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| tlevine Triglot Senior Member United States thomaslevine.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6882 days ago 127 posts - 130 votes  1 sounds Speaks: English*, Mandarin, French | Message 1 of 21 13 August 2005 at 9:22am | IP Logged |
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I never learned how to make friends in my home country. How do I make friends with locals in a foreign country?
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| czech Senior Member United States Joined 6975 days ago 395 posts - 378 votes Studies: English* | Message 2 of 21 13 August 2005 at 2:45pm | IP Logged |
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Can you explain what your asking a little more?
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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7157 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 21 13 August 2005 at 4:04pm | IP Logged |
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There is a famous book by Dale Carnegie called 'How to make friends and influence people' I think this should give you some ideas. In travel it's not easy to make friends but you can be friendly and chat.
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| tlevine Triglot Senior Member United States thomaslevine.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6882 days ago 127 posts - 130 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, Mandarin, French | Message 4 of 21 14 August 2005 at 6:00am | IP Logged |
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I need to know now because I am on my immersion camp now.
Everyone says that you should meet friends on the immersion camp. What do they mean? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| andee Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6858 days ago 681 posts - 724 votes 3 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Korean, French | Message 5 of 21 14 August 2005 at 6:30am | IP Logged |
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Just relax and chat with people. You'll either find people you can have a laugh with and have similar interests... or not.
I find one way to find people of similar interests is through sport. Sport is a great leveller, and brings people of all walks of life together - plus, if it's a worldwide sport like football (soccer) then language isn't an object either. The area I live in in Australia is largely filled with people of North/Eastern African origins - I play football with a bunch of Ethiopians, Sudanese, Somalians, and Djibouti (Djiboutinese? Djiboutians? What are people from Djibouti called?) every week - none of which speak much English, but we always get our messages across. If you like a specific sport, go to a match, join in in some local games, etc. If you're relaxed and doing something you enjoy, it's easier to find people you can talk to. Another way is in a pub or somewhere else people go to relax and wind down (although I noticed with your profile, you're not of legal age to drink, so that's maybe not an option) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7157 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 21 14 August 2005 at 12:17pm | IP Logged |
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Here is a summary of the rules by Dale Carnegie, I really recommend you get this book. Rules to make friends
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| tlevine Triglot Senior Member United States thomaslevine.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6882 days ago 127 posts - 130 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, Mandarin, French | Message 7 of 21 14 August 2005 at 1:16pm | IP Logged |
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But what do you do when you're in a pub? Do you mean that I will find friends if I just say hi?
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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7157 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 21 14 August 2005 at 1:31pm | IP Logged |
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Try to strike up conversations in shops, then graduate to pubs.
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