My grand-nephew, Levi, is 17 years old and has been studying Spanish at his high school in Wisconsin for about two years. I'd like to encourage him and his enthusiasm for the language in any way I can. This fall he's moving on to a more advanced conversation course, and I just bought him his first Spanish-English dictionary. Is there any way to put him in touch with an e-mail pen pal about the same age as him, whose native language is Spanish and who is also studying English?

Arthurg,

i hope you are still checking for a reply...

why don't you check out http://www.nacel.es/ , or the parent site, http://www.nacel.org/ .

this is the program that i used to go to Spain during high school and it was great. they *USED* to offer penpal services as well as student exchange, but i don't see any information on the website about it... i seem to remember high school students from wisconsin on my flight to Paris when i traveled thru NACEL.

here's the google search for penpal + spain:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=penpal+spain

good luck! and by the searches i did it looks like if your nephew cannot find a penpal, he may be able to find a wife (lots of 'singles' agencies out there...)

andrew
:wq

Uhhh, he may e-mail me if he wants. I'm 24 years-old, I was born in Madrid, I live in Madrid and I speak spanish and english

He can also try to write in the spanish sections of this same message board.

Fernando

Fernando, we all know you're a 65 year-old "hombre verde" from Trenton, New Jersey. Please stop masquerading as a spry 24 year-old Spaniard.

Te estoy tomando el pelo, tío...

"Fernando, we all know you're a 65 year-old "hombre verde" from Trenton, New Jersey." Please stop masquerading as a spry 24 year-old Spaniard.

So Spaniards do have a sense of humor LOL big time.

Are you a Spaniard Calibasco???I thought you wer American.

****! my mask unveiled... :p

he he he... poor Fernando!

Calibasco, if you are going to blow Fernando's cover at least admit that you are an ex-Russian spy living in Spain now...

don't anyone blow my cover! (i can't wait to read what i get accused of! )

andrew
:wq

Real, if you are going to unmask Calibasco as a russian spy for unmasking Fernando as a 65 yr old "hombre verde" who lives in Trenton, New Jersey, I feel I am obligated by penal code 6543.210-6543.211 to unmask you as the inventor of the pink foam finger, thanks to you, our team is always #1. We salute you.

you got me...!

but seriously, folks! what can I say? you are most welcome.

may your team always be number one, as long as it is not against my team.