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Help your students make friends with other English learnersaround the worldthroughour fun, internationalCambridge English Penfriends activity. Your students will designand share cards withlearners at aschool in another country. The cards arebased on atheme the current theme is Where I live.

At CambridgeEnglishLanguage Assessment, we believe thatstudents should learn

Englishin a way thatis practical, fun andcommunicative, and should always have theopportunity to practise what they have learned.

Herestheopportunity!

Has your school joined Cambridge English Penfriends?

Whytake part?

JoinCambridge English Penfriends to:

access new,funclassroomactivities

help your students practisereading and writing in English

connect to aschool in another part of the world, safely and easily

develop a relationship with another school, possibly by exchangingmore letters,arranging a video conference or even a school exchange

take a breakfrom the usual course of studyingEnglish

show students that Englishis practical, helping them communicate internationally build your students confidenceas they communicate in English with another student.

ThroughCambridgeEnglishPenfriends,wewillconnectyourschoolwithaschoolinanothercountrysoyoucanexchangecardsdesignedbyyourstudents.IfyourschoolhasntjoinedCambridgeEnglishPenfriendsyet,whatareyouwaitingfor?Registeratwww.cambridgeenglish.org/penfriends

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Step Chooseapartnerschool2.

Lookat the worldmaponour websiteto find aschoolinanother country that is similar toyour ownschoolintermsofagerange and number of penfriends. Yourpartner school has tendays to acceptyour penfriendrequest.Whentheyaccept, wewillemail you your

Penfriends Activity PackThisincludesa:

lesson plan

certificateyoucan printoutfor each student

members banner youcanuseonyour website

poster foryourclassroom

PenfriendPartner Schoolletter foryoutosend to your partnerschool alongwithyour studentscards.

Step Startdesigning!3.

Usethelessonplantohelpyour

studentsdesignCambridgeEnglish

cards,basedonathemeyouaregiven.

Step Getconnected:4.

Choosethreeofyourstudentscards,

scanorphotographthem,andupload

themtoourwebsitefortheworldtosee.

Postallyourstudentscardstoyourpartnerschool.Waitto

receivecardsinexchangeandsharethemamongyourstude

nts!

Wewill providenewthemesregularly.Thismeansyoucanei

ther

sendmorecardstoyourpartnerschool, orchooseadifferen

t

partnerschooltoconnectwithmoreculturesaroundthewor

ld.

Youcouldalsoarrangefurtherexchangeactivitieswithyour

partnerschools,suchasemails,videosandclassinternet

telephonecalls.

Dontforgettoprintoutacertificateforeachofyourstuden

ts!

Step Register:5.

www.cambridgeenglish.org/penfriends

Signuptoday!

UCLES 2013 | CE/1448b/3Y10

How to get started

Registeryourschoolatwww.cambridgeenglish.org/penfriends

Telluswhereyouare,howmanystudentsaretakingpartan

dthe

agegroupofyourstudents.

Ittakesusaboutoneweektocheckyourregistration.Wewill

thenwelcomeyourschooltoourwebsiteandsendyouan

emailconfirmingyourschoolisamemberofCambridgeEng

lish

Penfriends.

Step Register:1.