Hi to everyone !
When we start a new conversation with the right people most of the times is a explosion of fun and good learning
but with the time this FLAME of joy turns slowly off .
Is still interesting to speak with this people but there is a wish of make it again so unfair and fun like in the begining.
So here i want to share with you some ideas and things that i do to have a more interesting language exchange
1) SWITCH LANGUAGE EVERY 5 MINUTES. ( specially when your partner new language skill is lower then the avarege )
If your partner is speaking mostly in his native language , make he switch to your language .
Is always fun to hear our own language spoke like a indian-language ( Me friend you good )
Also creating the phrases of the new language in your head is a challenge and keeps you enternained.
2) GO OUT OF YOUR HEAD , create some MEDITATION
When is not longer interesting to speak with the same person is because we choose that.
Your mind thinks that you can not learn more from the other person, that you know everything about her/him , you put and classified her/him into a mark ( group ) . When you do this you stop really hearing the other person, and you lisen to your own idea about what you think that is telling you , not what really is telling you in that moment.
The solution is GO OUT OF YOUR MIND ! admit that you dont know everything of the other person and that you can learn something awesome at that moment . To make it easy for you , you can follow the same way that do the people that meditate , people who meditate start focusing in the breathig and we can do the same focusing in the voice.
¿ how is the voice of your partner ? ¿ is tired ?, is happy ? , is acute ?, is grave ? is melodical ? how is speaking ? is fast ? slow ? how much it change from one moment to other ? how much emotion bring his/her words ? what is trying to give you the other person ? how it feels ?
Just put your focus again in your partner and the conversation. You can choose anything inside yours relation to focus and archive this. Enter into the learning stage again, you always will learn.
3) ROLE PLAY
Have fun and go into a role. Transform yourelf into a ganster , a shy person , someone brave , a millionare , a egoist , a pervert , a great person , a leader.
Do it for have fun both of you , do it for experiment and enter in something new. Changing your role ( for fun , being open with the other person ) is always a nice experience and the words you use and the way you speak also will change , so it gonna help your partner and yourself explore even more your language.
4) THE CHAIN GAME
The chain game consist in taking one word of the last phrase and create any new phrase , afirmation , negation or question based on that.
ex.
A. i dont want to play the chain game
C. Arent you always playing something ?
A. Nah , i dont like to play. Im a serious person.
C, you would be even more serious if i smash you a cake on your face.
A. ....
C. i would enjoy if you make that for me . Nobody throw me a cake in the face , is even real to get mad with that ? or you just gonna enjoy eating your sweet cake in a way you never did before.
A. ...
C. You know what more i never did, i never jumped in a parachute !
A. you are afraid of the planes ?
C. Of planes not, but of a parachute that dont opens yes xD
And so on , just dont be afraid of speaking of your supposed " taboos " and go on with all , like in sky diving :)
Just dont stop jumping on and on
5) SHARE YOUR LIFE
Share photos , sing , dance , show what you like, show what you hate.
Create a book, the book of your life.
6 ) PLAY GAMES
drawing games , world culture knowledge games , words games , etc
7) MAKE HER/HIS LIFE BETTER
