[Music] and 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 I'd just like to thank the sponsor of today's video it is
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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 good day good eye and I would say that good eye I wonder what Emma from English will think of me say good eye will
she approve I'll ask her but good day is more informal but this again is if you're in Australia it's just something I've noticed people using in my comment section good day 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 nighttime 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 high higher yo there's even what's good which is quite an American
one honestly if I said yo and 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 gonna 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 Bedford sure we also have
I'm and then the nationality ejective 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 LA 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 onto 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 app can also be replaced with a for 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 post-grad 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 is 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 – and then the unit of time and that together forms an objective
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 are 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 made 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 wonderful 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 to 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 20s 30s 40s 50s teens as well if you're really
young I'm in my mid 20 she's in her early teens he's in his late 40s you might also hear people say she's a twenty-something marketing graduate or he's a 30-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 teaches 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 mmm and that could 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 um dislocate my shoulder blade that is twice in a month I've done that
on YouTube I need to calm down have a thing 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 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 condense 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 Bedfordshire I now work as an English teacher and I'm a big fan of running in fitness classes so much better so much shorter so much more natural see if you can condense your
introduction down to two flowing sentences – the greeting that can 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
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