Learning English Online : How to make friends

Learn English vocabulary online_making friend

When making new friends, there are usually three parts to the conversation you will have with your new friend.

The first is the greeting. In this part, you and your new friend will greet each other and tell each other your names.

The second part is the conversation. Sometimes the conversation is small talk and some times the conversation is about important matters, such as business. “Small talk” is an American slang term. It means that the conversation is about matters that are not very important. When conversing with your new friend, it is customary to give information about your family, your work, or you will talk about any matter that is important to you and your new friend.

The third part of the conversation is the leave-taking. In this part, you tell your new friend that you are happy to meet him and that you must end the conversation.

TIPS  in making friends:
1. Spend more time around people. If you want to make friends, you first need to put yourself out there somehow. Friends seldom come knocking on your door while you sit at home watching TV. If the people you’re already around (e.g. at work or school) aren’t friend material for whatever reasons, it’s not the end of the world.

2. Always try and talk about stuff that they like and more about them.

3. Genuinely start listening to your friends. Everyone wants to feel important and loved. Even just nodding your head and showing emotion from what they are saying will help!

4. Make sure you always make time for every friend you have. It is not nice to be ignored. It is great to have one friend in particular you want to spend time with, but try to hang out as a group too. Favourtism can lead to jealousy which can easily destroy friendships. In a similar way, if you feel you are being ignored or left out, talk to your friends. If the situation doesn’t change, move on. You shouldn’t be left out, or made to feel jealous and angry.

What about your tips in making friends ? Let’s share them to us ^_*

Written by admin on June 24th, 2009 with 4 comments.
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