Making friends with native language speaker is super helpful in learning a new language. However that may not be as easy as we think.
Most of the internal students are unable to integrate into local society, the international students have their own community. There are several reasons behind that, one of them is that international students have little in common with locals due to the culture barriers.
As we all know that a conversation can't last long if that two persons start to feel awkward or loose interest. It takes time to build up common hoppbies, and topics to talk about, it needs courage to break the ice and step out of the comfort zone.