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26 Mar 2015
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I don't know how to start a topic with my foreign friends. I am afraid to ask something that may be discourteous. What would u like to be asked when u meet a new friend?
I don't know how to start a topic with my foreign friends. I am afraid to ask something that may be discourteous. What would u like to be asked when u meet a new friend?
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Ask them about their hobbies,what do they do for a living and what they are interested in, books, movies etc...
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Anything that doesn't involve controversial topics is always a good start. Hobbies, what they're doing this weekend, latest goings on (i.e. What did you do for St. Patrick's Day? What do you usually do for Easter? Did you hear about ____?), movies, things like that.
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