SELF INTRODUCTION How to Introduce Yourself in English Tell Me About Yourself Interview Answer

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hello everyone and welcome back to

english with lucy today we are going to

talk about

self-introduction the answer to that

dreaded question

tell me about yourself now to some of

you

this topic may seem very basic

but learning to introduce yourself

properly

is incredibly important you might need

to introduce yourself

without any forewarning so you need to

be prepared

you may need to introduce yourself in

your english class

or in a job interview you might need to

introduce yourself

at a new job or at a new hobby or

leisure activity

you may even need to introduce yourself

at a big

event or convention in front of

thousands of people i feel very nervous

and anxious when i have to introduce

myself

to large groups of people and english is

my first language

for learners of english for my students

this is

incredibly intimidating in order to

successfully introduce yourself

you must have your self-introduction

pre-written

and learnt you have to be prepared

in this video i am going to guide you

through this process

at the end of this lesson you will have

a complete

self-introduction that is ready to use

and ready for you to learn

off by heart i encourage you to share

your introductions

in the comment section down below so

that the community and i may assist you

and correct you before we get started

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right let’s get on with the lesson

so let’s start with the basics of a

self-introduction

the very first thing that you’ll need to

say when introducing yourself

is a greeting now you can have formal

greetings or you can have

informal greetings it depends where you

are

the situation you are in let’s start

with formal greetings

obviously hello hello can be

both formal and informal but it’s fine

to use it in a formal situation

you also have good morning good

afternoon

and good evening make sure you pay

particular attention to what time of day

it is

i have said good morning in the evening

and good evening in the morning before

one thing to note is the use of good day

in british english

good day is considered very

old-fashioned

very very very formal it’s not commonly

used

however it is very common in australian

english

they kind of shorten it down to g’day

g’day and i would say that

good a i wonder what emma from english

will think

of me saying goodbye will she approve

i’ll ask her

but g’day is more informal but this

again is if you’re in australia it’s

just something i’ve noticed

people using in my comments section good

day

um i can see why you would use it it

appears to be a greeting

that is suitable for all hours of the

day when in reality in british english

it’s just a very very

old-fashioned saying also note that good

night

is normally a send-off an equivalent for

goodbye

you say it when you are leaving instead

of when you are greeting someone

if you’re introducing yourself in the

night time you would say

good evening now let’s talk about

informal greetings

it’s really important for you to find

one that you feel

comfortable with there are lots of

informal greetings

like hey what’s up hi

hiya yo

there’s even what’s good which is quite

an american one

honestly if i said yo

when i was introducing myself in an

english class or in a

less formal situation i would feel

really stupid

because it doesn’t suit me my particular

region

doesn’t use yo so it feels a bit forced

i really admire people who can just

stand up and say yo what’s good

but it’s not going to happen for me so

make sure you pick one that you feel

really comfortable saying

next of course we have your name

now there are many ways of introducing

your name the very basic ones like

i’m or i am i’m lucy i

am lucy or if you’re introducing

yourself

in a situation where the majority of the

audience

cannot see you for example on the

telephone

no one can really see you when you’re

speaking on the telephone you can say

my name is or my names with the

apostrophe s the contracted form

or if you’re in a very large auditorium

or convention center then you might want

to use

this is this is lucy on the telephone i

would normally say hi this is lucy

speaking

or this is lucy next let’s talk about

location where you’re from and where

you’re living there are many variations

of this i’m going to start with the most

basic

and move on to slightly more complicated

ways

of describing your geographical location

firstly we have i’m from and then the

place name

i’m from bedfordshire we also have i’m

and then the nationality objective i’m

british

i’m english if you are from somewhere

that is quite far

from the place where you’re introducing

yourself

you can say i come from and then you can

name that place

come from implies a little bit more of a

journey

if you want to say where you grew up you

can say

i was born and raised in place name

i was born and raised in england if you

were born in one place

but grew up in a different place you can

say

i was born in france but raised in

sweden

if you want to say that you are from one

place

but are now living in another place

there are various

options you can say i grew up in

i grew up in l.a but now live in new

york

i’m originally from edinburgh but i’m

now based in london

if you want to say how long you have

lived in a certain place

you can say i’ve been living in london

for three years

or i’ve spent the past few years in

paris

now those are the basics let’s talk

about some other options that you can

add

to your self-introduction a very

important option

is your position and your company for

example

i work at google in the marketing

department

you can say i work at or i work for

you would not say i work in and then a

company name

it’s at or for a company name you can

also say

i’m a manager at starbucks

i’m a position at company

again the at can also be replaced with a

four

if you just want to give a general idea

of the field in which you work

you can say i work in general area

i work in sales if you want to give the

specific

position you can say i work as a deputy

manager

i work as an accountant i work as an

accountant

you might also want to mention your

qualifications especially if you are

introducing yourself in a job interview

if you want to say that you are close

to graduation you can say i’m about to

graduate

you could also say i am a subject

graduate or postgraduate

i’m a marketing graduate i have a

bachelor of arts degree

in marketing or i have a ba degree in

marketing

or just a ba in marketing i’m a biology

postgrad

shortening it down to grad is more

informal so it might be something that

you do at a convention

or in your english class if you want to

talk about courses or other achievements

you can say i’m currently taking a

course in

subject maths now note the preposition

in versus on you can take a course

in something theoretical like

maths you can take a course on

something practical like jewelry making

or pottery

you can also remove the preposition i’m

taking a pottery course

if you want to say that you’ve finished

a course it’s now on your cv

you can say i have completed a 72-hour

course

in or on subject

for the time scale of the course you can

say the number

dash and then the unit of time and that

together forms an

adjective a 72-hour subject

course a three-day subject

course now if you want to talk about

experience

about your previous jobs you can say

i have number years of experience

in the field i have three years of

experience

in the neuroscience field at

whichever company you don’t necessarily

have to say field you can say

i have 10 years of sales experience or i

have 10 years of experience in sales

you can also say i’ve worked in field

for however long you’ve worked there

i’ve worked in the accounting field for

three years

or i’ve worked in accounting for three

years

now if you’re in a more informal

situation one in which you’re

introducing yourself

to make friends and to meet people and

to get to know each other better

you may want to talk about your family

now obviously there are the normal

things like i have a brother

i have a sister i have a mum and a dad

but what if you want to give a little

bit more information and also

show off your language skills one common

mistake i hear my students make

is when they’re trying to talk about how

large or how small their family is

they want to tell me how many family

members there are

in their family i often hear them say

we are five in our family this isn’t

correct in english

in english we say i’m from

a family of number i’m

from a family of four or we

are a family of four that’s a really

important one for you to remember

it’s a mistake i hear very frequently

if you want to talk about how many

brothers or sisters you have

you can say i am one of four siblings

siblings doesn’t specify the gender so

you don’t have to say

two brothers one sister you can just say

siblings

three i’m one of four siblings

or even if you’re already talking about

families you can just say

i’m one of four and they’ll understand

you if you have no brothers or sisters

you can say i am an only child i’m an

only child

you might want to talk about hobbies you

have all the usual phrases

like i really like running i really

enjoy

tennis a really good phrase i think is

i’m a big fan of i’m a big fan of

go-karting you can also say i am a keen

and then a noun for example i’m a keen

runner or i’m a keen tennis player

now i’ve left this one till last because

really it really isn’t as necessary

anymore

but it’s important that you know how to

say it it’s age

we have the basic one i am 25 years old

we can shorten it down i’m 25.

if you don’t want to specify your age

you can say

i’m in my early mid or late

and then your decade twenties thirties

forties fifties teens as well if you’re

really young

i’m in my mid-twenties she’s in her

early teens

he’s in his late forties you might also

hear people say

she’s a twenty-something marketing

graduate

or he’s a thirty-something accountant

that’s if you don’t know their age or

you think it would be rude to try and

guess their age

now the last point in this vocabulary

section of the lesson

i want to talk to you about the dreaded

fun fact

i’ve been to a lot of events i’ve been

to a lot of conventions

and i’ve had to introduce myself in a

lot of english classes

and something that teachers and speakers

love to ask you to do is give a fun

fact about yourself i must admit

i have asked my students to provide a

fun fact about themselves

it’s annoying because you have to stand

up and say my name is i know my job is

and my fun fact is

and that can be really really daunting

intimidating

to suddenly think of an interesting fact

about yourself

is really really hard so i highly

recommend that you have

a fun fact up your sleeve a fun fact

prepared think about an interesting fear

a weird like or dislike a good one is

always your pet

or a strange achievement or

extraordinary

experience i always say that i have

hypermobility

and then i’ll just show them my thumbs

or dislocate my shoulder blade that is

twice in a month i’ve done that on

youtube i need to calm

down have a think if you want to do

bonus

homework share your fun fact about

yourself but this is optional

i know how horrible the fun fact can be

now i’ve given you loads of different

options

i’ve given you the basics and then you

can add on the options

but you’ll be left with a lot of short

sentences

let’s see how mine would look good

morning everyone

my name is lucy i am 24 years old

i am from bedfordshire i work as an

english teacher

i am a marketing graduate i’m a big fan

of running and fitness classes

now whilst all of that is grammatically

correct and very clear

if i do say so myself i think it would

be a lot better

if i condensed these seven sentences

down into

two flowing sentences what do you think

of this

good morning everyone my name is lucy

and i’m a 25 year old marketing graduate

from bedfordshere

i now work as an english teacher and i’m

a big fan of running and fitness classes

so much better so much shorter so much

more natural

see if you can condense your

introduction down to two

flowing sentences minus the greeting

that could be a little sentence on its

own

i haven’t removed any of the information

right i really look forward to reading

all of your introductions

and your fun facts if you choose to do

so

feel free to correct each other and help

each other i will also be looking at the

first comments

and i’ll look at a handful throughout

the week as well when i can

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