[etni] Re: Virtual Visitors sought

Thank you all the people who have helped me to find virtual visitors.
I have received replies from 4 so far but I need more. 
So..... please read below and forward this mail to whoever you think may be 
interested.
Thank you,
Jack Pillemer
  Hi,
   I need your help. 
     

    I have set up a project called the Virtual Visitor which aims at bringing 
the "outside world of English into the classroom."  

     

    I am looking for a number of kind decent adult English speakers living 
outside of Israel   (the Virtual Visitor) who might be willing to write to an 
Israeli English class (grade 5 or 6 mostly) every once in a while – a letter of 
10-15 lines every few weeks – which would be sent by email to the teacher of 
the class. 

     

    The teacher would receive the letter and take it to class (printed and 
photocopied or by any other method) and use it as an authentic text for the 
purpose of learning whatever the text has to offer (vocabulary, grammar, style, 
trigger for discussion, springboard for writing etc).

     

    The English teacher reports back to the Virtual Visitor by email after the 
class telling what was done with the letter and asks for the 2nd letter to be 
sent and suggests ideas of what to write about and so on. The correspondence 
continues for as long as it manges to serve its purpose.  The class may also 
get to communicate with the Virtual Visitor through the teacher (class asks 
questions which teacher writes down) or in groups or individually etc. 

    Last year two Virtual Visitors materialized and went to visit their classes 
in the Galil  in a celebration of English that can only be envied. 



    With time the Virtual Visitor becomes integral to the class with a corner 
devoted to him/her containing letters, pictures, real postcards, maps etc. 

     

    So here it is:  I need you!

    Please think of someone you know who may be willing to be a Virtual 
Visitor. Please forward this letter together with a brief explanation and ask 
them to contact me if they are prepared to become Virtual Visitors. I'll link 
them up with a teacher and explain to both parties what to do.  

     

    Jack Pillemer jackpil@xxxxxxx   

    They should write Virtual Visitor  <name> in the subject line of the email. 

     

    At the moment I need eight Virtual Visitors

     

    If you yourself would like to participate and get a virtual visitor for 
your own class (all grades all levels), let me know and I'll pass on any extra 
Virtual Visitors I accumulate. 

     

    For more detail about the project ( and ideas on what to do with the 
letters) plus reports from two schools go to www.geocities.com/pillemerjack    
(The site is a bit of a mess but the links work)

     

     Thank you

    Jack Pillemer

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