SocioTalks

A Hybrid Course of Conversation Skills

Talking about Yourself 1

Introduce Yourself

  1. My name is …. / I’m a history teacher.
  2. I’m an accountant at Pars Hesab company.
  3. I am an accountant at a car renting company. I do the audition.
  4. Right now I’m unemployed. I’m looking for a new job.
  5. I’m between jobs these days.
  6. I like my job very much, especially because the workplace is great, but I’m not well-paid.
  7. What I like the most about my job is that I learn many things every day since I meet new people regularly.
  8. My main responsibility at work is checking the quality of products.
  9. I dream of one day working for Microsoft or Google as a developer.
  10. With any luck, I would be running my own restaurant in downtown Tehran next year.

1

  • My name is Behruz. I’m a language teacher.
  • What is your name? your job?
    • job/occupation/employment
    • full name/first name/ family name = surname

2

  • I’m an IELTS trainer and I’m working at Guya language school.
  • What about you?
    • Talk about YOUR job & the company you work for.
    • place of work = workplace
    • I work for …. / I’m with …. / I work at ….

3

  • I have been working as the head teacher in this institute for the last 10 years.
  • How long have YOU been working in this position?
    • I have been working …. / I have been doing this job …
    • for the last ….. / for the past ….
    • since 10 years ago / since 2017

4

  • Right now my brother is unemployed. He is looking for a new job.
  • Talk about one of YOUR unemployed siblings.
    • between jobs
    • jobless
    • self-employe
    • freelancer

5

  • I like my job very much, especially because the workplace is great, but I’m not well-paid.
  • Tell me why you like or you don’t like your job!
    • well-paid / poorly-paid
    • can learn a lot
    • promising 
    • exhausting/boring

6

  • What I like the most about my job is that I learn many things every day since I meet new people regularly.
  • What is the best part of your job?
    • What I like the most about my job is that ….. because …. .
    • since = because

7

  • What I hate the most about my job is that I have to stay awake late most nights since I have to correct students’ papers.
  • Is there anything you don’t like or even hate about your job?
    • hate = don’t like = disapprove

8

  • My main responsibility at work is teaching language skills to my students.
  • Tell me about your major tasks in your job.
    • major = main = most important
    • responsibility = duty = task

9

  • I often dream of one day working for Microsoft or Google as a developer.
  • Do you have any dreams about your future career?
    • dream of = think of
    • career = job = occupation

10

  • With any luck, I would be running my own restaurant in downtown Tehran next year.
  • Where would you be in your future occupation?
    • future / in 10 years / in 10 years from now
پخش ویدیو

Introduce Yourself

  1. My name is …. / I’m a history teacher.
  2. I’m an accountant at Pars Hesab company.
  3. I am an accountant at a car renting company. I do the audition.
  4. Right now I’m unemployed. I’m looking for a new job.
  5. I’m between jobs these days.
  6. I like my job very much, especially because the workplace is great, but I’m not well-paid.
  7. What I like the most about my job is that I learn many things every day since I meet new people regularly.
  8. My main responsibility at work is checking the quality of products.
  9. I dream of one day working for Microsoft or Google as a developer.
  10. With any luck, I would be running my own restaurant in downtown Tehran next year.

Now Try to produce the same sentences with your real data (if applicable):

  1. My name is …. / I’m a / an …..
  2. I’m an / a …. at …. company.
  3. I am a/an ….. at a ….. company. I do …..
  4. Right now I’m unemployed. I’m looking for a new job.
  5. I’m between jobs these days.
  6. I like my job very much, especially because ….., but ……
  7. What I like the most about my job is that ….. since …….
  8. My main responsibility at work is …..
  9. I dream of …… as a/an …..
  10. With any luck, I would be ……ing ….. next year.

You are supposed to deliver a short speech ( 1-2 minutes) talking about yourself and your job, either in class or sent as an audio file to your teacher.

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