{"id":51752,"date":"2017-09-27T01:06:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T01:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/vivis-adventure-story-speed-dating-talking-politics-native-speakers-boston\/"},"modified":"2017-09-27T01:06:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T01:06:36","slug":"vivis-adventure-story-speed-dating-talking-politics-native-speakers-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/vivis-adventure-story-speed-dating-talking-politics-native-speakers-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivi&#8217;s Adventure Story: &#8220;Speed Dating&#8221; and Talking Politics with Native Speakers in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8013-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8013-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8013-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8013-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today you&#8217;ll meet Vivi from Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Vivi was one of the 8 lucky listeners to join us on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/Boston\">Urban English Adventure in Boston<\/a> in August.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find out why she is glad she followed her intuition and applied to join this program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was it like arriving in Boston?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She loved the city right away.<\/p>\n<p>She was excited to meet everyone.<\/p>\n<p>It was even better than she imagined.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was her favorite challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She liked the neighborhood challenge because it pushed her to start conversations with local people.<\/p>\n<p>She had to be spontaneous and keep the conversations going.<\/p>\n<p>This was the first step in not caring too much if her grammar is not perfect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PFm4GjR5tkg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was there anything that she was worried about before she came?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She was worried that she wouldn&#8217;t understand everyone but she did.<\/p>\n<p>She understood everyone and she was able to ask if she didn&#8217;t understand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What other challenge did you enjoy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She loved the <em>Speed Dating<\/em> with the native speakers.<\/p>\n<p>She got matched up with a native speaker and switched every 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>She was able to ask her speaking partners questions about their character to break the ice then they moved into discussing politics by reading an article with the native speakers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t mis your chance to join the next Adventure October 19-22nd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/Boston\">Click here to apply now.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today you&#8217;ll meet Vivi from Germany. 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