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is self introduction so how to level up
your self introduction so not just like
hi my name is how are you that sort of
thing but how to make it sound a little
bit more natural how to give some more
like details about yourself so that’s
going to be today’s topic there’s our
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today’s topic is self introductions self
introductions there’s a lot to do so let
us begin yes here’s a good little
graphic nice nice one it’s nice to meet
you so as I said today I want to focus
or practice rather how to like level up
yourself introductions how to make
yourself introduction a bit better a bit
better ok so let’s begin
last week I realized it’s difficult to
see different colors on the board so
I’ll try to choose a color that’s a
little easier to notice the difference
let’s go with this yellow green ok
anyway let’s begin today’s lesson
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steal the mouse for a second and move up
great ok so um
today’s lesson as always I made today’s
lesson into three parts three parts for
today part number one will be probably
review for some of you how to give your
name and talk about your work or your
studies part two will be talking about
where you live and where you studied or
where you currently live and where you
currently study and number three will be
talking about your relationship to the
event you are at or to the person that
maybe is hosting the event there’s a lot
to talk about I don’t have enough space
on the board so you’re going to see the
text above the board also so please
don’t worry if you can’t see the board
you’ll see the example sentences here
okay so let’s begin the first part for
today’s lesson then is how to share your
name and how to explain your job so for
today please send lots of examples in
the chat I’ll try to check the chat and
try to help fix any problems or fix any
errors so please send lots and lots of
examples in the chat today okay so let’s
begin some review perhaps first one for
today the first time you meet someone of
course
hi nice to meet you I’m followed by your
name so I have the same thing on the
board here hi nice to meet you I’m named
so lots of people say can I say my name
is that’s fine also yes my name is
sounds a little bit more formal than hi
I’m Alicia hi I’m nice hi I’m Devin so
this sounds a little bit more casual I’m
your name so this is the one I use when
I introduce myself
really this is how I introduce myself hi
nice to meet you I’m Alicia that’s what
I say really so this is my favorite way
to introduce someone okay so this is
probably some review for you guys I
think but I want to go to kind of our
first level up point for today when you
ask about the other person’s job so we
don’t say what is your job that’s not a
natural question we don’t ask what is
your job when we want to ask about
someone’s occupation instead we use this
expression what do you do so what do you
do it’s the same thing here and same
thing on the board what do you do this
means what is your job what is your job
but we do not say what is your job
please use what do you do same thing
it’s on the board here to you but it’s
hard to see what do you do what do you
do so and when you ask this question it
sounds very like we reduce all the
sounds a lot so not what do you do but
what do you do that sounds much better
what do you do
so please use this question when you ask
about someone’s jaw what do you do to
answer this question then this part I
want I hope you can send a lot of
examples in the chat please when you
answer this question try to share some
details about your job so not just your
job title but also the details about
your job
so let’s look at this example so if I
say what do you do this is a pattern to
explain your job if you’re a student you
can say I’m a student that’s fine
so when you explain your job I’m uh or
I’m an what’s the difference here if
your job title begins with a vowel sound
like electrician or engineer for example
use an if your job title begins
astrologist your job title begins with a
consonant sound please use a I’m a
teacher I’m a doctor
so for students I’m a student so don’t
just finish with I’m a teacher or I’m an
engineer give us some information so if
you’re like in my case if I say I’m a
teacher like I should say what I teach
so like I’m a teacher I teach English on
the internet for example or I’m an
engineer I I don’t know I do application
engineering or I do systems engineering
for example so please give some details
for students I see a couple of you l
Elias and Fatima Osman on YouTube if
you’re a student explain your studies
what are you studying so if you’re as if
you’re a student you can say I’m a
student I’m studying philosophy I’m a
student I’m studying engineering so
please give some details about yourself
so Vicki you said I’m a worker so what
does worker mean like if you work in an
office for example try to give some
information like what kind of office
this leads to kind of the next follow-up
question
if it’s difficult to explain your your
job specifically like your jobs
responsibilities you can talk about the
kind of company you work for so let’s
look at this next one if it’s okay
control this so if your job title here
if your job title is difficult like if
it’s if it’s kind of a complicated job
role it might be easier for you to talk
about the kind of company you work for
so this is a great pattern to use for
that I work for a or I work for N and
then the industry so the same rule here
with your up and your end yeah so if
your industry starts with a vowel sound
use an if your industry starts with a
consonant sound use up remember vowel
sounds are like AEIOU those sounds so if
I say I work for an education company or
I work for uh I don’t know medical
company for example then you can give
some job details so I have an example of
this so if you want to if it’s easier
for you to explain your your job or
sorry if it’s easier for you to explain
your company’s like your company’s role
and then give some job details this is a
great pattern to use so an example of
this I’m gonna scroll down a little bit
more in my notes thank you okay so an
example of this is like I work for a
travel company I make arrangements with
hotels and I prepare content for our
company’s website for example so again
give some job details if you just
explain your company or you just give
your job title it might be hard for the
other person to understand your
responsibilities and the kind of work
you do so try to give some details like
it helps like the conversation to
continue so share some details about
yourself and then ask the other person
too don’t forget
to ask questions so I do this what do
you do so make sure to give information
so don’t just expect the other person to
do all the work in the conversation you
need to do some work too so this is a
great way to do it I work for a type of
company or just share your job title and
also give some details ok good so nice
one I’m a student in college since walid
okay so what are you studying don’t
forget this part your details or your
study details I’m sorry
your details or your your job details if
you’re a student give your study details
so I study English for example or I’m
studying math you can use the
progressive tense
I’m studying or I study those are great
so please give some more details not
just your job
tight ends Oh on YouTube says I work for
a food company I’m an engineer nice nice
great what do you engineer at a food
company I’m curious Jorge says I’m
technical support' nice technical
support that maybe what kind of company
so this is how you sort of level up your
your introduction giving some more
details a bit so on Facebook says I work
for a bank
as a management assistant checking some
credit files nice that is excellent
nice job lots of details check the check
betos comment if you’re watching on
facebook that was good
Han and says I work as I work as a
salesperson al-qasas international
company nice nice lots of details ah
Miguel has a question on Facebook Alicia
what do you do for a living or what do
you do for a living it is living living
not leaving what do you do for a living
living how do you live in other words
what do you do for a living
what’s your job li v I n G living living
living and leaving have different
pronunciations careful okay great
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today’s topic is self introduction self
introduction so I’m focusing today on
sort of leveling up your self
introduction so not just the same hi my
name is
but how to kind of give some more
details how to explain a bit more about
yourself okay
so let’s continue in the first part of
today’s lesson our very warm lesson the
first part of today’s lesson we talked
about sharing your name my name is and
we talked about sharing your job or your
study details if you missed it you can
watch this video this video is being
recorded check it on the YouTube channel
or Facebook page
okay but let’s move to part two of
today’s topic part two we’ll go to the
second half of the board here we want to
talk about where you live and how long
you have lived there so the a common
follow-up question after asking about
someone’s job is asking about the city
you are in or the place that person
lives so let’s say we meet in Los
Angeles for example we meet at a party
in Los Angeles for this example to ask
about the other person’s living
situation you can say so do you live in
Los Angeles or are you just visiting
this is a really natural question
instead of where you live
ask about where you are now so do you
live in Los Angeles or do you live in
New York do you live in Bangkok or are
you just visiting just visiting means
like you’re on vacation or you’re coming
for business purposes something like
that so do you live in Los Angeles
meaning like is your job is your work is
your life here or are you just visiting
so to respond to this question just say
yes I live in Los Angeles or yes I’m
just visiting so you can use this just
visiting as your answer that’s perfect
just visiting is great then your
follow-up question to this so the other
person chooses your conversation partner
says yes I live in
Angeles or I’m just visiting Los Angeles
depending on their answer you need to
choose your next question then so your
follow-up question can be a question
about the length of time they’ve lived
in the city or they’re staying in the
city so we’ll look at not quite that I
don’t think we need the job title one if
that’s okay okay all right I’ll explain
first so there’s this is a key grammar
difference with this question when you
want to ask about the length of time
someone lived in a city or has lived
we’ll use the present perfect tense to
do that how long perfect thank you how
long have you lived in Los Angeles here
how long so the length of time have you
lived this is a present perfect tense
sentence how long have you lived in Los
Angeles when you answer this question
you can use for or since a grammar point
you can check the channel for some more
information about this grammar point but
how long have you lived in Los Angeles
when you answer this question you can
say eyes
I’ve lived here I don’t have text
prepared for this I’ve lived here for
six years so alright I’ll just write a
key for both of these will zoom into
this later oh now okay so when you
answer this question how long have you
lived in Los Angeles you should use I’ve
lived and then you should use for or
since in your reply so this is just a
very quick grammar review but I’ve lived
in Los Angeles for six years or I’ve
lived in Los Angeles since 2013 for
example so remember you need to choose a
length of time or a period of time when
you answer this question but don’t
forget that I’ve I’ve I’ve lived in Los
Angeles that I have however
if okay I’m checking comments send some
examples if you like if however you are
visiting the answer to the question is
I’m visiting Los Angeles I’m just
visiting Los Angeles you can ask a
different follow-up question and this
follow-up question requires different
grammar you need to use different
grammar if it’s just visiting so this is
for a person who lives in the place
let’s look at a question for if they are
just staying for a vacation for example
so this question will change how long
are you staying so here’s the
progressive form yeah how long are you
staying in Los Angeles how long are you
staying so not how long have you lived
but how long are you staying we’re using
progressive tense here because this is a
continuing action that is temporary this
is a temporary thing they’re visiting
it’s temporary it’s not permanent so we
should use the progressive tense here
okay so how to answer this to answer
this one we’ll use a different grammar
point from what we saw here I think
we’ll zoom in in a second
yeah thank you okay so in the first one
we used I’ve I have lived here for a
period of time in the second one now how
long are you staying in this city please
use the progressive to reply I’m staying
I’m staying you can use for here I’m
staying for two weeks or maybe I’m
staying until next month for example so
please keep in mind the grammar changes
depending on which question you ask a
question about a permanent status how
long have you lived in that city or how
long are you staying
a temporary status your grammar for your
question and your answer will change
I’ve lived or I’m staying progressive
here okay everyone who says we have a
small blackboard this room is very small
to understand okay all right good yeah
nice one on shine as well
how long have you how long have you
lived on Facebook how long have you
lived in Los Angeles don’t forget
have so Molly says how to answer about
how long so how long I just gave some
examples about how to answer this
question so how long have you lived if
that’s the question you can use I’ve
lived for or I’ve lived since if it’s a
how long are you staying question use
the progressive tense to answer someone
on facebook says I think this word isn’t
easy to pronounce yeah I’ve I’ve it’s a
good one to practice okay good
ah then did I have another question for
this part no oh my gosh I did okay I
don’t think we have time I might skip
that question and we’ll move on maybe to
the third part because times going
quickly um shoot
do we have time what do you think
control disk only seven minutes sure hey
control desk says sure okay so let’s
look at one more question for part two
today part twos final question is about
where you are originally from so lots of
people move to different cities and
different countries around the world
so maybe the place you live when you
meet someone is not the place where you
were born or it’s not the place where
you grew up so how do you explain that
okay so the question if for example I
meet someone I’m clearly not from
Bangkok originally so if I meet someone
in Bangkok they can say where were you
born or you can ask this question to
where were you born
or this is oh sorry I can’t see it yet
yeah perfect thank you so where were you
born where were you born
so I was born in the US I was born in
Thailand I was born in England so give
your country I was born in Bob Loblaw
then if you want to explain the
difference between the place where you
were born and the place where you grew
up try this sentence that you’ll see in
just a second perfect thank you I was
born in the USA I grew up in Thailand so
here place 1 is the place where you were
born here place 2 or it could be many
places place 3 place for place by you
can explain if you moved a lot the
places where you lived when you were
growing up here you’ll notice grew up I
grew up this is past tense grow up I
grew up in some country or some see good
I was born in Cambodia Semele I was born
in Peru I was born in India not I’m born
not I born not any of those I was born I
was born in India not I born lots of you
are sending I born I born I was born I
was born in don’t forget this was I was
born in some place uh toll money hi
sorry I’m originally from Laos but I
live in Thailand so I’m originally from
that’s another idea in the facebook chat
nice idea I’m originally from les okay
good all right that was the last one for
part two one more break time whew it’s
warm in here uh why was born it’s why
don’t we use I born it’s like because
someone else gave birth to you someone
else gave birth to you there okay oh
let’s move along let’s move along to our
break I forgot interesting questions all
around today we are talking about
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talking now about travel I’ll go to
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travel a couple of expressions you can
use when you travel if you are traveling
and meeting people a couple questions
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we’re going to finish the lesson with a
question about relationships so when you
go to a party when you go to an event
and you were invited by somebody you
were invited by like the host of the
event where you were invited by a friend
how do you explain that relationship and
how do you talk about them so first
let’s look at the question this question
it’s on the board and it’s the same here
how do you know person so how do you
know how do you know Alisha like why why
are you here in other words but this is
a polite way to ask how do you know the
person or you can change this how did
you hear about the event that’s another
idea but how do you know this person how
do you know Alisha you can say oh she’s
my teacher for example so when you
answer this question the answer for this
question how do you know person I just
put a question mark there how do you
know this person when you answer this
question then you can use a very simple
pattern but don’t forget your is he’s or
she’s she’s my and
you need a noun here but this noun
should be a relationship word he’s my
neighbor she’s my teacher he’s my
professor he’s my doctor she’s my friend
something like that so your noun phrase
should be a relationship phrase so we
talked about like this this this PDF a
minute ago this family and relationships
word this could be a good one to review
so here okay so use a relationship
related noun here he’s or she’s to do it
yeah Alicia’s my teacher hey Harley I
yeah good good good Alicia is my teacher
so again don’t forget your is she is he
is
don’t forget this littles he is she is
okay
she’s my coworker perfect nice one next
one Joan nail this class is 30 minutes
long okay okay then if you want to give
some more details about your
relationship like they’re your roommate
or they’re your best friend for example
you can give some more information so
he’s my roommate or she’s my roommate
for example if you say that you can give
some more details some more information
like this one so we used to verb
together like we used to play soccer
together or we used to study together or
we used to work together so this can
help you like in a quick and easy way
give some details about your past
relationship with someone we used to we
used to we used to work together
that’s a great one that’s a great so
like he’s my best friend we used to work
together
it’s a very similar or a very common way
to express a relationship another way if
you know someone through what’s called
mutual friends mutual friends mutual
I’ll write this up here so you can see
mutual friends this is a good vocabulary
word to know for this mutual mu T
al mutual friends so that means you
share a friend like you see this on
Facebook too I think
mutual friends it’s like you have the
same person in common you know the same
connection so if you are at an event
because of a mutual friend someone you
both know you can say this like oh we
met through a friend through a friend so
it’s like there was you and then this
friend and the other person but you’re
at the event with you met because of
this person but we use through to
describe that relationship we met
through a friend that’s how we explain
this good okay Alicia and I used to
learn English on YouTube
what’s closed I’m the one teaching in
that case my friend and I used to swim
together nice one honesty
Ayane says we used to walk around okay
you don’t walk around anymore
remember with used to a key like a like
a grammar review for used to used to is
you just for something you do not do now
so this is an action that finished it’s
done so if you still do these things it
sounds strange to use used to if you
still do that thing with that person
just say he’s my roommate or she’s my
coworker just use that you don’t have to
use used to unless the action is
finished quick grammar reminder I think
there’s some stuff on the YouTube
channel you can check for grammar points
about that okay but I think we have to
finish there because we’re kind of out
of time for today yep okay
alright so I hope that you found a
couple of expressions you can use to
kind of level up your self-introduction
so not just my name is and i’m and so on
but for today I would suggest really
reviewing these points about your job
details like how do you explain your job
details so share details about yourself
your conversation shouldn’t just be you
waiting for the other person to do some
think you need to participate and give
information yourself - oh sorry
make sure to do that and then everyone
can enjoy the conversation a little bit
more alrighty then we have to finish for
today so thank you as always for joining
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like half past 10 quarter till 9 like
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