Introduction: Formal and In-Formal

How to introduce yourself in formal and informal situations?

Introduction

Just see the title of this post How to Introduce Yourself in Formal and Informal Situations and the first part of it is an introduction you are reading now. So there is no need to tell the importance of introduction.

There are usually many opportunities to introduce yourself. The two main and most important conditions are:-

1) Formal 
2) Informal

Apart from this, there are many other situations based on the need like in interview, in class, on whats-app, in meeting, professionally, in English, chat But, in speech, in email, in letter, you have to introduce yourself. Writing, in college or even in presentation.

All these situations can be easily classified as formal and informal. In addition, we need to prepare ourselves to introduce paragraphs or to offer a sample or professional introduction about ourselves.

Here we will see how to introduce ourselves in formal and informal situations in the English language. New and non-native English speakers and learners may initially focus on these two types and later transfer them to all the forms of introduction described above.

What is introduction? Its need and importance:

Introduction means the act of introducing something. Introduction can be of different things and types. We can offer a product, idea, service or a person. In essay writing also, article, book introduction is the introductory section.

Every first address is treated as an introduction that makes others aware of what is going to happen in any given situation.

It is said that first impression is the last impression. The best way to make the best first impression is to introduce yourself in the best possible way.

Regarding the importance of introduction in communication skills, it is believed that the impression of your personality remains until you open your mouth and give your first words. So I won't go into much about the importance of the introduction and we'll start learning about it.

But here we are going to see how to introduce ourselves in different situations. So we will stick to introduction in English in formal and informal situations or you can use this format in your mother tongue as well.

How to introduce yourself in formal situations or situations?

You may need to introduce yourself in formal situations such as an event, office, class, email, presentation, whats app, chat, writing or any other in which you are not with your family and friends.

There may be different methods in different situations but here first I would like to give you a general introduction for all your formal introduction purposes. This will be especially helpful for new learners of the English language and even fluent English speakers will be able to re-examine themselves.

Marks for formal introduction:-

1) Formal Beginning 

2) Name 

3) Location or Address 

4) Family 

5) Education 

6) Occupation 

7) Hobbies and Interests 

8 ) Qualities 

9) Special Achievements 

10) Goals / Ambitions / Goals in Life 

11) Age 

12) Formal End

This is a very handy list of points for your formal introduction. Now we will see how to construct a sentence for each point.

1) Formal Introduction Start:-

Respected Chief Guest/President/Principal/Manager/and all the dignitaries present here, Good morning/afternoon/evening to all of you. I'm going to introduce myself.

This is a very handy list of points for your formal introduction. Now we will see how to prepare a sentence for each point.

1) Formal start:-

Respected Chief Guest / President / Principal / Manager / and all the dignitaries present here, good morning / afternoon / evening to all of you I am going to introduce myself.

2) Name-

I am …………….. Rohan

Or, My name is …….. Kumar. Rohan

Is it right to introduce yourself as…..Rohan.

Introducing Yourself as Myself…… is not a grammatically correct way because MYSELF is a reflexive and emphatic pronoun and you cannot use MYSELF as the subject because any reflexive as the subject of a sentence in English Pronouns are not used.

3) Place or address:-

There are different ways to tell about your location or address. we go from simple to complex

I live in …….city……..suburb/I live in …… village, taluka-…….., district-……….

Or, I am from……..city……….state…….country.

My place of birth is……..

4) Family-

I have a joint/nuclear family.

Or, We are a family of ….e.g.6.

5) Education-

Note- For any academic qualification you must use the present perfect tense and for any course you are doing now, use the present continuous or present perfect continuous.

I have completed……..(like:-Arts/Commerce/Science/Engineering/Medical/Management etc)………..Degree of ……..(Year….) with ………% marks from University/Board .

Or, I am a graduate/post graduate in ……… (like arts/commerce/science/engineering).

I am in ……… standard.

Presently, I am pursuing ……….Degree/Course/Diploma

6) Business:-

I am a teacher/doctor/pharmacist/coach

I am working for ……… I ………. (designation) work as

I'm fresher.

I am unemployed.

I am working as ……..…….. for years. (to describe your work experience)

7) Hobbies-

my hobby is reading.

Or, My hobbies are reading, playing, cooking and gardening.

Or, I love to read, cook, play.

Or, I am a keen runner/cook/wrestler/farmer

8) Qualities:-

My qualities are that I am kind, loving, helpful and supportive.

9) Special Achievements:-

My special achievement is……

Or, My special achievements are……..

10) My goal/ambition/goal:-

My aim in life is to become ……….. (like a successful teacher/writer/dancer/sportsman etc.)

I aspire to be…….

My goal in life is……..

11) Age:-

I am years old.

12) Formal termination-

It's all about me. Thank you so much for listening to me.

Or, This is my introduction. Thank you so much for listening to me.

this much only. There are many useful figures ready for your introduction in formal situations. Just choose the right one for you or add any of your points in the appropriate place and that's it.

Here we'll look at a sample introduction to the formal situation.

Sample introduction in a formal situation

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Respected Principal and all the dignitaries, Good afternoon. I'm going to introduce myself.

My name is Rohan.

I am from Patna City.

We are a joint family of 6 people.

I have completed my masters degree in mechanical engineering.

I am an engineer. I am working as a Service Engineer with LHC Associates.

My hobbies are reading, machine making and gardening.

I am a kind, loving and helpful person.

My special achievement is that I have won the Young Innovators Award.

My goal in life is to become a successful and satisfied person.

I am 30 years old.

It's all about me. Thank you so much for listening to me.

How to introduce yourself in informal situations or situations:

When you are with your family, friends, relatives or in a party it is called informal status. They are very less likely to introduce themselves but still in some situation or as an activity, you need to introduce yourself.

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Points for introduction into an informal situation or situation

1) Informal Beginning 

2) Name 

3) Location 

4) Family 

5) Education 

6) Occupation 

7) Hobbies 

8) Qualities 

9) Special Achievements 

9) Age 

10) Goals/Ambitions/Goals in Life 

11) Informal Ending.

You may have noticed that the points of your informal introduction are almost the same as that of your formal introduction. The difference would only be in the use of more friendly and informal language. You can choose a formal language if you wish, but we would not recommend it.

Now we will take a look at making sentences for your informal introduction as per the points mentioned above.

1) Informal start:-

Hello friends! Good morning/afternoon/evening. I'm going to introduce myself.

Or, Hi everyone, let me introduce myself.

Or, I am very happy and blessed to introduce myself

2) Name:-

my name is…….

Or, I am……..

Or, The person standing in front is…….

3) Place:-

I have come from here……

Or, I live…..

4) Family:-

Mine is a joint/nuclear family of ..... members.

5) Education:-

I have completed…….

6) Business:-

I am fresher

Or, I am……(a teacher/doctor/farmer etc.)

7) Hobbies:-

I have hobbies…..

I really like……

8) Properties:-

My qualities are…..

9) Special Achievements:-

My special achievements are…..

10) Age:-

I am….years old.

If you think I am ....years old, you are right/wrong.

11) Objective / Ambition / Goal:-

The goal of my life is..

12) Informal Termination:-

It's all about me. Thank you.

This is my introduction. Thanks a lot.

Hope you like this method of informal introduction. You can also add your own thoughts by taking these points and sentences as guidelines.

Sample / sample introduction in an informal (family) situation or situation

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Hello friends! Hi. I'm going to introduce myself.

My name is Rahul Sagar.

I am from Jaipur city.

We are a joint family of 6 people.

I have completed my master's degree in English literature.

I am a lecturer. I am working as an English lecturer in LHC college.

My hobbies are reading, machine making and gardening.

I am a kind, loving and helpful person.

My special achievement is that I have won the Creative Teachers Award.

My life goal is to become a successful teacher.

I am 30 years old.

It's all about me. Thank you for listening to me.

I am sure you will like this way of informal introduction.

Conclusion for How to Introduce Yourself

Here we come to the last part of this article on how to introduce yourself in formal and informal situations.

We have studied dots and sentences for this. The basic points for introduction are:- 

1) Beginning 

2) Name 

3) Location or Address 

4) Family 

5) Education 

6) Occupation 

7) Hobbies and Interests 

8) Qualities 

9) Special Achievements 

10) Goals/Ambitions/Goals in Life 

11) Age 

12) Closing

You can easily prepare yourself for formal and informal situations by using these point and sentence ideas.

Do let us know what you think about it through your comments.

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