The Conversation Partners Program matches native speakers of English with non-native speakers of English on campus and in the community for language support and cultural exchange. Partners meet weekly for about an hour to practice conversational English.
Benefits to English-speaking volunteers include:
- Learning about another culture
- Preparing for a semester abroad or overseas experience.
- Learning more about one's own cultural heritage.
- Engaging in a volunteer experience
- Learning/practicing teaching skills
- Offering friendship to a person from another culture
- Practicing/maintaining foreign language skills
- Fulfilling a class requirement
Sign up now
To become a Conversation Parnter, sign up through our online application or stop by 427 Boucke on Penn State's University Park Campus.
Partnership Agreement
Conversation Partners are expected to fill out a partnership agreement at their first meeting. The agreement form encourages both partners to discuss expectations and goals for participating, and to determine a mutually acceptable schedule and meeting place. Partners are to sign the agreement and return it to 427 Boucke. See below to download an agreement and program guidelines.
Program Guidelines
Partnership Agreement
