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Five Tips to Find Common Ground When Conversation Partners Don’t Share Your First Language

Do you ever find yourself struggling to make conversation with people you don’t know, especially when English isn’t your first language?

Bryce Purnell
5 min readMar 10, 2023
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It can be intimidating and intimidatingly difficult to try to bridge cultural and linguistic gaps. However, it doesn’t have to be this way. In this blog post, we’ll provide you with five tips to help you find common ground when conversation partners don’t share your first language.

With these tips, you’ll be able to confidently and easily navigate conversations in any setting. So let’s dive in and learn how to find common ground in conversations when English isn’t your first language.

Talk about yourself but not too much!

When conversing with someone whose first language is not the same as yours, it can be difficult to find common ground.

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Bryce Purnell
Bryce Purnell

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