How to Study English: How to Make Canadian Friends in Canada

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Hello, everyone. I'm Robin and welcome to my video.
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In this video I'm going to talk about how to make Canadian friends
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Specifically, how to make Canadian friends in Canada.
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Maybe you're going to Canada to study English
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and you want to make some Canadian friends.
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I'm making this video because a lot of my Korean students...
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uhh... they have the experience of going to study in Canada
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...six months, one year, over one year...
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They come back - I talk to them... and they tell me...
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Ahh...they made a lot of friends. They made a lot of international friends.
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For example, from China, Japan, Taiwan.
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Uh...maybe some European or South American friends.
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But they didn't make any Canadian friends. Ok.
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Uh...and I'm very surprised and shocked...
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a little bit disappointed
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because you're going to Canada to live,
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to experience the culture.
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Uh....you should interact with Canadians,
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make Canadian friends, and of course...uh.. their main goal (going to Canada),
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is to improve their English.
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Yes, you can improve your English with some international friends
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But the best way is to make Canadian friends.
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Alright... so let's talk about that.
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How do I make Canadian friends and improve my English?
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First, I have work or volunteer.
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So if you get a job in Canada or even if
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you just volunteer in Canada,
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you're put in a situation where you're interacting with Canadians.
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It's a very good situation to improve your English quickly.
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Uh, so I recommend this.
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But make sure you have the right visas and it is legal.
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Not illegal, so if you work in
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Canada get the proper visa.
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Second is homestay.
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Now if you go to Canada to study English, staying with a homestay...
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I put a star here because this is the best
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way to immediately start interacting
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with Canadian people because you're
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going to the homestay family
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If they're a good homestay family, they will treat you very nice.
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They will take you places.
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Uh...and they will... you know... you become part of the family.
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And this will really help you improve your English
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and understand the culture.
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Uhh... but, sometimes there are bad homestay families. ok.
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A bad homestay family is more interested in the money .
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And they will have a lot of rules.
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And they don't want to talk to you very much.
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And if they do talk to you maybe they're yelling at you.
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Okay, so you got to be careful with homestay.
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It's a great experience if you get a good homestay family,
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but if you get a bad homestay family, you've got to get out.
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That brings us to roommates.
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So in Canada, if you're going to live in Canada or study in Canada,
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you should make a Canadian roommate.
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You know when I visit Canada,
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and sometimes I visit my students -
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Uhh... they have roommates that are usually other
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Koreans or Japanese or Chinese.
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Again our goal should be - we want to improve our English
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and experience Canadian culture.
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So really try to get a Canadian roommate.
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I'll talk about more about that in a moment.
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Online websites, apps. These are good to quickly meet Canadians.
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I'll talk about that in a moment.
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Join a club: camping, swimming, taekwondo, etc..
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Join a class: swimming, piano, yoga, photography, art, etc.
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These two - really good for...ah... meeting Canadians right away.
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So a club... clubs are usually free.
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I had one student join a camping club.
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She went camping twice a month. She met a lot of Canadians.
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Uh...she had a good time.
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I had another student. She joined a yoga class.
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So she went to Canada to study English
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after about a month, she joined a yoga class.
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All Canadians.
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And she learned a lot of English. She made a lot of friends right away.
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Ok. The last two very good for meeting
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Canadians and making Canadian friends
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and improving your English
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Alright let's talk more about websites and apps.
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Uh...these websites and apps work in
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every country so whatever country you
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are in you can use these to meet
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foreigners and make friends or
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girlfriend or boyfriend to improve your English.
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Dating apps.
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Tinder is probably one of the most popular uhh...
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if you're looking for a girlfriend...
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Uh...if you go to Canada - you want a girlfriend - Tinder is a good place to start.
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OK Cupid is another. There are many kinds of dating apps.
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So when you go to another country, download an app.
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You can start being connected with Canadian guys or girls right away.
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Uh...if you're not interested in dating... you just want to make friends
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I...I recommend Meetup.
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Meetup is an awesome app. That's why I put the star here.
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It is awesome.
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Ah...when you go to Canada, make sure you have the Meetit.. the Meetup app.
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cause when you check that app, it will show you all kinds of clubs
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and activities - every day of the week almost.
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Well in some cities every day of the week...
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there's multiple activities. It's a great way to meet friends right away.
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And have fun.
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Badoo is another app.
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Uhh...it's... it's meant for friends, but you can make a boyfriend/girlfriend.
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Uh...of course if you want. But these two are good for friends.
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Meeting Canadian friends right away.
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Websites - Kijiji this is Canadian.
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And Craigslist - this is more international.
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These are good websites if you want to..uh...find a roommate.
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Uh...if you want to buy or sell something.
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So if you want to buy a bicycle or sell a phone,
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these sites are great to interact with Canadians.
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Alright?
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Ahh...when you make your Canadian friends, you want to keep contact with them.
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And the messengers they use...uh.... Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger.
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These two are the most common for Canadians.
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I think Americans, too.
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Uh...and of course Facebook is very important.
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You need a Facebook account to keep in...
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...keep in contact with your English speaking friends.
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Uh... if you're from Korea or Japan...
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and South East Asia - they they don't use line much in Canada.
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and of course Katalk - they don't use that in Canada.
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If you meet a Canadian friend in Canada and you said,
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"Do you have Katalk?"
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They're not going to understand what you're talking about.
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They do not use that.
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You have to use these ones. Really - if you want to talk with Canadians.
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Ok.
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My final words.
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Participate in the foreign culture. It's very important if you go to Canada,
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to participate in the culture.
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Uh...if you're from Korea, you could have a lot of Korean friends there.
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That's good, but you want to try to meet
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Canadian friends - interact with Canadians and do Canadian things.
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Do not only observe the foreign culture.
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Observe is just watching. Ok? And when I visit Canada and
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sometimes I visit my students...
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Uhh...I see them not participating in the culture.
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Actually watching...you know... they stay
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in their groups with other Koreans.
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And they go places and they're just watching Canadian culture.
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Uh...this is not good. We want to participate in Canadian culture.
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Alright! So I hope this video helps you.
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If you go to Canada, and you want to meet
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a Canadian, and you want to improve your English,
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Uh...there's lots of information in this video.
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