CP 10 John Vaught

I have begun to work on a project in order to create a particular online presence and to give myself the opportunity for experience. I was contacted by several prospective English speakers asking me to participate in conversation with them. I received a total of 7 requests. I immediately told them that I would begin hosting a class online concerning itself with simple speaking exercises. I began with a mass email to my new "ESL partners" circle and asked them to all friend request one another. So far four have joined in. I have gotten into contact with 1/4 on a one and one encounter. We used the Google talk function. I had assigned the students to write back to me with an email telling me why they want to learn English and what they would say their current level was. From all of them I was told about their difficulties in finding English speakers in their own country. The group's abilities of spelling/grammar varied greatly from email to email. The one with the strongest ability came from Poland. Out of the other three one came from Iran and the others from Saudi Arabia. I was able to correspond a little bit more with the one from Poland. Her name is Agnes Ines . I was not able to see her due to her not having a camera, I did not turn mine on because I do not like the idea of having someone see me and me not them. Her spoken English was significantly worse than her writing. In fact her writing was quite good which either meant she had little chance for speaking or that she had spent a lot of time editing. I had told her before that I wanted to talk about the Holiday season so that we could both learn about things culturally. I explained to her how Christmas worked in the United States concerning gift giving, feasting, and whatever else  She told me that in Poland one actually fasts for Christmas until the evening time. She told me that for dinner they eat some type of fish (she did not know the English word for it) and something called Uszka which is kinda like ravioli. I timed our meeting for 30 minutes and I wrapped it up by asking her if she would feel comfortable speaking with other non native speakers. She was unsure whether that was a good idea or not. I told her that any chance to practice would be a good one regardless of actual speaking level. 
It is a little difficult to speak to someone unknown to you for the sake of practice. Because of this I made sure to assign those in my ESL circle to think about their favorite holiday and to share with a partner. I have only heard back from Agnes on this so I hope that others would join as well.