure you have followed

these three steps

think about your ideas not just about

the words

not just about the english grammar think

about

your ideas what do you believe in

what do you hold true what do you hold

as being important

your philosophy and how it developed now

there are three parts

to this one the first part is the

explanation

you see the goal is to give more details

about the way you

think and the way you connect with

others around you

then you’re going to talk about how it

developed

this helps them understand the process

you went through

to come to the current ideas you value

now i

want to emphasize this does not mean

that your introduction needs to be 15

minutes

no the example that we’re looking at

can be done in two minutes but it

includes all three steps

and that is why it’s so good so when

you’re at this third step

about your philosophy your life

philosophy

don’t stress about speaking for a long

period of time

no you need to condense and make sure

your answer is concise

and brief this is what shows that you’re

giving a good introduction

and that you’re fluent so again you’re

talking about the past

how it developed and part three is its

effect on your life this helps them the

person listening to you the interviewer

understand how your thoughts affect your

actions

and also how you personally

look at life whether pessimistically or

optimistically so again this is so

important for you to organize this

section

this step is very important your life

philosophy

so let’s see how the individual in our

example

actually explained her philosophy here

we go

here’s the example again state what it

is how it can help you at the company

and connect it to your future

here we go my personal life philosophy

we all grow when we respect and learn

from each other

i developed this philosophy after

working with people

from various cultures and it has

completely changed my life

look how fast she was able to say her

answer give her answer right

she was able to really explain her life

philosophy

in a clear way so that even we

understood right

now there was something at the very end

that she said changed

my life let me explain what this means

this means

to make a huge difference or a big

difference or to have a big impact

on one’s life so this individual

was able to wrap up her introduction an

amazing introduction in english

with telling her life philosophy so she

followed the three steps again

step one being telling the type of

person you are talking about your

character and your personality

step number two talking about your

experience connecting it to the job

and how it would help you and then

finally step three

your life philosophy listen if you want

to give

a good introduction in english all you

have to do is follow these three

simple steps i hope you enjoyed this

lesson remember

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today’s lesson remember

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i will see you in next week’s lesson but

as always remember

to speak english

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you still there you know what time it is

it’s story time

hey i said it’s story time

all right so today’s story time

actually popped in my head while i was

teaching you

the lesson that’s right i had another

story all prepared

but as i was teaching you step number

two about life experiences

another experience popped in my head so

i said you know what let me tell them

about this experience

so this happened when i still lived in

south korea and my friends came to visit

now i told you before that i was a very

fearless child like i was very

adventurous i didn’t have any fear but

you know as you get older

fear kind of creeps in and you get a

little bit scared

but this is when my friends came to

visit me and we went to a mountain i’ve

talked about this mountain before

soraksan

sarak mountain beautiful mountain in

south korea my favorite mountain in

south korea

but it takes a lot to hike to the top

however there’s a different area where

you can ride a cable car to the top

and you can take pictures and there are

usually lots of

people and like big groups there so my

friends and i was myself and three

friends so four of us we decided to go

via the cable car right so we went to

the cable car we went to the top

and we were at almost the top but you

still had to climb up maybe about

10 or 15 minutes to get to the very top

and the scenery was

beautiful like it was breathtaking so i

love hiking

now we got to this mid point and it was

my best friend from childhood

that was one of the friends that came

there so i’m standing with the three of

them like hey guys let’s go to the very

top so we can get some pictures

i had done it before but i wanted to do

it again because my friends were there

and i didn’t really get a response so i

turned back and i said

hey guys let’s go to the top and my best

friend from grade school looked at me

and said

uh uh and it caught me off guard because

literally there was no fear in me at all

and i looked at her and i said why she

was like tiff

have you seen this mountain and i’m like

yeah i’ve been here many times she’s

i’m not climbing up there i’m not going

any higher

and it’s like at that moment it clicked

like oh i guess we really are

high i said okay well i’ll be right back

and i went by myself because the other

two friends

they were gone they said no we’re not

doing that so i had my camera i wanted a

picture so

i had to climb like on my hands and

knees as well to get to the top portion

but there were other people up there

other koreans so i got to the part and i

got to one part and it started getting

really narrow

and that’s when in my mind i said huh

this is a little bit dangerous

but i kept going i really wasn’t scared

so i got to the very very top

and the higher i went the less people i

saw

and right when i was about to get to the

very top it was me

by myself so i got to the part and i

wanted to take a picture but

it was windy and i may have mentioned

this to you all before so the wind was

blowing but i wanted the picture

so the area i mean it was small it was a

really small area

and i looked and there was a couple like

right below where i wanted to stand

so i looked at them and i spoke to them

in korean i was like hi i’d like to get

a picture would you mind helping me

and they looked at me and they were like

are you okay and i was like yeah i’m

fine they were like

you’re not scared and i was like no now

let me explain again

literally to my right thousands of feet

drop like it was

it was the side of the mountain

literally like you just dropped if i

missed a step

i was gone but i wanted the picture and

i really didn’t feel any fear

so i gave them my camera and they were

like okay so i stood up and i because i

the whole time i was holding onto a rock

and i stood up and put my hands on my

hips

to take the picture the moment i put my

hands on my hips

inside of my mind i said tiff you may

want to be careful

because the wind was blowing so i said

okay let’s take the picture quickly

so they snapped it really quickly i

grabbed the camera and then i made my

way down

on my way down i was talking to myself

and i said wow

that really could have ended a different

way that may not have been the safest

situation again

they were there as well but i was

realizing even more like

i’m not scared of these situations now

what’s the point

you see we’re talking about experiences

how could i use this experience

in an introduction for a job interview

you see i was up there and i had a goal

and i wanted to achieve that goal now i

was safe i was careful i was

i wasn’t you know being um unsafe when i

was walking and going to the top of the

mountain but when i got there

even though those around me didn’t want

to follow me i said it’s okay

i have a goal that i want to achieve and

i’m going to keep going forward

so in an interview i could say no matter

what’s going on around me if there’s

something that needs to be done or

achieved i’ll give a hundred and ten

percent

to achieve that goal or to complete a

task so you see how i connected my life

experience

to something that an interviewer would

be impressed with

and would also see as a quality they’d

want in an employee

that’s the same thing you can do now

again i’m still sometimes baffled by

okay i’m not really scared of things but

it’s okay

so maybe you also are fearless in

certain situations when it comes to

adventure

and like hiking and stuff i really am

not scared of heights or things like

that

i love hiking and i’m looking forward to

going back to hiking and traveling more

after the whole covet situation so

hopefully you enjoyed the story let me

know if you have a

an interesting story as well about

hiking in the comment section

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teacher julie and i

we can’t wait to see you have a

wonderful wonderful day and i will see

you

next week