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Become a Penpal (It's not just for children) and be an ambassador

By: Jake Solochek You can practice your English with a pen pal. Many people have complained about penpals, especially because the people don't reply to letters.

Some rules for Pen Pals
1. Always reply. (This is a sticking point for some students -- "How rude to not reply!" one students told me_.

2. Keep the tone positive. Write about positive things in the other country.

3. Ask open questions. "Why is your president so angry?" might be a difficult way to start a conversation. You could ask, "What are the issues that my country could be more open-minded about?"

4. Be curious. Ask questions that encorage the other person to share someting about their culture.

For more suggestions, write to me SteveEnglishTeacher@hotmail.com
Here is a place to start with penpals http://www.freeenglishlessonsinflorida.blogspot.com
look through past articles to March and April 2007 and you will find lists of email addresses.
Go ahead, write to someone. http://www.roadlovers.com share something about your city on this web site.

Here is the list.
www.buildinginternationalbridges.com

Why not write to these people and learn about another culture?
Egypt
waelbekhiet@hotmail.com (Wael works in a hotel in Sharm al sheikh, a resort
on the Red Sea)
Another guy: samra_2212@hotmail.com

Brazil
stiagio@hotmail.com He knows some English from studying in Naples,
Florida... but he learned more Spanish there! Why not write to him? He
studied Logistics.

Switzerland
xaviercharriere@hotmail.com Geneva Xavier,
Astrid astridsteiner@gmx.ch near Zurich
Nico nico_scherrer@gmx.net near RheinFall

Greece
Spil_co@hotmail.com Nicolas

Saudi Arabia
Do you have questions about Islam? You can ask one of our students Abdul
(e-mail: aabu_khalid@yahoo.com), who has a great sense of humor...and he
knows many funny stories.

Syria
The letter on the first page
was written by
Abdul Khalid Sayid from Syria. He was a student at Barry University in
Florida in 2004-2005. You can write to AKS by sending a message to me at
mistermath@comcast.net and I will forward it to him. He wants to answer
questions and he invites curious Westerners to learn more about Islam.

Kuwait
Mansoor was swimming in Fort Lauderdale and went in 2004-2006 to swim in
Indiana. His email address is swimfan005@hotmail.com

Iran
Maysam is from Tehran. He is studying computers in Miami. He welcomes
your questions. maysam_s@yahoo.com.

Venezuela
Daniela Patruno .. she is a doctor.. danielapatruno@hotmail.com

India
Mrs. Kilpadi Stories about Hindu philosophy... mangalavivek@yahoo.com

Rohit Kilpadi a computer programmer in Hungary. Do you want to know about
India? rohit@kilpadi.com

Deepak Kilpadi, Metallurgist in Texas. He welcomes your questions.
photon7@hotmail.com

USA
Ms. Lott, a teacher, lottle@aol.com. She lived in Japan. She speaks
Spanish.
Ms. Jessica Lawson, jlawson@conncoll.edu is studying psychology in
Connecticut.
S. McCrea, a teacher, he tutors people in SAT math and verbal skills.
mistermath@comcast.net He is learning about other religions and likes to
explain Christianity to people who are unfamiliar with the Old and New
Testament.

The following ads were found on a penpal list http://www.efriends.
pnet.pl/list25.htm
MORE STUDENTS (listed on
TellMeMoreTV)
rui.Desa@hotmail.com Bucky's manager
waelbekhiet@hotmail.com Accountant, Egypt
andrefreitas_c@hotmail.co.br Musician
steveoja@hotmail.com; cathy_rt18@hotmail.com; lenircardoso210@hotmail.com;
llott@studygroup.com; andres_fdo04@hotmail.com;
carlosandre777@hotmail.com; noonoey@hotmail.com;
chambers.jonathan@gmail.com (teacher in China)
mizo_abaza@hotmail.com (Egyptian in S. California)
toykiki@hanmail.net;
lolo0923@hotmail.com;
bradstow2@yahoo.co.uk (teacher in Japan)
meduri@naver.com?
sghdcns@naver.com?
Jlawson@conncoll.edu
?duqdlduql@naver.com?
zarubukkake1103@hotmail.co.jp
panache33@hanmail.net; xoxavova@hotmail.com; niColaslongefay@hotmail.com;
keylanacif@hotmail.com; karimsadki@munich.com;
evacijp@bol.com.br
chenhao494@tom.com (China)
s_kadirseker@msn.com (Turkey)
Xia_joy@hotmail.com (China)
b.e.z.y@centrum.cz
maysam_s@yahoo.com (An Iranian guy in Miami)
m.magyar@centrum.cz
jeremynoy@hotmail.com (France)
SteveEnglishTeacher@hotmail.com (in Florida)

Steve McCrea
www.Roadlovers.com
www.FreeEnglishLessons.com

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