{"id":53221,"date":"2014-05-29T01:09:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T01:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/americanfriends\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:56:40","slug":"americanfriends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/americanfriends\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 123: Look Up to Make American Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the United States, we spend a lot of time with our phones when we are out in public like on the train, on the street, or in a cafe.<\/p>\n

How can you start a conversation in the United States? Eye contact is the first step and then you have to move fast.<\/p>\n

You have to hold the eye contact for another second and then start the conversation.<\/p>\n

How can you start a conversation if you have your ear buds in or if you are starting at your email on your phone?<\/p>\n

How would your life be different if you had one conversation with a new person each day?<\/p>\n

Remember, there is a time to use your device for learning but there is also a time to connect with people.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget your bigger goal.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not to learn English.<\/p>\n

Your goal is to connect with people!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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