Lesson: Giving Personal Information in Interviews
Objective
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to introduce yourself clearly in an academic or job
interview, using structured sentences and confident language.
📝 1. Warm-up Question
What do you usually say when someone asks, “Tell me about yourself”?
Do you feel confident sharing your personal information in interviews? Why or why not?
💡 2. Sentence Starters
Here are useful sentence starters to structure your answers:
Basic introduction
My name is _______.
I am from _______.
I currently work as a Maths teacher at _______.
I have been teaching for _______ years.
Education background
I studied _______ at _______ University.
I completed my Master’s in _______ in (year).
My main areas of study were _______.
Professional experience
I have experience teaching _______ levels/students.
One of my key achievements (mention what you have done well) is _______.
One of my key achievements is that I am able to develop a healthy student-teacher bond
with them.
I enjoy teaching because _______.
Future goals
In the future, I would like to _______.
My aim is to _______ by doing a PhD at _______.
I believe this opportunity will help me _______.
🎤 3. Speaking Exercises
Exercise 1 – Structured Introduction
prepare a 1-minute introduction using the sentence starters above: Include:
1. Name & where you are from
2. Current job
3. Educational background
4. Teaching experience
5. Future goals
Exercise 2 – Interview Role-play
Ask:
Tell me about your hobbies.
Why did you choose to become a Maths teacher?
What are your goals for the next five years?
Field= an area of work. Teaching is a good field for women. The job is also well-paid.
Exercise 3 – Personal Reflection Speaking
Expand:
What do you enjoy most about teaching Maths?
What is one challenge you faced as a teacher and how did you overcome it?
4. Pronunciation & Confidence Practice
Record their introduction and play it back.
Ask: Did you sound confident and natural?
Practise pauses and natural tone for clarity.
5. Homework
Record a 1–2 minute personal introduction using today’s sentence starters.
Practice it twice daily until it feels natural.
Personal Information Vocabulary (B1/B2)
Word / Phrase Meaning Example Sentence
Occupation Job or profession My occupation is a civil engineer.
Whether you are single,
Marital status My marital status is single.
married, etc.
Nationality The country you are from My nationality is Italian.
Personal history, education, or
I have a background in marketing
Background
experience and sales.
I am currently working as an
Currently At the present time
assistant manager.
Where you were born or I am originally from Brazil but
Originally
started now I live in Spain.
My place of residence is near the
Residence Place where you live
city centre.
The address where you My permanent address is in
Permanent address
officially live Manchester.
I am living in London temporarily
Temporary For a short time
for my studies.
My date of birth is 14th March
Date of birth The day you were born
1999.
The city or country where you My place of birth is Lahore,
Place of birth
were born Pakistan.
Single / Married / I am married and I have two
Marital status options
Divorced / Widowed children.
The town or city where you
Hometown My hometown is Naples in Italy.
grew up
Most of my relatives live in the
Relatives Family members
UK.
An informal name your My nickname is Sam, short for
Nickname
friends/family use Samantha.
My ID number is on my driving
ID number Your identification number
licence.
Ethnicity Your cultural or racial group My ethnicity is South Asian.
Your phone number, email, Please write your contact details on
Contact details
etc. this form.
Occupation Job or profession What is your occupation? I am a
Word / Phrase Meaning Example Sentence
teacher.
The company or person you My employer is a multinational IT
Employer
work for company.
Person to call if something
Emergency contact My emergency contact is my sister.
happens to you
Task for practice (answers included):
Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary from above.
1. My ________ is 27th May 1997.
Answer: date of birth
2. I am ________ from Turkey but I live in Germany now.
Answer: originally
3. My ________ is single.
Answer: marital status
4. My ________ is Dubai, UAE.
Answer: place of birth
5. I work as an engineer. My ________ is an international construction company.
Answer: employer
6. I am living in Spain ________ for my language course.
Answer: temporarily
7. My ________ is Peshawar, where I grew up.
Answer: hometown
8. Please write your full name and ________ on the form.
Answer: contact details
