This chapter discusses sharing personal information when meeting someone for the first time. It provides sample questions to ask for name, age, date and place of birth, address, nationality, phone number, occupation, and hobbies. It also gives examples of how to mention this information about yourself. Additionally, it notes some cultural differences in addressing people by their full name versus first name between English and Indonesian customs.

1. Chapter 1
All About Me

2. What’s on this chapter?
Information to share
Asking Personal
Information
Mentioning
Personal
Information
Cultural Awareness

3. What information do we usually
share?
Name
Age
Date / place of birth
Address
Nationality
Phone number
Occupation

4. Asking About Personal
Information
Name : 1. What is your name?
2. What is yours?
Age : 1. How old are you?
Date/place of birth : 1. When was you born?
2. Where was you born?
Address : 1. Where do you live?

5. Asking About Personal
Information
Nationality/origin of place :1. Where are you from?
Phone number :1. What is your phone number?
2. Can I have your number?
Occupation :1. What do you do?
2. What is your job?
3. What are you?
Hobby :1. What is your hobby?
2. What do you like to do?

6. Mentioning Personal
Information
Name : My name is ....
You can call me ....
Age : I’m ... years old.
I’m ....
Date/place of birth : I was born on ... (date)
I was born in ... (place)
Address : I live in ....

7. Mentioning Personal
Information
Nationality / Origin of place: I’m from ....
I’m ....
Phone number : It’s ....
Occupation : I’m a ....
Hobby : My hobbies are ....
I like ....

8. Cultural Awareness
In English, we use a full name or a
family name. Use a full name, first name
or short name (nickname) without a title.
In Indonesia, people tend to address a
person by using the first name. This
may happen because most Indonesians
do not have family names.