How to Talk about your Job in English Basic English Phrases
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stream my name is Alisha and this week
we’re going to talk about how to talk
about your job in English this is going
to be a good lesson for beginners in
this lesson I’m going to talk about a
couple of patterns you can use to give
your title your job title I’m going to
talk about how to explain your
responsibilities very simply and I’m
going to talk about a couple expressions
you can use to explain your opinion
about your job and to talk about your
goals with your job so we’re going to
begin in just a couple minutes we’ll
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alright so the first thing I want to
talk about today is a couple of patterns
that you can use to explain your job
title to give people your job title so
when I say job title that means for
example like in my case teacher or like
engineer or plumber so on the name of
your job your job title so first I want
to talk about how to give your job title
and maybe a little bit of your
responsibilities here so please send
this in the chat so this is for chat
your point or in the comment section if
you’re not watching this live so send a
comment with this information so answer
this question in the comments what is
your job title what is your job title so
the most basic pattern we can use to
answer this question is I’m or I’m and
plus your title
so in my example sentence I said I’m a
teacher I’m a teacher
please remember this uh and an these are
important words if your job title begins
with a vowel sound so a a I owe you
those sounds please use an as in I’m an
engineer so engineer begins with a vowel
sound I’m an engineer if your job title
does not begin with a vowel sound use a
and there’s no difference if you say up
or a in most cases we say a in quick
everyday speech so I’m a teacher great
lots of examples in the chat I see Omar
says I’m a student good Hassan says I’m
a clerk great Sahar says I’m an engineer
Eduardo I I’m an IT support agent I’m an
IT support agent great ear one says I am
a geologist cool Pamela says I’m a
copywriter fantastic
I’m a mathematician I’m an automation
engineer I’m a salesperson I’m a student
I’m a graphic designer
great I’m a private English teacher cool
I’m an artist a painter cool so many on
Facebook I am an IT consultant or
engineer great I’m a health and safety
supervisor nice I’m an industrial
engineer good I’m still finding a new
job oh great one great one I’m still
finding a new job let’s add that to our
list someone on Facebook I can’t find
your name thank you for that I’m still
uh if you don’t have a job but you are
searching for a job you can say I’m
looking for a job I’m looking for a job
so I think the example in the facebook
chat someone wrote like I’m searching
for a job or something like that so
searching it’s okay but in most cases
when we’re like just chatting casually
with their friends we’ll use I’m looking
for a job I’m looking for a job can I
move the mic just a little bit it’s kind
of in the way
sorry-sorry figure annoys everybody okay
good okay so great lots of examples so
I’m looking for a job fantastic
okay I’m a math teacher someone says I
have an umbrella okay different
information great very nice examples
everybody very nice examples okay so
let’s take this now let’s think about
how we can make this a little bit more
descriptive so that means how do we give
more information about this so this is
the basic way to give your title now
what if you want to share your title and
your company at the same time you don’t
have to give your company in the chat
you can use ABC company or XYZ company
that’s okay but to give your job title
and your company in the same expression
in the same sentence this part is the
same I’m up or I’m an plus your job
title we use the preposition at at and
then your company name so for example
I’m a teacher at English class 101.com
or I’m an engineer at Apple or at Google
and so on so this is a way to give the
name of your company
I recommend this pattern this pattern is
good if your company is famous if your
company if your company is well-known so
let’s talk about that if your company is
well-known hard to see well-known this
is wel L - KN o WN well-known what’s the
difference between well-known and famous
famous is something that’s like known
everybody in the world knows about it
Beyonce is famous Barack Obama is famous
everybody knows those things maybe
though in your city or your country many
people know about it but outside your
country not a lot of people know maybe a
better word is well-known
so if your company is well known this is
a good one to use some examples are
coming in great I’m a support sales
engineer at pronto forms great I’m a
flight don’t forget your articles here
everybody yeah I’m up or I’m an I’m a
flight attendant at Garuda nice I’m a
good soccer player okay good
thanks fun is that a job title I don’t
know I’m a freelance graphic designer
I’m a salesman at TTL great so don’t
forget this preposition @ @ @ I’m a
student at madrasah
great greet ah good point there this the
person who said the student pattern if
you want to express your university the
place where you’re studying you can use
the same pattern just as the person on
Facebook did sorry I didn’t catch your
name but use university name your
university name in this pattern I’m a
student at ABC University I’m a student
at U Tokyo so you can use a university
or a company here I’m a student at
English 101 nice very nice I am a
recruiter at a home care company ah
Bianca on YouTube great segue segue it
means transition segue means transition
s e-g u e cig way the next one here is
this one this next pattern is good if
your company is not well known your
company is not well known but the
industry is well known so the industry
means like that world of work so for
example like the IT industry or the
education industry the medical industry
so it’s like the category of work that’s
the industry of work so if you work for
a company or if you study at a
university that’s not so well known you
can use this pattern so this pattern is
different from this pattern because this
part well this part is the same
you give your title but here at and or
at again
industry name plus company so for
example if I want to explain my job at
my company but it’s not such a famous is
not a well-known company I could say I’m
a teacher at an education company I’m a
teacher at an education company so
education is the industry that’s the
category for my work education then I
use company so it’s like it’s not such a
famous company I can use this pattern to
express them so try to send along an
example with your industry your industry
if you are a student you could say I’m a
student at a medical university if you
want I’m a student at an IT university
if if your university is specialized if
you go to a regular university just use
this pattern I’m a student at ABC
university that sounds much more natural
okay other examples on hell hey on hell
I’m studying a master dude I’m studying
I’m studying for a master’s degree at
ipn University great point if you are a
student and you want to explain your
goal your degree your bachelor’s degree
your master’s degree use this pattern
I’m studying for a master’s in your case
a master’s degree I’m studying for so my
key point here is this preposition I’m
studying for for shows us the purpose of
your study I’m studying for a master’s
degree or I’m studying for you might
also hear my master’s degree so please
use I’m studying for to explain that
some good examples coming in on Facebook
I’m a manager at Lamborghini at a
Lamborghini company
so in that case Lamborghini
is the name it like that’s the brand
that’s the brand so it’s not an industry
Lamborghini is part of an autumn as part
of the automobile industry so I’m an
engineer at an automobile company or I’m
an engineer at Lamborghini so those are
both okay
but Lamborghini is very famous so you
can probably use this pattern okay
others I am a salesman at an alcohol and
tobacco company perfect very nice I
musta tician at a political company
interesting okay I’m a teacher at Tabuk
University great I am a student at Hong
Duke University in Vietnam I’m a student
at U Nam great excellent very nice
examples everybody okay
I have to continue on to the next part
though so this is how to give your title
your title and to explain a little bit
here about your responsibilities so
maybe we can guess from your company or
from your industry maybe what it is you
do great nice beginning so in part 2 I’m
going to give lots of examples for like
detailed ways to talk about your duties
your responsibilities at work or at
school let’s take a break though for now
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joining today’s live lesson we are
talking about how to talk about your job
how to talk about your job in part 1 we
talked about giving your title and
explaining a little bit about your
company and a bit about your
responsibilities now let’s talk about
how to give details about your work so I
have two very very simple very very
basic patterns here so I want to I want
to write lots of examples from your
examples today so let’s look at the
first pattern the first pattern here is
I plus verb I plus verb plus some other
information so for example in my job
here I my verb I can use is teach I
teach English on the internet so this is
my responsibility this is my
responsibility today I teach English on
the Internet so here my verb is teach I
teach English I teach English fine I
teach English is fun here I’ve used a
prepositional phrase on the Internet to
give a little bit more information so in
my case there’s a verb that matches my
responsibilities
teach I’m a teacher I teach English
great let’s look at one more example
I think many people said they were like
engineer or IT so let’s use that for
example i program my program what apps I
program systems I programmed something
so if you are doing if you are a
programmer you can use the verb program
I program apps I program maybe is I
think program app so I program systems I
program whatever it is you program so if
you have a verb that matches your job
title use that verb so I teach my
program or I cook or I clean houses so
in the chat send along what if you have
a verb that matches your job title try
to make a sentence explaining your
responsibilities someone said I teach
English at university perfect exactly
same as me so same verb I teach English
prepositional phrase at University very
nice ok others others others I program
web applications very nice ok there’s an
actual example I’m program web
applications very nice
ok I’m in charge of a production line a
nice one on hell I’m in charge of
something if you want to explain that
you’re like the top of a project or the
top of something you can say I’m in
charge of up with that up here I’m in
charge of noun phrase noun phrase I’m in
charge of a production line I’m in
charge of a weekly live stream he’s in
charge of the control desk and so on
he’s waving because you can’t see him
okay so other other examples I explore
Natural Resources very cool ah psycho
Hey I sell beer and spirits very nice ok
I stay at home only says someone I work
as a teacher
cool ok
I work in a rent-a-car office ah so when
you give your job I’m sorry when you
explain your verb simple present tense
verbs so know ing form here know ing
form here I just saw your coming I’m not
gonna read then I promote products to my
customers fantastic I manage people in
public work interesting ok many
interesting job things going on here I
listen to you carefully is that your job
ok I program microcontrollers in C++
very cool we have lots of IT people in
our chat today very cool ok so if you do
not have a verb that matches your work
so you have something very specific or
you’re just not sure you can use this
pattern I do plus a noun phrase I do
plus a noun phrase for example in my job
I do marketing I do marketing so I do
online marketing for example or I do
email marketing for example or I do
customer service maybe so if you don’t
know a verb that matches with your job
title you can use I do plus a noun
phrase a noun phrase that explains
simply your job so what do you do I do
video editing or I do sales so these are
just a few examples
video editing a few examples of noun
phrases we can use with do to explain
our responsibilities okay someone says
I’m Christiano Ronaldo
I don’t believe you ok ok I print 3d
objects on a printer very nice very
specific ok I do maintenance at my job
great ok I do say hello says someone
very nice I sleep on the bed ok
is it your job that sounds like a very
nice job okay
others others I do sales service very
nice
I do English classes okay I do
presentations to potential customers
nice nice potential customers I do uh I
do programming apps Ushio so that one if
program is vert if you have a verb it
sounds good to use the verb form I
program apps or swap it I do
app programming you swap it if you want
to use this version this version okay uh
yes Nelson in the YouTube chat says
can’t you make things instead of do yes
you can you can if your job requires you
to create something so like maybe
websites for example you could say like
I make noun phrase yes so if your job is
a very very creative one your
responsibilities are to actually create
things you can use make so for example I
make websites or I make videos on the
internet and so on if your job requires
you to actually create something you can
use make do is used for activities so
these are all kind of activities we’re
not really creating something here these
are things we they’re activities only
there’s nothing like new being made so
yes you can use make here that’s the
difference between do and to make
someone says I do empanadas okay maybe I
make empanadas that’s a great example
that sounds so good empanadas I’m on
board with that okay I teach physics
okay
so again if you have a verb like up here
a verb that matches your job you don’t
need to use do just use do if you have
if you’re not sure which verb to use or
if you have kind of a specific activity
I do meditation guides oh that’s
interesting that’s cool
others I make websites as Camila nice
okay I do work in a warehouse okay nice
ones nice ones excellent examples
everybody fantastic okay so with that
I’m going to take one more break and
then we’re going to talk about some
expressions you can use to share your
opinions and to share your goals about
your job so let’s take a quick break
earlier I said I would show you where
did it go
I said I would show you this so before
during the first break I showed you this
business English PDF but on the back of
it I showed you like these business
these meeting related phrases I did not
show you the first time though this part
right in the middle this part is the job
titles section so here this is kind of a
good a good introduction to some very
common job titles in English from like
the top level over here so president for
example and like executive level down to
like manager and assistant manager and
so on so these are kind of some good I
think job titles that you can remember
when you’re introducing yourself as in
I’m an assistant manager at Google I
don’t know whatever that is and when
you’re introducing your colleagues so
this is my colleague Risa she’s an
assistant manager at Apple or something
like that so this is good to to know for
for meetings as well when you meet other
people too so introducing yourself
introducing other people and meeting
other people so if you want a quick list
of drop titles please check out the
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repeat the pronunciation colleagues
colleagues lots of people asked like
what’s the difference between colleague
and co-worker in American English we use
co-worker a lot more often co-worker or
more casually work buddy
maybe work buddy or work friend my
friend at work but colleague tends to
sound a little more formal than
co-worker colleague and co-worker ok
so let’s continue to the last part of
today’s lesson sharing your opinions
sharing your goals so if you have met
someone in a casual setting a casual
setting so you’re getting a drink or
having a cup of coffee it’s kind of
laid-back it’s casual you want to talk
about your job what do you think about
your job if you are happy with your job
like you want to express these positive
things you can use something like this
the pay is good and our team is great
the pay is good and our team is great so
pay Hey means how much money you get so
you can say the money is good that
sounds ok I would say I prefer to say
pay when talking about money like how’s
the pay oh it’s pretty good paying or
not much pay that refers to how much
money you receive for your job so the
pay is good the pay is good and our team
is great so in this case the speaker
thinks the money at the job is good and
the other people are good so the pay is
good and our team is great if your job
is a very busy job but you want to say
something positive you might try I’m
busy but I’m learning a lot I’m busy but
I’m learning a lot here you’ll notice
we’re using the progressive tense I’m
busy but I’m learning a lot so this
shows this is happening now continuing
to learn I’m busy but I’m learning and a
lot can’t you say the payment is good
nothing no we would not say the payment
is good payment would be used payment is
used more in like contracts a little bit
so like please make your payment at the
bank for example we don’t use payment to
talk about our opinions for money we
receive at jobs okay another example uh
is I like the work I like the work but
the pay isn’t great I like the work but
the pay isn’t great so again we’re using
pay the pay isn’t great the pay is not
good in this case here also a question
why is this the here I like the work
like why isn’t it like I like work mmm
this the means I like the work at that
specific job I like this jobs work so
the responsibilities at this jobs work I
like the work so we have to use this
article the here I like the work but the
pay isn’t great okay a couple other
examples then a couple other examples uh
actually we talked about one of them
similar similar to this one I’m looking
for a job you could say I’m looking I’m
looking for a new job I’m looking for a
new job so maybe you’re not happy in
your job now I’m looking for a new jobs
key point here is new a new job I’m
looking for a different job okay
another point another one you can use is
it’s not
what I want to do it’s not what I want
to do it’s not what I want to do so this
means it it here it is this means my job
now it is not what I want to do this
means my job now is not my long-term
goal that’s not the job I want to do in
the future it’s not what I wanted to do
okay
except my cue to stop what the chats
covered okay so I think I have to finish
up there for today’s lesson so these are
a couple of expressions you can use to
share your opinion about your job okay
we have to finish up there for this week
so thank you very much for sending lots
of excellent example sentences about
your job titles and your job
responsibilities fantastic job okay if
you have any questions please send them
in the chat or in the comments after
this I will take a look at the comments
and try to answer somehow so we have to
finish for today for this week’s lesson
next week we will be back again next
week will be Wednesday May 8th sorry
that should be th May 8th how to use
English at school English at school so I
want to make this lesson this lesson
will be yes good for students I think
but also to express your education a
little bit so we touched um this one I’m
studying for a degree we’ll use some of
these vocabulary words in next week’s
lesson so please join us 10 p.m. Eastern
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