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My name is Alicia, and today we're going to talk about how to explain your strengths and weaknesses, So strengths means your strong points.

Weaknesses means you're not strong points your weak points.

So in this lesson, I'm going to talk about expressions you can use for job and school interviews to talk about your skill sets.

And then, at the end of the lesson, I'm going to talk about casual expressions you can use just when you're talking with your friends or your family about the things that you're good at and not so good at.

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Um, we're going to begin today's lesson by talking about your strengths.

So strengths means your strong points, the things that you're good at doing.

I'm going to talk about weaknesses in Part two and then in Part three, will talk about just more casual expressions that you can use the gate.

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Strengths.

First, a very basic strength.

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Strength is the stuff that you are good at doing.

So when you are in a job interview or a school interview, it's common to talk about the things you are good at.

What did you study?

What are your skills?

What are the things that you know how to do very well, So Ah, very simple expression you can use to talk about A strength is I'm good at Mount Phrase.

I'm good at your proposition.

Here should be at I'm good at known phrase.

Some examples.

I'm good at project planning, so project planning two words.

This is a noun phrase this is an activity.

So you're noun phrase.

Should be some, like, maybe activity or like a software.

Perhaps I'm good at project planning or I'm good at social media Marketing.

So what is your skill?

I'm good at that thing.

A note you might sometimes here.

I'm good with something this used in like to talk about.

Maybe you might hear, like software, I suppose Used with, like, I'm good with computers or something like that.

I'm good with software, but we use this to talk about, like, groups of people, or we use it to talk about, like, specific objects.

So I just said, Like I'm good with computers.

That means maybe, like, I have good technical skills.

Or you might hear people say I'm good with kids.

That means I'm good, uh, working with kids.

So when you hear this, I'm good with think about it like I'm good at dealing with that thing or I'm good at dealing with that kind of people.

I'm good with customers is another example.

So you might hear people use with when they want to talk about a specific group of people or like a specific object that they have some skill with, But when you're talking about your skills, in most cases using at plus the noun phrase is going to be the best.

Some examples Air coming in.

Uh, Andrew said a lot.

I'm the same one many times.

I'm gonna cooking, and I'm good at baking.

Hi.

Uh, OK, some other examples.

Uh, some kid says I'm good at learning math.

Okay, Cool.

That's maybe a good one for your studies.

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Everybody on Facebook as a lots of people saying hello on faith, But please send me your example.

Sentences on Facebook.

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They're so again, this pattern.

You can use this to talk about your work or your studies.

If you're a student right now, you can use this to talk about the things you're good at in your in your school work.

So, like I'm good at studying for tests or I'm good at preparing for tests.

Uh, whatever that might be for you.

Randall on YouTube says I'm good at guitar or nice.

Uh, okay.

I don't see anything else.

He says I'm good at eating.

Yeah, me too.

I'm also good at eating, but maybe don't say that in a job or a school interview.

Yeah, so let's credit.

Let's try to give some, like professional examples we can use.

Someone also said, I'm good at sleeping.

That is maybe my greatest skill.

This'll thing.

Oh my gosh, Mom and Dad, you're watching it.

You know that's true.

Okay, let's go to the next pattern, which is I like and infinitive or Jared.

So many of you have asked me questions about infinitives and Jared.

So infinitive, if you don't know infinitive, this word infinitive refers to the two plus averred so like to cook, to eat, to run, to sleep, that based form of the verb.

The basic form of the verb is called the infinitive form that the infinity for, uh the Jarron, or age Aaron is a verb with an i N g at the end, so it's a verb, plus i n G.

But it's not the progressive form.

So, like when we say I am sleeping or I am cooking or whatever.

That's the progressive form of the verb.

When we use the verb in the I N.

G form as a noun, Jared is a verb used as a noun.

This is called it Jared.

So some examples of this I like planning trips.

I like planning trips planning here.

He's like the Jared for, uh, I like planning trips.

So I've used this pattern infinitive or Jared because many of you have asked, like, should I use the infinitive form?

Should I use like the i N g form here?

What should I use when you use the verb like you can choose either Both are fine.

This question It depends on the verb that comes before your infinitive or your Jared with the verb like you could use either the two verb or verb i n g form.

So I like planning trips or I like to plan trips.

Both are perfect.

Both are correct.

They have the same feeling.

Same meaning you can choose which you prefer.

Another example.

I like working in a team.

I like working in a team.

So again, I've used the Jared form a good say.

I like to work in a team also.

Totally correct.

Totally correct.

Uh, Kim says I like listening to music.

Yes.

So, again, this pattern I have it here, uh, to introduce your strengths.

So some of you were talking about your hobbies.

Yes.

You can use this pattern to talk about your hobbies.

That's correct.

But this my intention here, my plan here is for you to talk about your strength.

So what do you like to do at work?

What do you like to do at school?

Think about this in the context.

Like as if you were going to a job interview.

So what do you like to do it?

Work?

I like working in a team.

Or maybe I like working alone.

Or I like editing video sometime.

Or I like a teaching.

Things live on the Internet.

So whatever your work thing is, you can express that with I like to talk about your working style.

That's my intention here.

Everybody sending me sentences about their hobbies.

So please send me sentences about your work preferences.

What are your work or your study preferences?

You guys are being very silly, which I can appreciate, but I'm not seeing many, uh, many sentences about your work or your study, uh, style Leah Haley away to be a team player.

Lee, I like arranging files neatly.

Yeah, Thanks.

Leah.

Uh, could you please talk about Coronas.

We can learn some expressions.

I'm thinking about it.

I'm thinking about planning a lesson for it.

I have it in my head.

Yes, Uh, other examples.

Don't see any.

Okay, let's go to another example.

Byron has a nice one.

Nice.

I like working under pressure.

Good.

Lovely.

Says I like working very fast and Well.

Good.

Okay.

Nice one.

Miguel says I like making programs.

Yeah, Okay.

Good.

You guys.

We got it.

You guys have got it.

Okay.

Woodwork examples.

Okay, let's go.

Thio this next one.

The next one is a past tense expression.

Um, for your topic of steady.

So if you have a university degree, bachelor's degree, a master's degree uh, every PhD you can use this expression to talk about your specialty.

You're focused.

The thing that you spent a lot of time studying and have become good at doing so.

The verb here is I specialized so past tense specialized.

I specialized in is your proposition.

I specialized in someone wrote paleontology earlier.

I specialized in economics.

I specialized in Japanese language.

I specialized in topic of study.

So you can send me now uh, the for those of you who have finished school past tense.

I specialized in your topic of study.