What to write in a introduction about yourself
SELF INTRODUCTION | How to Introduce Yourself in English | Tell Me About Yourself Interview Answer
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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
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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 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 each other and help each
other I will also be looking at the
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