The first time I shared a room with an Australian girl was actually a coincidence. Originally, she shared a three-bedroom apartment with a friend, but she temporarily repented and was forced to rent it alone. At that time, I posted messages on all the rental websites in China, and I didn't get many responses. However, with more money, I was desperate and told myself "I must find a roommate within 3 days", so I started posting on some foreign websites. Coincidentally, I found an Australian girl in short rent that day. The second time, the purpose of finding a foreign girl to share a room was clear: I wanted to practice French. We will look for strategies one by one. I hope all your wishes can come true.
1. Practice the language (this estimate is the reason of 60% language lovers);
Tip: If your spoken English is poor and you can't understand everyday language at all, the first step you have to do is not to find a foreigner to share a room with, but to improve your spoken English first, otherwise all foreigners say is bird language (which is completely ineffective for you).
2. Cultural exchange;
Tip: You need to strengthen your Chinese literacy and knowledge of China's culture, history and geography (high school knowledge is not learned for nothing).
3. Like-minded, explore the world together (climbing mountains together, practicing yoga together, cooking together, reading together, practicing calligraphy together).
1. Know your weight (English level)
1) If you can do it yourself, you can also improve your English writing ability;
2) If you can't do it yourself, ask a friend for help, but don't take it for granted. Please use the correct posture.
2. Know how much rice is in the rice jar (know the foreign rental resources in your hand)
1) Websites that foreigners will visit when they come to China to find a house:
Smart Shanghai:
/(You have everything you need, you can check it yourself)
Enjoy Shanghai:
/
Hello, China:
/(French website, because I want to find a French roommate, I also post on it)
2) Make clear how many reliable foreign friends there are in your circle of friends: ask them to help forward your circle of friends.
Tip: you can't force it, you can't ask for it, you can advance and retreat appropriately.
3) If you know foreign friends, they must have several groups to rent a house and let them pull you in (usually, if you are in trouble, they will be willing to help).
4) Ask China friends who know many foreigners in the circle to help you forward them to their circle of friends (I would like to thank my friends Sarah, Daisy, Amy and Melody who helped me forward the information).
3. Skills of posting after finding the target group:
1) The information is clear and clear at a glance:
A. Transportation and geographical location
B. Rent and payment methods
C. Surroundings: environment and roommates
2) who are you looking for
A briefly describe yourself: occupation, hobbies, specialties, so as to find like-minded people.
B. find a suitable roommate according to the above purposes:
If you want to improve your language, you can say "I hope to find a friend who loves Chinese, and I can teach you Chinese", instead of "I hope you will live here and teach me English".
If it is a cultural exchange: emphasize your own specialties, and if you can, put your own works in the sun, the effect will be better.
C. If you have special requirements for your roommate (such as gender, nationality, cleanliness, etc.). ), you can also mark them. Of course, the more requirements, the more difficult it is.
1. Altruism: When looking for a roommate, think about what you can bring to others and what resources you can provide, such as fitness, growth and reading. In this way, you will find a person who is as motivated as you, and you two will make greater progress together. Because of working hard with my current roommate, I have no stomach and walk on the vest line;
Think about what else I can do for you before rejecting others. A French girl wanted to stay before, because the payment time was delayed, and finally another girl came to stay. I turned her down, but if I have time, I will help her look at the house and find some resources for her. We became good friends.
Help others, there are mountains and valleys in my heart. You must have tried and failed before you asked others to help you forward messages or write advertisements for you.
I know some pain, so I don't need to tell you.
5. It is more important to get along with roommates than to find them. Be a villain in front of a gentleman Everything should be agreed in advance to avoid conflicts in the future.
In a word, if you have someone else in your heart, yourself in your heart, methods to do things and principles to make decisions, you will definitely find a suitable foreign roommate.