Interact with Penpals-1 (Forums)

The Students of the World website provides forums where people can interact. Use these forums to create a good feeling with possible penpals. Respond to people's questions, offer sympathy and (sometimes) talk about yourself.

1) Here is are some discussions from a forum about dolphins, for example:

Michelle says that she "has loved dolphins ever since [she] saw one at a water park." Rebekah answers that she has just finished reading a book about dolphins (people can ask her about the name of the book). She says that they remind her of people and asks Michelle what they remind her of. Maybe you can add your own opinion here.

2) Nova, who is from Bangladesh, say that she has eight dolphins! Her English is not perfect (she doesn't use plurals and her sentences are very short), but that's OK. Nobody criticizes her English (you don't need to worry, either: just say interesting things). Kamen, from China, says that she is lucky, and asks her two excellent questions. Rachael and Ge Wenfan say something a little boring.

3) Keira and Lam are very young, so their discussion is not so interesting.

Beth says she wants to be friends with Keira, but she asks a silly question. Keira spelled her own name on the same page. Why does Beth ask her how to spell it? Beth's dad is not around (Divorced? Dead? You shouldn't ask unless she wants to tell you!) and she takes care of her mother. If you come from a single-parent family, maybe you can share your feelings with Beth (but NOT on the forum page: this is a public place where people should mostly talk about dolphins, not other topics).

4) Tyler seems to really enjoy dolphins, but he doesn't say anything specific, so it is difficult to ask him questions or respond to his comments. The only thing a reader can do is to say "Me, too!", but that would be quite boring.

5) Geo says a few interesting things.

You can ask him about Ireland (Have you ever been there? Do you speak Gaelic?). You can also ask him about Doolin (Where is Doolin? Did you see the cave?). How does the dolphin say "Hello?" Can you feed this dolphin yourself? Were you afraid the first time? etc. etc.

Use these ideas to make friends with people from other countries. Even if you think you have nothing to say, reading forum comments can give you good ideas.