Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Practice Chinese through SKYPE!

Hello, Parents,

It's been four weeks since the school began again. I've been missing your kids very much and hoping they are enjoying the time learning with Ms. Burton.

Besides practicing Chinese only "in" the classroom, I thought it might be a great idea for our students to make some Chinese-speaking friends at similar age. So I asked my husband, who is also an elementary school teacher in Taiwan, to ask his first grade students to provide their SKYPE user names if they are interested too.(They are allowed to do this by their parents.)
Now we have a name list with 5 students' SKYPE information on it. And we'd like to invite you to go on SKYPE on Saturday, Feb. 2nd, at 8~9A.M. for the first time. (You could use the time to figure out the next appointments you want to conversation with them and also the way you want it to be.  That means-- We'll only set up the first time for you and let you work on it by yourself. Of course, if you need further help, we're here to help. )

If you are interested, please RSVP by next Friday, Feb. 1st.
When you are replying me this e-mail, please tell me your or your student's SKYPE username. I'll give you the Taiwanese students' name list with their SKYPE usernames on it so you could start to invite them to be your friends... At the same time, I'll give them your information by e-mailing them too.

This is my first time doing it, and I really hope this helps.
I'm looking forward to see your children again on April 2nd!

Best Regards,
Mrs. Chang