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ESL E-mail
Mentoring Project

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Roger Williams University
School of Education

Spring 2004

 		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.
This semester, students from Mexico, Peru, Bulgaria, Japan, the Dominican Republic, Chile, Qatar, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, and the Phillipines participated. On the final day of the project, the students had the opportunity to meet in person, take photographs and write down some final comments on the project. ESL students and their mentors received a copy of the final essays from the semester in a booklet called Cultural Connections. This is the first semester that the students have created their own publication.

ESL Project Participants

Some of the Project Participants

Slide Show

Student and Mentor Reflections

I enjoy sending emails and talking about different cultures. - Happy-Hardy (Philippines)

I think it was very fun. We learned to write better and express better at the same time. Thanks! - Erick (Bolivia)

I found the experience to be something I can take with me when I become a teacher. - Amy (mentor)

Thanks very much for emailing with us. It was very wonderful. - Minako (Japan)

This program is something that will never be forgotten. It was a great experience. - Melissa (mentor)

I think Doug has been very good to me and I thank him for helping me with my English skills. - Abdu (UAE)

I learned more from this experience than any text book could teach me. - Rebecca (mentor)

I think this is a very interesting program because it helps us to learn English and the people are very nice. - Alberto (Peru)

Students had a lot to learn. - Mohammed (Pakistan)

I learned more about a different culture through the ESl project that in my entire academic life. - Dana (mentor)

I think that the project is good. It was a nice experience for me and I hope for the others. - Alexander (Bulgaria)

This project was a very rewarding experience. I learned a lot and encourage others to participate in the future. - Annie (mentor)

I enjoyed the project. It was cool! And I really think it improved my English and it was fun too! - Hristina (Bulgaria)

This project was a great experience. It was nice to be able to meet someone from somewhere else in the world. - Ashley (mentor)

I think this is a great idea. The program helped me a lot with my writing. - Francisco (Chile)

This project was exciting and allowed for new experiences and meeting new people. - Caitlin (mentor)

It was very cool to talk to Erica. She is very nice and she was always interested in my life in Argentina. This idea of the mail was very good. We had the opportunity to talk with very cool people. - Lucia (Argentina)

I really enjoyed the party because I finally met the person I was talking to during the project. - Marleiny (Dominican Republic)

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