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Do you think it is important for people learning a second language to look people directly in the eye when speaking?

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Question added by Susan Marx , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) , AIM
Date Posted: 2015/11/26
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I usually find a balance between looking in the eye and looking away - a direct gaze may bother a student 

Abdulhan Ibno
by Abdulhan Ibno , Community Development Officer II , Kapayapaan sa Pamayanan

Yes not only a second language,the languages we know the better

Susan Marx
by Susan Marx , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) , AIM

I tell all my student learning English to look people in the eye when speaking. It shows people they have respect for them and it helps my students build confidence in themselves. If a person is speaking and is looking down it makes it look like they are talking to their feet not the person they are speaking to.

sherub Wangmo
by sherub Wangmo , Retail Sales Associate , M.h Alshaya

no one should not look directly to ones eye because it is kind of disrespect for the other person

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