Lesson on Introductions: Formal and Informal (GREAT Lesson - GOOD FOR Job INTERVIEWS - MUST WATCH)

Hello, hi, howdy, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. My name is Marc. I'm an English teacher from Toronto, Canada, but currently living and working in the eternal city of Rome. I have been teaching English since 1996. I have a small studio in downtown Rome, where I teach small groups of five students each, one-to-one lessons and, obviously, online lessons. For more information, go to my website, www.englishmarc.net. Yes, in this lesson, we're going to talk about introductions, so stay tuned. Okay, when we're doing introductions, we have two ways of doing introductions, one in a formal context and the other one in an informal context. So, we're going to look at first at the formal context. And these are contexts, for example, for a job interview or meetings or conferences, so when you don't know the person and when you try to keep distance from the person. And this is what I wanted to remind you, that in the Anglo-Saxon world, we have a distance of one meter to one meter and a half, okay? This is called the personal space or social distance that you keep with the person you're meeting. So, do not stand too close to that person, okay? At least one meter or one meter and a half. Otherwise, if you do that, it is considered rude in the Anglo-Saxon world. So, I suggest you use at least one meter, okay, for your social distance when you meet someone. Now, the first thing that you do is you say your full name and you greet the person. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. I'm Mark Pizzuti, okay, full name, and you can say, how do you do? Well, this question is obviously used in formal contexts and what do you answer to that question? You just don't say anything. How do you do? How do you do? Or just don't say anything, don't answer to that. The second thing that you do is you give one sentence description of what you do. So, I'm an English teacher, I'm an English coach living and working in the eternal city of Rome, for example. In your case, it would be something different, but you give a short description of what you do, okay, what is your job or if you're a student and so on. The third thing that you do is you follow up with a question. So, what's your job in this case? How do you like Rome? If this is the first time they are visiting, is this your first time here in Rome? Okay, so you follow up with a question. Now, if you want to continue the conversation, you may do so, but do not get too personal. So, I wouldn't ask, are you married or how much do you earn in the company? Okay, don't, it's too personal, okay, for a formal context. Now, when you finish, okay, so this is the fifth point, you just say goodbye like a professional. So, it was nice, it was great to meet you, have a great or fantastic day here in Rome or if you want to say have a great stay here in Rome and goodbye. That's all, okay, this is an formal context. Now, let's look at the informal context then. So, now we're going to talk about the informal context. So, it could be a party, a social gathering or maybe a friend introduces you to another friend of theirs, etc. It's informal. Remember that the social distance here is, it could be half a meter or two one meter, okay, and this is called a personal zone because you get closer to the person you're talking to and so the conversation gets more intimate or more direct, okay, so you can ask personal questions in this case. So, the first thing that you do is you make eye contact, greet, say your name and ask how they are. Remember that you can use slang also in this in this informal context. So, you can say hi, hey, hello, howdy, I'm Mark, remember that to use the contraction form, okay, I'm Mark, okay, how are you, how are you doing without our, our things and in slang we would say sup, what's up. Then the second one that you do, obviously, you ask questions, are you from here, what do you do for a living or where are you from, okay, you can get even personal, are you married, for example. The third one, smile, very important and continue the conversation if you like to and you feel the other person enjoys it. So, you can ask what do you do in your free time, okay, to continue the conversation, have you been to the cinema lately, okay, or other questions, you know, do you do any sports, for example, do you go to the gym, etc. And the fourth one is to end the conversation in a friendly manner and shake hands if you want to. So, it was nice to meet you, it was great to meet you, I hope you enjoyed the party, take care, bye, okay, that's it, that's it for today, I hope you enjoyed the lesson, if you want you can introduce yourself under this video, in an informal context, okay, I'll let you do that, don't forget to share it if you liked it, if you haven't, subscribe to my channel and then I see you the next lesson, so take care, bye, bye.