How Foreigners Make Friends in Taiwan ?｜外國人在台灣如何交朋友 ? 街訪外國人

[@ELAinTaipei]

This is 💯 true. It is nice to finally see an interview with a Western person (the guy at the beginning) who doesn't just say, "Taiwan is so convenient! Everyone is so friendly!" I have lived and worked here for 10 years, am married to a Taiwanese guy, have an APRC, but still treated like an outsider and called "foreigner." I love living here but that aspect gets frustrating and annoying, also hurtful. My kids especially get so upset about this. My son is 13 and has gone to Taiwanese local schools since kindergarten, speaks Chinese fluently without an accent, but because he is tall and blonde, his classmates still call him foreigner. He has begun wearing black hoodies to school to cover up his skin and hair so he can blend in more. 😢 It is really difficult for kids and adults to make real friends here because Taiwanese people for the most part seem to only befriend "foreigners" in order to learn English. It is quite easy to have surface-level friendships with Taiwanese people but seems much more difficult to have a deep close relationship. There seems to be a barrier up to some degree because we are not Taiwanese. It is much easier making friends with other "foreigners" from less homogeneous countries.

[@JayChenTaiwan]

Hey Ela, Thank you for sharing your honest experience. I do feel upset to hear your kids need to cover up his skin and hair so he can blend in school😢. I think Taiwan is learning foreign immigrant slowly,and this is one of the reason I wanna to creat this channel (also practice my english). More foreigners I have spoken to,then I realize Taiwan is really a homogeneous society. Interesting part is that Taiwanese people like to see foreign youtuber talk about good things in Taiwan,but they still not get used to make a real friend with a western face in real life.

[@TheAgromc]

I have been here almost 18 years, speak fluent Chinese and all that means nothing because in their (Tw people) eyes I will always be 老外.

[@calvintang398]

The problem is lacking of discussions of values which shaped culture across the globe on what is it supposed to be in future . 3rd culture kid often having identity crisis(not fully accepted as local from both countries)

[@calvintang398]

@@TheAgromc speaking that local language doesn't mean you are the local people,it is just the beginning of integration. It is all about the values prioritized/behavior/mindsets/ways of talking/physical expression/ways of socialise---aka culture 老外=foreigners,no any negative meaning

[@TheAgromc]

@@calvintang398 obviously you have missed the point what I meant. I know that speaking the local’s language doesn’t automatically make you a local person but it’s a very strong point, as language is the key segment of a culture. I kept my comment short as i didn’t want to explain how deeply connected with a Taiwanese culture i have gotten in every part whatsoever. By the way ,the point of mentioning 老外 or 外國人 was to tell that i will remain to be regarded as a FOREIGNER or I should say OUTSIDER no matter how deeply integrated in the culture i am. UNFORTUNATELY

[@squattingtaiwan]

The first guy has a really interesting perspective. No wonder he took half the video. Good job with these interviews, Jay. I really enjoy watching them.

[@JayChenTaiwan]

Hey ! Thanks a lot 😎 Happy you like it

[@rocketman3770]

@@JayChenTaiwan you should talk to him about his experience dating with locals, dating culture

[@JayChenTaiwan]

Actually we did 😎 Dating culture is next episode

[@29suoethgir73]

學瑜珈的那位老哥 氣質真的很穩 講話也不急 步調很在自己控制中

[@HowardLinca]

佩服Jay非常有勇氣跳出舒適圈去做這些使用英文的街訪外國人士 非常好的英文練習機會 + 交朋友 這inspire我也想試試看在多倫多街訪XD

[@JayChenTaiwan]

感謝你的留言😀 如果能提供正面影響是我的榮幸. 支持你代表台灣在多倫多街訪 XD 讓他們知道正港台灣郎的魅力 😎

[@HowardLinca]

@@JayChenTaiwan 繼續加油! 希望你可以堅持下去不要放棄你正在做的事情 :D

[@JayChenTaiwan]

好 😎

[@UrMyFavourite]

首先要稱讚你很棒，跨出"那"步，做了這樣的節目，讓臺灣人了多解外國人，也讓外國人更了解臺灣，算是另類國民外交。 其實遇到外國人，講不講英文這個問題很兩極，聽過外國人抱怨台灣人不跟他們講英文，也有外國人抱怨臺灣人不跟他們講中文，其實也是要看剛好遇到什麼人和情況。我英文不好，遇到外國人來搭訕(或問路)，我也是盡力回答，他們很開心的說我英文很好，我猜可能只是因為我用他們聽得懂得語言回應而開心，絕對不是我英文好XD。 外國人用中文問，台灣人用英文答，有可能是因為他們口音太重，台灣人沒能聽出在講中文(畢竟中文語調差一點就差很多)，才回英文，也有一部分人是基於禮貌(親切感)，還有一部分人不用英文回，可能怕中文有些詞意太深奧 他們不好理解，乾脆直接用英文傳達，其實外國人如果真的不會英文或中文，都可以直接表明，我覺得臺灣人接受度蠻高的，甚至會自己拿出翻譯軟體翻譯。 特別提一下，訪問過程，你偶爾笑出來，或大笑時，很可愛，感覺跟訪問的來賓距離拉近一點點，也緩和了沒有表情時看起來的嚴肅，笑的時候，我就放鬆多了，加油誒，期待你更多的國民外交～

[@JayChenTaiwan]

訪過過程很怕英文沒聽懂..所以可能比較嚴肅😅 我會改進 ~ 謝謝支持😊

[@chuzackieification579]

你的影片太棒了，特別喜歡第一位那位先生講的內容 尤其8分部分指出台北市是個同質化社會 希望Jay繼續做這類影片

[@JayChenTaiwan]

謝謝支持

[@njacademic]

Every time I ran into people that look foreign, I insist on speaking Mandarin or Taiwanese. Cause maybe they are just as Taiwanese as me. Who knows! Sometimes I even think it's kindda a racist thing to do when people keep on speaking English to a foreigner-looked-like person just because they doesn't look "Taiwanese". It's like saying "Ni Hao" to a Japanese in America. If they do not speak Mandarin and would rather speak in English, they'll let you know, then we be speaking English. Great video btw, really appreciate this kind of content!

[@TheGreatAngler]

Yep, ive also started doing that recently. If I find them unable to communicate well in mandarin, then I will speak english to them. Also, many of them aren't even from the states! So whats the point of speaking English in the first place if it is just another second language just like chinese to them!

[@Pangcah88]

我本人身為一個外國人還蠻欣賞遇到像你這種人。 其實如果要講到台北市你這樣子對待外國人越來越正常。甚至有時後我會忘記自己是白人。

[@jinzhihliao7165]

我以前也會看到外國人就想跟他說英文，直到我去西班牙自助行，那次是我第一次去歐洲自助旅遊，我跟西班牙人互動的經驗突然讓我的觀念改變很多。雖然我是來自台灣東方面孔，西班牙很多地方東方人都不多，所以外表上我很明顯地是個外國人，但當地人都會下意識地用西班牙語跟我打招呼、跟我聊天，當時我的西語說得不好，所以都很不好意思請他們說英文，但很多西班牙人即使英文說得很好，也不會把你當成外國人而堅持和你說英語。而且他們的態度看起來，是堅定的相信你一定聽得懂西語！而且他們很有文化自信，會鼓勵你練習西班牙語，還有人聊天跟我開玩笑說你的Spanglish說的不錯（我的西語說得不好所以講話會夾雜英文單字，超廢😂。我當時受到很大的衝擊，以為去到一個西方國家會被理所當然自動被當成只會講英語或只會講日語的外國人（konichiwa😅)，沒想到在馬德里跟賽維拉，很多當地人都不吝嗇用西班牙語跟我說話！曾經在公車站被當地的一個白人阿姨用西班牙語問路，一問之下對方竟是西班牙人！（一個本國人問一個外國觀光客公車公車怎麼搭？😂😂）

[@tomo6417]

I’m Japanese. It is really interesting that the circumstances of the western people living in Taiwan is quite similar to those living japan😮

[@KevinLin82]

感謝Jay的訪談，因為英文不夠好所以沒辦法更深入了解各國的朋友，也可以順便練習英文，請繼續拍更多影片👍

[@JayChenTaiwan]

感謝支持😎

[@garylarowe8741]

Super good Jay, very helpful!

[@JayChenTaiwan]

my pleasure

[@backiwillbe7855]

想練習英文聽力和了解外國人的這頻道很讚哈哈 不知不覺就看下去了

[@JayChenTaiwan]

😎

[@cne6632]

訪談的題材都好新穎！！ 剛剛不小心就看了一堆直接訂閱了哈哈哈 感覺你一直有在進步！支持支持 另外想給點小小建議 foreigner這個詞在國外是帶有點負面意味的字眼（雖然說的語氣跟搭配的用法也會有差） 建議可以換成newcomer 或是直接說people from another countries 會比較好～～ （期待新影片！😍）

[@JayChenTaiwan]

感謝支持🙏 你說的沒錯, 國外使用foreigner 這個字來說是較負面的。其實我覺得來台灣的人，應該可以都稱呼internationals

[@DBJP1121]

好棒喔 整個訪問流暢很多 感覺視頻主有下苦心 也沒有那麼緊張了🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉加油！

[@JayChenTaiwan]

你人真好🥺🥺🥺

[@Valery-it2vw]

感覺之前比較緊張一點，就像是看人的眼神還有拿麥克風的感覺比較僵硬一點，現在很棒

[@JayChenTaiwan]

學習中 感謝支持🥺🥺🥺

[@Valery-it2vw]

@@JayChenTaiwan 超級喜歡你的影片的，全力支持你繼續做呦，街訪真的需要很大的勇氣，上字幕也需要時間，這樣類型的影片真的很適合臺灣人跟外國人看，交流想法，加油加油~~~~❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@JayChenTaiwan]

@@Valery-it2vw 你這麼支持我只能.... 街訪更多人來回應你了😍

[@黃子軒-u2f]

喔喔!~ 訪問的技巧與問題都有在進步也越來越順呢!~ 頗羨慕有基本的英文能力能與外國人交談~!~ 一定非常有趣!!~

[@danzwku]

You should ask if they want to leave their instagram for your audience to follow, it's interesting to see Taiwan from foreigner's eyes

[@vietnguyentien1720]

Well bro, now i can speak english and mandarin as well, sometimes i feel that mixing 2 languages in my mind, love your video, keep it up

[@JayChenTaiwan]

Thank you my friend

[@Jim-uu8ej]

已經看好幾部你的影片，非常喜歡你的英文接訪及問題，也可以練聽力。👍 還想看更多，謝謝

[@JayChenTaiwan]

感謝支持 每週都會有新片喔~

[@TyLAR006]

笑死，是真的，非華人面孔且說著中文的非中文為母語者，台灣人還是會以英語回他們XD （而且台灣現在還有不少人覺得非東方人非東南亞面孔者一定會英語，這是很大的迷思！） 我不會，遇到使用中文的外國人，除非他們主動提出中文無法繼續應付接下來的對話或感到他們的中文已經到頂時，我才會切換外語 因為我自己本身是中文系畢業的，所以我會鼓勵那些學習和說中文的非中文母語者使用中文，絕對不要放棄每次說中文的機會。

[@JayChenTaiwan]

最後一位受訪者還有提到 ，講英文的就是美國人😆

[@TyLAR006]

@@JayChenTaiwan 我以為這種已經見不到了。 會不會你之後遇到瑞士人或瑞典人抱怨台灣人瑞士瑞典分不清XD

[@JayChenTaiwan]

@@TyLAR006 可能喔

[@fabiano8888]

Great video, Jay!

[@JayChenTaiwan]

Thanks 💪

[@HighIntegritySkills]

Love your vids!

[@JayChenTaiwan]

Thanks 🙏

[@ethyleneethylene5]

I’m so impressed your channel. Finally, subscribe. I have a question the housing market in Taiwan isn’t expensive. It looks it’s safe in Taiwan. We are planning to visit in Taiwan. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@JayChenTaiwan]

I appreciate you like it. Welcome to Taiwan! I'm sure you will love your time here😎

[@jejudoislander]

For friendship it depends on age because after 26 most taiwanese get married and have kids so they are too busy for friends anyway . Taiwan work life is so heavy too so usually most go home to eat with family .

[@louischang7085]

Jay跟這個波蘭女生聊的很熱絡 哈哈哈哈

[@JayChenTaiwan]

😉

[@shawnfu9292]

不意外~

[@xiaobai_77]

我這次來 紐西蘭🇳🇿 遇到很多國家的朋友… 他們其實也根本不知道 台灣🇹🇼的正確位置、也不了解我們的文化 只知道中國很想拿下我們😅… 甚至有來自中國的朋友 以為台灣與紐西蘭🇳🇿差不多「大」😊 感謝Jay製作這樣的影片 分享給大家 😇✝️❤️👊🏻🇹🇼👊🏻❤️✝️😇

[@JayChenTaiwan]

台灣🇹🇼加油💪

[@paka4041]

感覺你訪問進步蠻多的，沒那麼僵硬了

[@JayChenTaiwan]

你人真好 😊 我正在努力突破舒適圈 感謝你😎

[@williamsalazar4045]

Pretty cool video, greetings from 瓜地馬拉

[@JayChenTaiwan]

Thanks dude

[@sandersho4008]

It’s funny you bring up the topic of being polite by responding in the same language. I’m an ABC and I speak conversational Mandarin just fine. But some Chinese waiters and waitresses have responded in English even after I spoke to them in Mandarin and I thought it was a bit rude. Even though I’m Chinese, I get prejudiced treatment from Chinese people from China. Pretty insulting.

[@kawaiidoll4]

I feel like out of all east Asia Hong Kong and Taiwan are much easier places to make friends as people are more open to foreigners especially in hk where there are many international people living !!!🇭🇰 🤍 🇹🇼

[@wilsonchen3557]

Homogeneous 是 那個白彌兒說的😂

[@JayChenTaiwan]

有認真看影片喔😂

[@草田-f8t]

我認為純粹是為了讓外國朋友方便溝通。

[@hardie727]

影片中說到孝順，探討這個議題也蠻有趣的。 華人社會觀念是養兒防老，一代扣著一代。歐美似乎多把養育視為？怎麼說，很普通不過的一種義務嗎？還是完整自我的一環而已？還是自然循環的過程？

[@JayChenTaiwan]

感謝你的建議 我也覺得孝順是很好主題，不過需要做點功課來訪問 😎

[@musacicoo0917]

歐美可能也不是鐵板一塊。南歐與北歐差異就很大。義大利超多非法無證的外籍移工在義大利人家庭中照顧老人家，就家人關係而言，家人緊密度，義大利可能跟華人有點像。 另外，之前看過一個談美國老年照護的英文紀錄片，裡面有幾位主角也是放棄自己在其他城市的工作與生活，辭職返鄉照顧自己的爸媽，也是照顧到心力交瘁。 但，如果能直接看到外國人談這個主題，一定很有趣。如果有歐陸、英美、非洲、拉丁美洲的比較就更有意思了，會比WTO姐妹會有深度超多。

[@yiptaifan4943]

great video

[@JayChenTaiwan]

Thank you so much 😊

[@洪章湯]

哈哈哈，最後那位小姐說的好。無論哪一國人，別的台灣人我不知道，個人我是這樣看外國人的。都長的一個樣？都是同一國的人。真的不好意思，我分不出來有什麼地方不一樣。

[@ripe_avocados]

You and the Polish lady should go on a date 😊.

[@dusty_hoods]

I want to visit Taiwan for Taipei Cycling show. Now I'm sure I need to take my bicycle with me - to make friends by cycling and with zero mandarin knowledge )))

[@JayChenTaiwan]

😂

[@林盈名]

讚喔~

[@JayChenTaiwan]

謝喔~

[@wenchiching]

能考慮不要嵌入字幕嗎，弄成youtube 字幕可以自由開關的那種。因為中文字幕太吸睛了，我不想看到但卻很難不看到

[@JayChenTaiwan]

哈 還在兩難中😅 因為多數台灣觀眾會需要中文字幕 , cc字幕有些人不習慣用,還有位置重疊的考量.

[@89390305]

看完覺得英文好重要，其次是遇到外國人應該先直接跟他們講中文，就像遇到一般人一樣。 其實我對外國人感覺沒有特別看待的感覺，我覺得信義區的外國人就跟路人一樣，大家都是生活在這裡的人們。 問題是若我想要跟他們交流，我有點困惑我該用我的破英文開口，還是直接講中文? 現在似乎有了答案 : 中文交流為主 英文為輔，至少要像對待本地人的態度來交流。

[@JayChenTaiwan]

你說得很對, 要像對待本地人的態度來交流, 這才是對正確的, 不是特別友善, 或是特別不友善 ! 差別待遇其實也是一種歧視. 其實以前我也不知道這個問題的解答, 但是邊訪問邊學習, 說中文是尊重當地的文化, 真的對方中文不夠流利, 可以英文為輔 😎

[@SIMtudios]

還是需要時間吧．．．　台灣的外國人最近幾年才變多．．． 如果外國人用中文跟我問話，直覺上會儘可能用英文回耶．．． 因為，中文語調和詞彙應該是相對困難，加上中文基本上沒有文法可言（沒有動詞三態　變化）， 所以，會問路的多半是遊客，外國人遊客中文水平到哪根本不知道，簡單說英文比較直覺。 －－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－ 而且台灣人到了美國　法國，你不說英文　法文　會很容易被歧視．．． 但台灣人不太歧視外國人， 我是覺得，用哪種語言其實都有自己考量，像我也遇過來台就讀的外國博士生完全不說中文．．．．． 感覺沒有想融入台灣，可能只是為了學位和獎學金吧？

[@TyLAR006]

中文有文法喔。以及如果你不跟他們說中文，他們的中文就無法被練習，也缺少了一次可以擁有使用中文對話的機會。中文難在聲調和句法，雖然不能保證每位台灣人發音咬字和句法都對，但是他們越常聽中文使用者的說話，越容易提升中文能力。 （中文句法指字詞在中文語句中的排列順序和構造，這部分除了相關科系的人，台灣從國小到高中都沒有教，所以很多人甚至都沒聽過） 有一點我倒是感同身受，用英文比較輕鬆，如果對方也會的話，不過我可是受過跟對方講對方的語言，結果對方不願意跟我說他們的母語，讓我懷疑我的外語有那麼差嗎的經驗。

[@domtam6571]

I'm an American and I have to agree with ELA. Please stop using the word "foreigner" when you interview people Jay. I know your intention is not to offend or insult anyone. It's just not the proper term. I understand you don't personally represent Taiwan but please make it focus to be inviting and help others to understand that your intention is to build bridges. Language can be a barrier. But when we are sincere and encouraging...more people will feel like visiting Taiwan.

[@JayChenTaiwan]

Hey Dom Tam, Thanks for your advice.I do want to build bridges for more people who want to know about Taiwan. Of course it's my English journey too.

[@hardie727]

給一點小小建議，請參考看看合不合適 字幕的位置如果能再高一些，在暫停的時候(英文部分)就不會被播放軸擋住了 這是我在用影片教兒子英文時，注意到的狀況 當然現在這樣還是能夠閱讀，小問題，所以參考看看就好

[@JayChenTaiwan]

好的 我研究看看 謝謝🙏

[@xiaobai_77]

畢竟台灣以前 都不是 「移民首選」 （感謝中國共產黨的打壓😅） 很多台灣人 還不太適應 「生活圈」裡 有其他朋友的出現😊 我相信我們台灣🇹🇼會越來越好的 謝謝你們❤🇹🇼❤

[@蔡易洋-b4z]

最後一個女生說台灣交通很棒是在反諷嗎哈哈，我猜她指的是方便吧。

[@test3tw44]

好企劃，共同興趣是相處之道，對方用中文回應就中文對答，或許說慢點更好。

[@JayChenTaiwan]

謝謝 你人真好 😊

[@test3tw44]

做為地球的過客交流頻繁的今天，應對進退需要一定的了解。其實是看完放心多了，只會說英文的交給年輕的朋友；希望用中文的那都不用怕了，這是好事。

[@何仙笙]

外國人要跟台灣人講中文學習， 明講就好 這樣比較簡單 不用猜。

[@Pinyiclothing]

GOOD

[@wqegatr]

有時候是在忙或不想浪費時間解釋，所以說英文會比較快，後面排一堆我還跟你在那邊雞同鴨講嗎？

[@TyLAR006]

超懂！

[@mozartendless8858]

Come on….. a 32 year old female hanging out with someone overnight for celebrating something together, has to ask for permission from parents? That is definitely not common in Taiwan as well!

[@deepdark795]

I laughed too lol

[@洪章湯]

當然會，要留給人探聽。都32歲了還沒有婚嫁，若是你的對像，不會打聽那女生是否缺胳膊或鬥雞眼嗎？如果離婚過的女生，家人才不鳥你。

[@gn01959191]

有沒有考慮把舊的影片也上中文字幕 我英文真的爛爆看不懂 有字幕會增加我看片的意願

[@JayChenTaiwan]

會喔 前面的影片會出中文字幕精華版😄

[@gn01959191]

明白 影片都看完了 剩下沒字幕的還沒看 加油

[@JayChenTaiwan]

@@gn01959191 感謝支持💪

[@fiveainone]

台灣人會想要跟ABC練習英文嗎？還是只會想跟外國人講

[@JayChenTaiwan]

我覺得都會ㄟ (訪問的經驗)

[@fiveainone]

是喔。我每次回去都盡量講中文，雖然有點口音，但是也是想練習中文。下次應該試試看看當作不會講中文

[@JayChenTaiwan]

@@fiveainone 恩恩 其實看對方 ~ 都可以的

[@sihja5782]

要去哪裡找的到這麼多外國人😂

[@JayChenTaiwan]

要路上走很久🤣

[@戰艦世界的小屋]

台灣外國人還不夠多.多到一定數量了.就會改變了.

[@kawaiidoll4]

Taipei is the ultimate city for socializing , party life and the best food 🥟🇹🇼

[@amigo9423]

我沒有那些困擾，因為我不會英文

[@Step1-go]

oh shit that polish girl speaking mandarin!!

[@JayChenTaiwan]

She can speak Mandarin well !

[@jhaohenghu]

第二個妹子講中文很可以啊～

[@JayChenTaiwan]

😎

[@AIRJASON2002]

波蘭妹妹一開口說中文，就猜到他學的是中國腔

[@punkyoliverio]

It's not easy at all. Taiwanese people are civil and helpful when you need it but they are not really friendly. The people here don't really want to spend time and energy to be friends with foreigners. At this point in time, language is no longer a barrier to initiate friendship. The foreigners in Taiwan are generally interested only in sex. So boring.

[@xxstormxx56]

Don't think foreigners as a whole. Don't think that they are only interested in sex, would you say that you and your people are judgemental hypocrites? Everyone has their own different purposes, for gods sake!