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  • Hi Bob the Canadian here.

  • Sometimes when you're in a classroom or a when you're with a group of people, you

  • find yourself needing to introduce yourself.

  • Well I'm pretty sure you already know how to say, “My name is….Bob the Canadian,”

  • so in this video I'll look at a few more things you might be needing to share about

  • who you are with a group of people.

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  • So, you have to introduce yourself.

  • Maybe you're in a class for the first time and the teacher wants to go around the class

  • and have each person introduce themselves, and say something about themselves.

  • So, again, I'm pretty sure you already know how to say, “My name is…” or “I am…”

  • and if you didn't those are the two ways to tell people what your name is.

  • My name is Bob the Canadian, or, I am Bob the Canadian.

  • But there's a few other pieces of information that people might be interested in.

  • So let's take a few minutes to look at each of those.

  • The first thing they might want to know is where you are from, or where you were born,

  • because they might be different things.

  • For instance you could say, “I was born in Canada, right now I live in a town called

  • Hamilton.”

  • You could say, “I was born, perhaps, in France, but right now I am living in the city

  • of Toronto.”, or, maybe you were born and live in the same city, and you could say,

  • “I was born and raised in the city of Toronto, and I currently still live there.”

  • So that's one more additional piece of information you could give people.

  • You could say, “Hi!

  • My name is Bob the Canadian.

  • I was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario and I still live there.”

  • Another thing you might wanna tell people, this is up to you if you wanna share it, is

  • how old you are.

  • So you could say, “I am 46 years old.”

  • You could tell them how old you are but not everyone wants to share their age the older

  • people get.

  • Sometimes they don't want to say exactly how old they are, so they might say something

  • like, “I'm in my late forties.” or “I am around forty-five years old.”

  • or “I am in my forties.”

  • So going back to the beginning I could say, “Hi!

  • My name is Bob the Canadian.

  • I'm from Hamilton, Ontario and I am in my late 40's.”

  • Because I don't quite wanna say exactly how old I am because I'm starting to feel

  • older every day.

  • So that's another thing, another piece of information you could share with people.

  • You could tell them how old you are, or about how old you are.

  • Another piece of information that you might want to share with people is your marital

  • status, and whether or not you have children.

  • Marital status refers to if you are married or not.

  • So I might also add to my description that I am married and I have five children.

  • Or I could extend on that and say, “I have been happily married for twenty years, and

  • I have five kids."

  • So going back to the beginning, you could say, “Hi!

  • I'm Bob.

  • I'm from Hamilton, Ontario.

  • I'm in my late forties, and I'm happily married and have five children.

  • The other thing you might wanna share with people is what you do for a job.

  • So you might say to them, “I am a currently a high school teacher, I am a construction

  • worker, I am a truck driver, or I currently work in a hotel.”

  • So to put it all together again, “Hi I' m Bob the Canadian.

  • I'm from Hamilton, Ontario.

  • I'm in my late forties.

  • I'm happily married with five children and I currently work as a high school teacher.”

  • So those are five things that you can use yourself to introduce yourself, it's really

  • good to be prepared for this.

  • It's really good just to get a piece of paper and write down five or six things that

  • you're willing to share about yourself, so that when you're in a situation you can

  • actually describe who you are really nicely.

  • The other thing it does, which is very helpful, is it prepares you in case somebody asks you

  • these questions.

  • So if someone was to say, “What's your name?”

  • You could say, “My name is Bob.”

  • If someone was to say, “Where are you from?”

  • You could say, “I'm from Hamilton, Ontario.”

  • If someone was to say, “How old are you?”

  • You could say, “I'm in my late forties.”

  • If someone was to say, “Are you married?”

  • You could say, “I'm married with five children.”

  • If someone was to say, “What do you do for a living?”

  • You could say, “I am a high school teacher.”

  • Well, Bob the Canadian here, I hope you enjoyed this short video.

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  • Bob the Canadian here, learn English with Bob the Canadian.

  • I hope you have a great day!

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