SELF INTRODUCTION | How to Introduce Yourself in English | Tell Me About Yourself Interview Answer

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- Hello, everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy.

Hola a todos y Bienvenidos nuevamente a "Inglés con Lucy"

Today, we are going to talk about self introduction,

Hoy vamos a hablar sobre auto-presentarse

the answer to that dreaded question,

La respuesta a esta temida pregunta : hablame sobre tí

"Tell me about yourself."

Ahora, para algunos de ustedes este tema puede ser muy básico

Now, to some of you this topic may seem very basic,

but learning to introduce yourself properly

pero aprender acerca de la apropiada manera de presentarse es muy importante

is incredibly important.

You might need to introduce yourself

Puede ser que necesites presentarte en cualquier momento, así que necesitas estar preparado

without any forewarning, so you need to be prepared.

Pueder ser que necesites presentarte en tu clase de inglés

You may need to introduce yourself in your English class

Puedes necesitar presentarte tu mismo en tu clase de inglés, o en una entrevista de trabajo, puedes necesitar presentarte a ti mismo en un nuevo trabajo o en un nuevo pasatiempo

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

puedes incluso necesitar presentarte en un gran evento o en una convención en frente de miles de personas

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,

yo me siento muy nerviosa de hecho cuando tengo qe presentarme yo misma a grupos grandes de personas e ingles es mi primer idioma.

and English is my first language.

For learners of English, for my students,

en muchos grupos de personas y el inglés es mi primer idioma! para estudiantes de inglés, para mis alumnos, esto es increíblemente intimidante!

this is incredibly intimidating.

In order to successfully introduced yourself,

con la finalidad de presentarte a ti mismo exitosamente debes tener tu auto presentación previamente escrita y aprendida

you must have your self introduction pre-written and learnt.

You have to be prepared.

tu debes estar preparado..

In this video, I am going to guide you through this process.

En este vídeo yo voy a guiarte a través de este proceso

At the end of this lesson, you will have

Al final de esta lección tu tendrás una completa auto presentación y estarás listo para usarla y aprender de corazón

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

te a ti y corregirte

te animo a compartir tu presentación en la sección de comentarios de abajo de modo que la comunidad y yo podamos verte y corregirte

in the comment section down below,

so that the community and I may assist you and correct you.

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Right, let's get on with the lesson.

correcto...sigamos con la lección

So, let's start with the basics of a self introduction.

comencemos con los básicos de una auto presentación

The very first thing that you'll need to say

when introducing yourself is a greeting.

La primera cosa que tu necesitas decir cuando te presentas tu mismo es un saludo!

Now, you can have formal greetings

or you can have informal greetings.

Ahora, puedes tener saludo formal o puedes tener saludo informal

It depends where you are, the situation you are in.

esto depende de donde tu estés, la situación donde tu estás

Let's start with formal greetings.

Empecemos con el saludo formal

Obviously, hello.

Hello can be both formal and informal,

but it's fine to use it in a formal situation.

obviamente "Hola", hola puede ser ambos, un saludo formal e informal, pero es bueno usarlo en una situación formal

You also have good morning, good afternoon and good evening.

también tienes buenos días, buenas tardes, buenas noches

Make sure you pay particular attention

to what time of day it is.

Asegúrate de poner particular atención a cual hora del día es

I have said good morning in the evening

and good evening in the morning before.

yo he dicho buenos días en la tarde y buenas tardes en la mañana previa

One thing to note is the use of good day.

una cosa a saber es el uso de "Buen día", en inglés británico es considerado muy Anticuado, muy muy muy formal

In British English, good day is considered

very old-fashioned, very very, very formal.

It's not commonly used.

no es común de usar sin embargo muy común en inglés australiano

However, it is very common in Australian English.

They kind of shorten it down to g'day.

ellos como que lo acortan de buenos días a buen ojo.....buen ojo!!

G'day. (chuckling)

And I would say that, g'day.

y yo diría que:. buen ojo? me pregunto lo que Emma de mmmenglish pensaría de mi diciendo buen ojo..

I wonder what Emma from mmmEnglish will think

(chuckling) of me saying g'day.

o ella lo aprobará? le preguntaré

Will she approve? I'll ask her.

But, g'day is more informal.

pero "Buen dia" es mas informal, es otra vez, si tu estás en Australia, es solo algo que he notado, algunas personas usando mi sección de comentarios: buen dia!

But this again is if you're in Australia.

It's just something I've noticed

people using in my comments section, "Good day."

puedo ver porque ustedes lo usarían

I can see why you would use it.

It appears to be a greeting

parece ser que es un saludo adecuado para cualquier hora del día

that is suitable for all hours of the day,

when in reality, in British English,

cuando en realidad, en inglés británico es simplemente muy muy anticuado decirlo

it's just a very, very old-fashioned saying.

Also note that goodnight is normally a send off,

también noto que buenas noches es normalmente una despedida equivalente al adiós que ustedes dicen cuando se están yendo en vez de cuando están saludando a alguien

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 night time,

si tu te presentas en horas de la noche tu debes decir "good evenig"

you would say good evening.

Now let's talk about informal greetings.

Ahora vamos a hablar de saludos informales..

It's really important for you to find one

Es importante para ti encontrar la manera con la que te sientas cómodo

that you feel comfortable with.

There are lots of informal greetings,

Hay muchos saludos informales..como "hey" que tal, hola, "hiya", "ya", que hay de bueno..

like hey, what's up, hi, hiya,

yo. (laughing)

There's even, what's good?

incluso hay "what´s good" lo que es honestamente uno bien americano

Which is quite an American one.

Honestly, if I said yo when I was introducing myself

honestamente si yo digo "yo" y me estoy presentando yo misma en una clase de inglés

in an English class or in a less formal situation,

o en una situación menos formal me sentiría realmente estúpida porque no encaja conmigo

I would feel really stupid, because it doesn't suit me.

My particular region doesn't use yo,

mi región en particular no usa "yo" por lo tanto se siente un poco forzado..

so it feels a bit forced.

I really admire people who can just stand up and say,

"Yo, what's good?"

realmente admiro a la gente que puede levantarse y decir entonces, que hay! pero eso, no va a pasar conmigo

But it's not gonna happen for me.

So make sure you pick one

that you feel really comfortable saying.

así que asegúrate de escoger aquello que te haga sentir realmente cómodo la siguiente vez por supuesto!

Next of course we have your name.

Lo siguiente, por supuesto, tenemos tu nombre

Now, there are many ways of introducing your name.

Ahora, hay muchas formas de presentar tu nombre, las muy básicas como: yo soy....soy Lucy

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

o si te estás presentando en una situación donde la mayoría de la audiencia no puede verte

where the majority of the audience cannot see you,

for example on the telephone.

Por ejemplo, en el teléfono, nadie realmente puede verte cuando estas hablando por teléfono,

No one can really see you

when you're speaking on the telephone.

You can say, my name is or my name's,

tu puedes decir mi nombre es...mi nombre es..con el apostrofe "s", la forma contraída..

with the apostrophe-s, the contracted form.

Or, if you're in a very large

ó si estás en un auditorio muy grande o centro de convención entonces tu puedes querer usar éste es ...ésta es Lucy al teléfono..

auditorium or convention centre,

then you might want to use this is, "This is Lucy."

On the telephone I would normally say,

yo normalmente diría, Hola, ésta es Lucy hablando...o ésta es Lucy hablando

hi, this is Lucy speaking, or this is Lucy.

siguiente, hablemos de la ubicación...

Next let's talk about location,

de donde eres o donde vives...

where you're from and where you're living.

There are many variations of this.

hay muchas variantes sobre esto, voy a empezar con las mas básico

I'm going to start with the most basic

and move on to slightly more complicated ways

y pasar a maneras un poco mas complicadas

de describir tu ubicación geográfica

of describing your geographical location.

Firstly we have I'm from, and then the place name.

primero tenemos "soy de" ...y luego el lugar donde estoy

I'm from Bedfordshire.

Soy de Bedfordshire

We also have I'm and then the nationality adjective.

también usamos "yo soy " y el adjetivo de nacionalidad..Yo soy Británico, soy Inglés..

"I'm British, I'm English."

If you are from somewhere that is quite far

si tu eres de un lugar que está bien lejos del lugar en donde te estás presentando..

from the place where you're introducing yourself,

you can say I come from, and then you can name that place.

tu puedes decir "yo vengo de" y entonces puedes nombrar el sitio

Come from implies a little bit more of a journey.

"venir de" implica mas que un viaje si tu quieres decir donde tu creciste, tu puedes decir: yo nací y crecí en el lugar que nombras

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.

si tu quieres decir donde creciste, tu puedes decir: yo nací y crecí en....npmbre del lugar...Yo nací y crecí en Inglaterra

If you were born in one place

si naciste en un sitio pero te criaste en otro diferente tu puedes decir

but grew up in a different place, you can say,

I was born in France but raised in Sweden.

tu puedes decir: nací en Francia pero Crecí en Suecia

si tu quieres

If you want to say that you are from one place,

decir que eres de un lugar pero vives en otro, hay varias opciones..

but are now living in another place,

there are various options.

You can say, I grew up in...

tu puedes decir: nací en...LA pero ahora vivo en New York

"I grew up in LA but now live in New York."

"I'm originally from Edinburgh but I'm now based in London."

Soy original de Edinburgo pero ahora estoy ubicado en Londres

If you want to say how long you have lived

si tu quieres decir cuanto tiempo has vicido en un sitio específico tu puedes decir:

in a certain place, you can say,

"I've been living in London for three years."

Yo he estado viviendo en Londres por tres años ö he pasado los últimos tres años en París..

Or, "I've spent the past few years in Paris."

Now, those are the basics.

Ahora, estos son los básicos, vamos a hablar sobre otras opciones que tu puedes añadir a tu auto-presentación

Let's talk about some other options

that you can add on to your self introduction.

Una buena opción es tu posición y tu compañía, por ejemplo

A very important option is your position and your company.

For example, "I work at Google in the marketing department."

Yo trabajo en/para Google en el departamento de Mercadeo

You can say, I work at or I work for.

tu puedes decir yo trabajo "en" o trabajo "para"

You would not say I work in, and then a company name.

tu no dirías yo trabajo "en" y luego el nombre de una compañía

es "at" or "for"

It's at or for a company name.

un nombre de compañía

You can also say, "I'm a manager at Starbucks."

tu también puedes decir, Soy Gerente en Starbucks

I'm a position at company.

"Soy" posición, "en" compañía

Again, the at can also be replaced with a for.

nuevamente el "en" puede también ser reemplazado por "para"

If you just want to give general idea

si tu solo quieres dar una idea general del campo donde trabajas...

of the field in which you work, you can say,

I work in, general area.

tu puedes decir: yo trabajo en...área general

"I work in sales."

Yo trabajo en ventas

If you want to give the specific position, you can say,

si tu quieres dar una posición específica tu puedes decir

"I work as a deputy manager."

trabajo como subgerente

trabajo como Contador

"I work as an accountant. I work as an accountant."

tu puedes querer también mencionar tus cualidades..especialmente si te estas presentando en una entrevista de trabajo

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,

si quieres decir que estas cerca de graduarte

you can say, "I'm about to graduate."

tu puedes decir...estoy cerca de graduarme..

You could also say, I am a subject graduate or postgraduate.

tu también puedes decir..soy parte de una graduación

o postgrado

"I'm a marketing graduate."

soy graduado de mercadeo

"I have a bachelor of arts degree in marketing."

tengo licenciatura en artes

Licenciatura en mercadeo

Or, "I have a BA degree in marketing."

Or just, "A BA in marketing."

o solo un BA en mercadeo

"I'm a biology post-grad."

tengo postgrado en biología

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 jewellery making or pottery.

You can also remove the preposition.

"I'm taking a pottery course."

If you want to say that you finished a course,

it's 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, dash, and then the unit of time,

and that together forms an adjective.

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 make

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 one of four,"

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 till 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-20s."

"She's in her early teens."

"He's in his late 40s."

You might also hear people say,

"She's a 20-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.

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 teachers 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, 'cause you have to stand up

and say, my name is and my job is,

and my fun fact is (mumbles).

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 dislocate my shoulder blade.

That is twice in a month I've done that on YouTube.

I need to calm down.

Have a think, 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 running 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 condensed these seven sentences down

into two flowing sentences.

What do you think of this?

Good morning, everyone.

My name's 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 and fitness classes.

So much better, so much shorter, so much more natural.

See if you can condense your introduction

down to two flowing sentences, minus the greeting.

That could 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 first comments,

and I'll look at a handful

throughout the week as well when I can.

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