Conversation Partners Student Org at UWM

Conversation Partners Student Org at UWM One international student and one UWM student become conversation partners who meet for one hour each week for informal conversation.

The Conversation Partners Program matches one international student and one UWM student who meet for one hour each week to talk informally about any topics they are both interested in. The partners can decide when and where to meet. Partners commonly meet for lunch or coffee, do activities, and go to events on campus and in the city together. The partnership is beneficial for both students. It hel

ps international students become more comfortable speaking English and gives them a chance to ask questions they might not feel comfortable asking in class. They can also learn about American culture and gain perspective on what it is like to be a student at an American university. The program also gives UWM students the opportunity to get to know a student from another country and learn about another culture without leaving Milwaukee! It also lets the student see what the UWM experience might be like for an international student. Some students who are learning a second language are able to participate in language exchanges with partners who natively speak that language, allowing the conversations to be half in English and half in the international students’ language. We hope that the Conversation Partner Program will bring two students together and allow them both to gain perspective and a friend.

You and your partner should catch a movie at the Latin American Film Festival this weekend! Free movies in the Union Fri...
04/10/2015

You and your partner should catch a movie at the Latin American Film Festival this weekend! Free movies in the Union Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. See the schedule here:

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

For those interested in Korean or teaching English abroad this might be a good way to get your foot in the door!
04/10/2015

For those interested in Korean or teaching English abroad this might be a good way to get your foot in the door!

03/31/2015

Hi All,

As we had said at the beginning of the semester, we're trying to endorse/create more events for partners to attend! The below is one of those.

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This Thursday, April 2nd from 10am-8pm the Milwaukee Art Museum is free. Partners can attend at any time, but we will be gathering a large group of Conversation Partners at 6PM at the front steps of the Union to take the Gold Line to the Milwaukee Art Museum. The Gold Line departs Maryland and Kenwood at 6:15PM.

At the Art Museum, Partners are encourage to join in our "picture" contest. Winners will be featured on our page as "Best Of". There are four categories of pictures to take:

1. Group Picture
This category only requires you to be as creative as you can in creating a group picture while at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Use the bridge to make a cool perspective, do it from the loop-stairs... Do something cool!

2. Mimic the Art
Take a picture with your partner/group mimicking a piece of art at the museum.
(Example: http://i.huffpost.com/gen/859432/images/o-FUNNY-MUSEUM-PHOTOS-facebook.jpg)

3. Caption
Create the funniest Caption possible for a picture.
(Example: http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/funny-horse-museum-art.jpg)

4. The Most Confusing Art
Find an odd piece of art? Show us your confused expression and take a picture.
(Example: http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/funny-bull-sculpture-art-museum.jpg)

We hope to see you there- as always, stay warm! (Winter apparently doesn't want to end. :[ )

Thanks,

Jesse

Salutations!As some of you may know, the Conversation Partners program is over 30 years old... but it wasn't until this ...
02/03/2015

Salutations!

As some of you may know, the Conversation Partners program is over 30 years old... but it wasn't until this year that it became sponsored student organization! Cool, right? In terms of numbers we've seen as much as 300 students signing up to participate each semester.

So as you can guess, I'm here to ask you all to join this semester. You can register here: http://www4.uwm.edu/esl/activities.cfm

But why? I know a lot of you are interested in travel, learning about new cultures, and just widening your international network of friends. This is a perfect opportunity to do so in a non-awkward fashion, once a week for an hour!

Activities & Opportunities

Conversation Partners are famous!
12/15/2014

Conversation Partners are famous!

A program at UW-Milwaukee helps international students learn English by pairing them with local students who want to learn about other cultures. Friendships have been forced.

Don't miss this PARTY! Bring your conversation partner to the Murder Mystery Halloween Party.
10/16/2014

Don't miss this PARTY! Bring your conversation partner to the Murder Mystery Halloween Party.

Hello Everybody! The CONVERSATION PARTNERS PROGRAM now is an official student organization!In order to celebrate it, we ...
10/13/2014

Hello Everybody!

The CONVERSATION PARTNERS PROGRAM now is an official student organization!

In order to celebrate it, we are recording partners’ experiences throughout their participation on the program! Here is our first video.

Felipe Melo and Austin Krogh had the chance to talk about their experience as being conversation partners. Check it out!

If you're interested in creating a video about your experiences, please message us! We can help organize a videographer & editor. Share your experiences!

UWM ESL

Looking for something fun to do with your partner this week or next? Catch a movie at the Milwaukee Film Festival! Here'...
09/29/2014

Looking for something fun to do with your partner this week or next? Catch a movie at the Milwaukee Film Festival! Here's the schedule:

Film can entertain, educate, and empower. It can bring change on levels both intimate and epic. And it's at its best as a communal viewing experience, with the best possible sound and projection. As a non-profit cultural institution, Milwaukee Film's mission is to communicate all of this to the city…

These photos are from the first Conversation Partner event of Fall 2014. This is when many students met their partners a...
09/25/2014

These photos are from the first Conversation Partner event of Fall 2014. This is when many students met their partners and other students for the first time.

07/25/2014

Hey! What have you been doing this summer with your Conversation Partners? Post photos and tag The Conversation Partner Program!!

Thank you guys! This party was awesome!Tag your friends! :)
04/30/2014

Thank you guys! This party was awesome!

Tag your friends! :)

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