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ESL E-mail Mentoring Project

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Roger Williams University
School of Education

Fall 2002

 		Middletown High School

The ESL E-mail Mentoring project pairs ESL students at Middletown High School with future teachers at Roger Williams University. The project's goals are to assist the ESL students with writing and learning English and to give future teachers a chance to enjoy a multicultural field experience using technology. For more information, please contact Madge Thombs or Luis Oliveira.

Project Particpants
Project Particpants

The program was interesting. I enjoyed writing to Cindy and I think we both learned a lot. I'm glad I was part of it. Valerie (mentor)

I looked forward to receiving the e-mails from Jeff. I enjoyed being involved in the program. I only wish it could last into next semester. Matt (mentor)

It was a fun learning experience for me as a mentor, and hopefully for Sara as well. I learned a lot about my buddy, including her interests and about her country. Keri (mentor)

I really enjoyed having an e-mail buddy from Poland because I got to learn many things about the country and my buddy. Amanda (mentor)

I liked exchanging e-mails with my mentor because it was different from the "traditional" program. It was also fun to respond to e-mails and write about things that we are interested in. Max (Germany)

I enjoyed writing letters to Melissa. It was really helpful. I found every time I was proud of my perfect revision (HaHa). Yu Mi (South Korea)

I think this is great for us and I like meeting somebody in my life. I like that my school has this program because it is great. Tatiana (Columbia)

I really like the program because it is fun sending and receiving e-mails. Cindy (Haiti)

I really enjoy having someone helping me with my mistakes. I like it a lot. Judith (Haiti)

I like this project because I can meet my mentor. Mourad (Morocco)

It was good to have this experience and it was very exciting. Tarik (Morocco)

Throughout this semester it was pretty amazing to see how the mentee progressed. It was very fulfilling. Alexis (mentor)

I like writing e-mails to my mentor. It's good to know that people actually want to know about you. It's fun! Ida Daniella (Malaysia)

I greatly enjoyed the mentoring ESL program. I found it very rewarding for me as a future teacher and individual. Catherine (mentor)

It was a really good experience for me. Writing e-mails was fun and I'm sad that it is over already especially because my mentor was really nice. Manahil (Pakistan)

I think that this project was very good because it helped me to be a little better in English. I liked that! Agnieska (Poland)

I liked this project and I think it helped me to learn about English grammar and writing. Sara (Croatia)

I liked this project because I get to meet my mentor and see them face-to-face. Ahmad Zafit (Malaysia)

I like this project because with this project I learn some grammar and punctuation. Also I like it because I learn more things about writing. Daniel (Columbia)

I think the program improved our English. I really like that idea. Olga (Poland)

I really enjoyed participating in the ESL mentoring project because it offers great experience for both the mentors and the mentees to learn a lot. Melanie (mentor)

I felt the project overall was very effective to both mentor and mentee. Through the e-mails, I was able to establish a strong relationship that allowed me to critique my student's work effectively and efficiently. Sean (mentor)

I especially enjoyed working on this project. Yu Mi's e-mails were very interesting and I enjoyed learning about her background and her experiences in America thus far. Melissa (mentor)

As a secondary education and Spanish major, this project was perfect for me. I though it was a great opportunity to speak with a student via e-mail and not only did I learn about her culture, but I also made a friend. Also I'm a firm believer that grammar is learned in context, so I hope this helped Daniella. Jillian (mentor)

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