English Speaking Family Conversation Partners Needed!

Old News: With the start the new semester, we have a number of new international students here at the Friendship House and are waiting for an American English-speaking partner.

New News: Many of our international community members are married with children and are seeking family friends so we are seeking our English-speaking families to connect and learn from.

What you need to know: Typically, the individual partners meet once a week for about 60 - 90 minutes and can start out (and continue) at the Friendship House MSU and then shift to meeting at a coffeehouse, or over lunch, or at the American partner's home or church.

Family partnerships can be more challenging to schedule but our hope is the families can meet at least once per month, but will leave that up to the families to decide the frequency of the meetings.

What do you need to know to be a Conversation Partner? You already know it: English. You also have the motivation to want to help someone from another country who often feels homesick, isolated, and culturally shocked.

What is it that International partners are looking for? No matter what is discussed whether English is approached from a formal or informal teaching style, the Internationals are looking for friendship.

What do I do if I am interested? Please complete this application form and submit it.