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

http://www.studygroup.biz/countries/usa.asp

STUDENT CLUB: http://www.studygroup.com/studentclub/embassyces/sample.asp