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Title : How to Connect
with Native Speakers
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Topic : Some
tips to connect with native speakers
Details :
The article is started with tha author’s experience when she tried to
talk with a French native speaker. The author tried to talk with a clerk nicely,
politely, with a smile and with a pretty good pronunciation. But, the clerk
felt like she didn’t want her be there. The experience was awkward, seemingly
for both of them.
After
the author experienced it and she learned more about the culture of france, she
got some points. France culture and her culture is totally different. in France,
the people do not smile to the stanger when say greeting. When she really learned
about the culture, she could do it better. There are three easy tips for ESL
learners to connect with native speakers :
1.
Greet with “Hi, how are
you?”
Learners
need to make this their normal greeting everyday: “Hi, how are you?” they
can vary
it to more casual, “Hi, how’s it going?” and so forth as they get more used to
it. They can use it anytime they great someone for the first time. It can be a
standard hello greeting to someone they see everyday.
2.
Smile, smile, smile,
smile, smile
Every time we greet someone we need to smile. Get you
winning native speakers heart by smiling. Do not ever give them a fake smile, it
will give the opposite effect.
3.
Smile with the eyes
Learners need to genuinely smile with kindness from
within. If they need help working on this one, they can think of something taht’s
really cute and makes them feel warm and cozy. That will get that glint in
their eyes they need to be ‘real’ to have genuine smile and win the hearts of
native English speakers.
Purpose of
writer : To help the learners get the
connection with native speakers.
Quotation/expression
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Opinion : This article is worth to be read, especially for ESL
and EFL students who wants to have a conversation with native speakers. I have another
tip about this, don’t ever ask or talk something sensitive or private in the
beginning like asking for job, age, etc. It will be better to talk about their
favourite foods, hobbies, good places, etc.
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