What do we say about ourselves when we join this group?
I made an introductory video to join this group. I should have answered 6 questions.
Can you hear my answer for each question?
1 What's your name?
2 Where are you from?
3 What do you do?
4 What do you want to do when you are fluent in English?
5 What language do you want to learn next?
6 What would you like to do here in our group?
My name is Peter.
I said, "Good morning. Hi, my name is Peter."
I'm from Washington, DC, in the USA.
I said, "I'm from the United States, from Washington, DC."
The USA is correct but I think Washington, DC is a better answer because it is more specific.
I teach English.
I said, "Where I have been an English teacher. I was also an English teacher in Japan. Now I'm teaching English in Vietnam."
"What do you do" Is a question about work. I do live in Vietnam, but it is not what I do for work. I was an English teacher before and I still am so the answer should be in the present tense. I do come from Washington, DC but that is not my job. If I were an airplane pilot... maybe.
I didn't really answer the question. Sorry!
I said teaching English helps me learn more and more about the language.
I finished with, "I hope to be fluent in English one day too."
I should just say that I am fluent. I am a well educated native speaker of English. I speak English fluently, but I want us to remember that fluently does not mean perefectly. We all make mistakes and we all have a lot to learn.
I want to learn Vietnamese and Japanese.
In my answer I did not use the word LEARN or STUDY. I repeated FLUENT. I will have to learn a lot more Vietnamese and Japanese to become fluent.
I said, "And I hope to be fluent in Vietnamese as well ... and Japanese."
I did answer the question, but I answered the question in a different part of my introduction. When I talked about being fluent I said, "I learn so much more about the language by working with people like you." And I said that being in the group will help me become more and more fluent in English.
Did I answer all the questions?
Could you answer all the questions?
What other questions would you like to ask?
I like to ask people about their nicknames and their superpowers as you can see in the self-introduction here.
Please share your questions in the comments for this post and I will use them to make a better introduction for me and for everybody else.
Thanks!