How to tell about yourself in English

When communicating in English, you need to be prepared to say a few words about yourself. Self-presentation should be well prepared, bounce off the teeth and position the interlocutors, be in tune with their interests. You need to be able to comprehensively answer a number of questions about your name, age, place of birth and residence, education, profession, hobbies. When compiling a text, you need to understand well where and under what circumstances you will use it: for work purposes (briefly, with emphasis on professional work experience) or for informal communication (detailed, emotional, with many details).

You will need

• English-Russian and Russian-English dictionary

• Computer with a text editor or a sheet of paper

• Internet access and online translators

Instruction manual

one

Start with the words: “Let me introduce myself” or “I would like to present myself”, which means “let me introduce myself.”

2

Tell us about your name. “My name is Natalie Elster”. Patronymic is used at will.

3

Decide whether you want to talk about your age, place of birth and place of residence, your family or marital status? Is this information important to your interlocutor? “I am 29 (twenty nine) years old. I was born in Kaliningrad in 1982. And now I live in Moscow. I live with my parents. I'm not married yet ”, which means" I am 29 years old. I was born in Kaliningrad in 1982. And now I live in Moscow / I live with my parents. I'm not married yet."

4

Tell us about your education: “In 2000 I graduated from

State University, the faculty of Law ”-" In 2000, I graduated

State University, Law Faculty."

5

Tell us about your work experience: “I work as a lawyer in a big trade company since 2001. I like my job very much.” “I have been working as a lawyer in a large trading company since 2001. I really like my job.”

6

Tell us about your hobbies: “I like winter sports, music and shopping. I'm fond of traveling, I have already visited more than 10 foreign countries. My favorite singer is Robby Williams ”-“ I love winter sports, music and shopping. I love to travel, I have visited more than 10 foreign countries. My favorite singer is Robbie Williams. ”

note

Try to write monosyllabic sentences.

Avoid double interpretation.

Be tolerant in judging and describing your interests.

Useful advice

When preparing a story about yourself, choose a block-modular text system. Each block can be omitted without loss of general meaning.

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