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0:05[Music]
0:09hello everyone and welcome back to
0:11English with Lucy today we are going to
0:14talk about self inroduction the answer
0:18to that dreaded question tell me about
0:21yourself now to some of you this topic
0:24may seem very basic but learning to
0:27introduce yourself properly is
0:30incredibly important you might need to
0:33introduce yourself without any
0:35forewarning so you need to be prepared
0:38you may need to introduce yourself in
0:40your English class or in a job interview
0:44you might need to introduce yourself at
0:46a new job or at a new hobby or Leisure
0:49activity you may even need to introduce
0:52yourself at a big event or convention in
0:55front of thousands of people I feel very
0:58nervous and anxious when I have to
1:00introduce myself to large groups of
1:02people and English is my first language
1:05for Learners of English for my students
1:08this is incredibly intimidating in order
1:11to successfully introduce yourself you
1:14must have your self introduction
1:16pre-written and learned you have to be
1:20prepared in this video I am going to
1:23guide you through this process at the
1:25end of this lesson you will have a
1:28complete self-introduction that is ready
1:30to use and ready for you to learn off by
1:33heart I encourage you to share your
1:35introductions in the comment section
1:37down below so that the community and I
1:40may assist you and correct you so let's
1:42start with the basics of a self-
1:44inroduction the very first thing that
1:46you'll need to say when introducing
1:48yourself is a greeting now you can have
1:52formal Greetings or you can have
1:54informal greetings it depends where you
1:56are the situation you are in let's start
2:00with formal greetings obviously hello
2:04hello can be both formal and informal
2:06but it's fine to use it in a formal
2:08situation you also have good morning
2:11good afternoon and good evening make
2:14sure you pay particular attention to
2:16what time of day it is I have said good
2:18morning in the evening and good evening
2:20in the morning before one thing to note
2:22is the use of good day in British
2:25English good day is considered very
2:29oldfashioned
2:30very very very formal it's not commonly
2:33used however it is very common in
2:36Australian English they kind of shorten
2:39it down to good day good
2:42day and I would say that good day I
2:46wonder what Emma from English will
2:49think of me saying good day will she
2:52approve I'll ask her but good day is
2:55more informal but this again is if
2:57you're in Australia it's just something
3:00I've noticed people using in my comment
3:02section good day um I can see why you
3:06would use it it appears to be a greeting
3:08that is suitable for all hours of the
3:10day when in reality in British English
3:13it's just a very very old-fashioned
3:15saying also note that good night is
3:18normally a sendoff an equivalent for
3:20goodbye you say it when you are leaving
3:23instead of when you are greeting someone
3:25if you're introducing yourself in the
3:26nighttime you would say good evening now
3:30let's talk about informal greetings it's
3:33really important for you to find one
3:35that you feel comfortable with there are
3:37lots of informal greetings like hey
3:40what's up hi
3:43higher
3:44yo there's even what's good which is
3:48quite an American one honestly if I said
3:52yo when I was introducing myself in an
3:55English class or in a less formal
3:58situation I would feel really stupid
4:01because it doesn't suit me my particular
4:03region doesn't use yo so it feels a bit
4:06forced I really admire people who can
4:08just stand up and say yo what's good but
4:11it's not going to happen for me so make
4:13sure you pick one that you feel really
4:14comfortable saying next of course we
4:18have your name now there are many ways
4:21of introducing your name the very basic
4:23ones like I'm or I am I'm Lucy I am Lucy
4:29or or if you're introducing yourself in
4:31a situation where the majority of the
4:34audience cannot see you for example on
4:37the telephone no one can really see you
4:39when you're speaking on the telephone
4:41you can say my name is or my names with
4:44the apostrophe s the contracted form or
4:47if you're in a very large Auditorium or
4:50Convention Center then you might want to
4:53use this is this is Lucy on the
4:56telephone I would normally say hi this
4:58is Lucy speaker
5:00or this is Lucy next let's talk about
5:03location where you're from and where
5:05you're living there are many variations
5:07of this I'm going to start with the most
5:09basic and move on to slightly more
5:11complicated ways of describing your
5:14geographical location firstly we have
5:18I'm from and then the place name I'm
5:21from bedfordshire we also have I'm and
5:24then the nationality adjective I'm
5:26British I'm English if you are from
5:30somewhere that is quite far from the
5:32place where you're introducing yourself
5:35you can say I come from and then you can
5:38name that place come from implies a
5:41little bit more of a journey if you want
5:44to say where you grew up you can say I
5:47was born and raised in place name I was
5:51born and raised in England if you were
5:53born in one place but grew up in a
5:56different place you can say I was born
5:58in France but but raised in Sweden if
6:01you want to say that you are from one
6:03place but are now living in another
6:05place there are various options you can
6:08say I grew up in I grew up in LA but now
6:13live in New York I'm originally from
6:16Edinburgh but I'm now based in London if
6:19you want to say how long you have lived
6:21in a certain place you can say I've been
6:23living in London for 3 years or I've
6:27spent the past few years in Paris now
6:31those are the basics let's talk about
6:33some other options that you can add on
6:36to your self- introduction a very
6:38important option is your position and
6:40your company for example I work at
6:43Google in the marketing department you
6:46can say I work at or I work for you
6:50would not say I work in and then a
6:52company name it's at or for a company
6:56name you can also say I'm a manager at
7:01Starbucks I'm a position at company
7:06again the at can also be replaced with a
7:09four if you just want to give a general
7:12idea of the field in which you work you
7:14can say I work in general area I work in
7:19sales if you want to give the specific
7:22position you can say I work as a deputy
7:25manager I work as an accountant I work
7:29as an accountant accountant you might
7:31also want to mention your qualifications
7:33especially if you are introducing
7:35yourself in a job interview if you want
7:37to say that you are close to graduation
7:40you can say I'm about to graduate you
7:43could also say I am a subject graduate
7:46or
7:47postgraduate I'm a marketing graduate I
7:50have a Bachelor of Arts degree in
7:52marketing or I have a ba degree in
7:55marketing or just a ba in marketing I'm
7:58a biology post grad shortening it down
8:01to grad is more informal so it might be
8:03something that you do at a convention or
8:06in your English class if you want to
8:08talk about courses or other achievements
8:10you can say I'm currently taking a
8:12course in subject maths now note the
8:17preposition in versus on you can take a
8:20course in something theoretical like
8:24maths you can take a course on something
8:28practical like jewelry making or Pottery
8:32you can also remove the preposition I'm
8:35taking a pottery course if you want to
8:37say that you finished a course it's now
8:39on your CV you can say I have completed
8:42a 72-hour course in or on subject for
8:48the time scale of the course you can say
8:50the number Dash and then the unit of
8:53time and that together forms an
8:55adjective a
8:5772-hour subject course a 3-day subject
9:03course now if you want to talk about
9:06experience about your previous jobs you
9:09can say I have number years of
9:12experience in the field I have three
9:17years of experience in the Neuroscience
9:20field at whichever company you don't
9:23necessarily have to say field you can
9:25say I have 10 years of sales experience
9:28or I have 10 years of experience
9:29experience in sales you can also say
9:31I've worked in field for however long
9:35you've worked there I've worked in the
9:37accounting field for 3 years or I've
9:40worked in accounting for 3 years now if
9:43you're in a more informal situation one
9:45in which you're introducing yourself to
9:48make friends and to meet people and to
9:50get to know each other better you may
9:52want to talk about your family now
9:54obviously there are the normal things
9:56like I have a brother I have a sister I
9:59have a mom and a dad but what if you
10:01want to give a little bit more
10:02information and also show off your
10:04language skills one common mistake I
10:07hear my students make is when they're
10:09trying to talk about how large or how
10:11small their family is they want to tell
10:14me how many family members there are in
10:17their family I often hear them say we
10:20are five in our family this isn't
10:23correct in English in English we say I'm
10:27from a family of num number I'm from a
10:31family of four or we are a family of
10:34four that's a really important one for
10:36you to remember it's a mistake I hear
10:39very frequently if you want to talk
10:41about how many brothers or sisters you
10:43have you can say I am one of four
10:47siblings siblings doesn't specify the
10:50gender so you don't have to say two
10:51brothers one sister you can just say
10:54siblings three I'm one of four siblings
10:58or even even if you're already talking
11:00about families you can just say I'm one
11:02of four and they'll understand you if
11:05you have no brothers or sisters you can
11:07say I am an only child I'm an only child
11:11you might want to talk about Hobbies you
11:14have all the usual phrases like I really
11:17like running I really enjoy tennis a
11:21really good phrase I think is I'm a big
11:24fan of I'm a big fan of go-karting you
11:28can also say I am a keen and then a noun
11:31for example I'm a keen Runner or I'm a
11:35keen tennis player now I've left this
11:38one till last because really it really
11:40isn't as necessary anymore but it's
11:43important that you know how to say it
11:45it's age we have the basic one I am 25
11:50years old we can shorten it down I'm 25
11:54if you don't want to specify your age
11:56you can say I'm in my early mid or late
12:02and then your decade 20s 30s 40s 50s
12:07teens as well if you're really young I'm
12:10in my mid 20s she's in her early teens
12:15he's in his late 40s you might also hear
12:18people say she's a 20s something
12:22marketing graduate or he's a 30-some
12:26accountant that's if you don't know that
12:29age or you think it would be rude to try
12:31and guess their age now the last point
12:33in this vocabulary section of the lesson
12:36I want to talk to you about the dreaded
12:38fun fact I've been to a lot of events
12:42I've been to a lot of conventions and
12:44I've had to introduce myself in a lot of
12:46English
12:47classes and something that teachers and
12:51speakers love to ask you to do is give a
12:55fun fact about yourself I must admit I
12:58have asked my students to provide a fun
13:01fact about themselves it's annoying
13:04because you have to stand up and say my
13:05name is you know my job is and my fun
13:07fact is and that could be really really
13:10daunting
13:12intimidating to suddenly think of an
13:14interesting fact about yourself is
13:16really really hard so I highly recommend
13:19that you have a fun fact up your sleeve
13:23a fun fact prepared think about an
13:26interesting fear a weird like or dislike
13:29a good one is always your pet or a
13:32strange achievement or extraordinary
13:36experience I always say that I have
13:38hypermobility and then I'll just show
13:40them my thumbs or um dislocate my
13:43shoulder blade that is twice in a month
13:45I've done that on YouTube I need to calm
13:48down have a think if you want to do
13:50bonus homework share your fun fact about
13:53yourself but this is optional I know how
13:56horrible the fun fact can be now now
13:59I've given you loads of different
14:01options I've given you the basics and
14:03then you can add on the options but
14:06you'll be left with a lot of short
14:08sentences let's see how mine would look
14:11good morning everyone my name is Lucy I
14:15am 24 years old I am from bedfordshire I
14:18work as an English teacher I am a
14:21marketing graduate I'm a big fan of
14:24running and fitness classes now whilst
14:26all of that is grammatically correct
14:29very clear if I do say so
14:31myself I think it would be a lot better
14:34if I condensed these seven sentences
14:37down into two flowing sentences what do
14:41you think of this good morning everyone
14:44my name is Lucy and I'm a 25-year-old
14:46marketing graduate from bedfordshire I
14:48now work as an English teacher and I'm a
14:51big fan of running and fitness classes
14:54so much better so much shorter so much
14:56more natural see if you can condense
14:59your introduction down to two flowing
15:03sentences minus the greeting that could
15:05be a little sentence on its own I
15:07haven't removed any of the information
15:10right I really look forward to reading
15:12all of your introductions and your fun
15:16facts if you choose to do so feel free
15:19to correct each other and help each
15:21other I will also be looking at the
15:23first comments and I'll look at a
15:25handful throughout the week as well when
15:27I can don't forget to connect with me on
15:29all of my social media I've got my
15:31Facebook my Instagram and my Twitter and
15:34my Lucy Bella L Channel where I talk
15:35about my life not English I will see you
15:39soon for another lesson you can learn
15:42English and over 130 other languages
15:45from anywhere in the world any time of
15:48the year as long as you have a stable
15:50internet connector so many students
15:54message
15:56message I message you later given me an
15:59offer to pass on to you you will get $10
16:03receive not get get's an awful word I
16:06just saw someone that I didn't think
16:08smoked it's smoking outside my
16:10window oh the knowledge
16:15[Music]
16:28[Music]
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