Introduce Yourself in English in School/College/University. Tips for Effective Self-Introduction

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English Lessons with Kate


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hi I'm Kelly I'm 25 years old
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could you tell me something about your  family I have a mother and a father  
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okay what's your favorite subject I don't know  I study just because I want to get a good job  
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in the future but I really don't like studying oh  I see who's next good morning everyone first of  
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all thank you for giving me this opportunity to  introduce myself my name's Kate I'm 26 years old  
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I grew up in Poland and I lived there most of my  life before moving to the United States very good  
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tell me about your schooling please I studied  at Meridian International School in Warsaw and  
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now I'm here to complete my graduation in this  college I'm very excited to be here great what's  
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your favorite subject my favorite subject is  I.T and I also enjoy learning English what's  
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your goal in studying my goal is to become a  good programmer and work for a big tech company  
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excellent hello everyone I'm Kate and welcome  back to my English lessons with Kate Channel  
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today we have a very important topic for you how  to introduce yourself in English when you meet new  
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friends attend a job interview or just strike up  a conversation knowing how to introduce yourself  
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is a very useful skill so let's get started when  you want to introduce yourself you can include the  
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information about your name age location it's  a place where you live family educational job  
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hobbies and your goals but before we talk about  each point let's start with some useful sentences  
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you can use to begin yourself introduction  first of all don't forget about a greeting  
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say hello good morning or good afternoon everyone  then you can simply say let me introduce myself  
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thank you for giving me this opportunity  to introduce myself or it's my pleasure to  
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introduce myself if you're given an interview in a  college or university you can say I'm very glad to  
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be here I'm excited to be a part of this group or  a class or team or I'm delighted to be a part of  
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this academic Community when introducing yourself  the first thing you'll want to share is your name  
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it's as simple as saying my name is my name's Kate  or just I'm Kate you can also use a phrase you can  
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call me my name is Christina but you can call me  Chris next it's common to speak about your age  
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you can say I am years old or you can mention your  birth year like this I was born in I was born in  
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1995. if you don't want to share them information  about your rage you can simply say I'm in my  
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for example in my mid-20s early 20s means  when you're between 20 and 23 years old  
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when you're in your mid-20s you're between  24 and 26 years old when you're in your late  
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20s you're between 27 and 29 years old it's like  you're getting closer to being 30 but you're not  
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there yet please pay attention that in British  English they pronounce the T sound 20s and in  
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American English they don't pronounce the T sound  it's twinnies it's very important to tell others  
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where you're from or where you currently live  you can say I'm from your country or I come  
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from your city or region I'm originally from your  country if you've moved to a different place you  
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can say I currently live in I'm originally  from Russia but I currently live in Turkey  
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sharing some information about your  family can help people get to know  
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you better you can say I have number  of family members or my family includes
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if you live with someone you can mention  that too like I live with my for example  
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I have three family members my family includes  my parents and my sister I live with my spouse  
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if you have many brothers and sisters you  can also say I'm the oldest or the youngest  
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in the family now you need to talk about  your educational job because it can help  
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others understand your background you  can say I studied your major at your  
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University name if you had a previous job you  can mention it like this I used to work as a at  
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for example I studied computer science  at Stanford University or I used to work  
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as a software engineer at Microsoft if you're  given an interview in a college or university  
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you should say I studied at your school name or  I completed my junior college education at your  
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junior college name I studied at St John's High  School or I completed my junior college education  
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at Greenfield Junior College when you introduce  yourself you can tell about your hobbies you can  
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say in my free time I enjoy or one of my passions  is you might also say I love as it helps me relax  
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or I'm a big fan of for example in my free  time I enjoy reading one of my passions is  
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hiking I love gardening as it helps me relax I'm  a big fan of playing football you can also say  
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I'm an Enthusiast for an Enthusiast is a person  who is very interested in a particular activity  
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or subject and who spends a lot of time on it for  example I'm an Enthusiast for music or it's okay  
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to say I'm a music enthusiast an art Enthusiast  Sports Enthusiast remember sharing your hobbies  
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can make your introduction more interesting when  you're given an interview in college or university  
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it's very important to talk about your goals you  can use phrases such as one of my main goals is  
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I'm working towards or in the near future I  hope to one of my main goals is to start my own  
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business and become an entrepreneur I'm working  towards earning my master's degree in computer  
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science in the near future I hope to travel to  Japan when you're talking about your goals you  
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can also use phrases like I'm currently studying  with the aim of I'm currently studying psychology  
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with the aim of becoming a licensed therapist and  helping people overcome mental health challenges  
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now let's practice what we've learned today  it's a very important step if you want to  
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improve your speaking skills write a comment  below this video and introduce yourself using  
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my structures I will check out every comment  and give you feedback that's it for today's  
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lesson now you know how to introduce yourself  confidently in English practice these phrases  
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and don't forget to be yourself when you're  making new connections thanks for joining me  
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today if you found this lesson helpful please  like subscribe and share with your friend who  
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is also learning English stay tuned for more  English lessons see you next time [Music] foreign
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