One of the ways in which ABCD is helping our ABCD secondary students in the improvement of their English reading and writing skills is through this language development pen pal project.
The purposes of this project are:
- to improve English writing, reading and communication skills of ABCD Tanzanian secondary school students
- to foster global poverty awareness in Canadian secondary school students
- to facilitate cultural awareness and exchange between Tanzanian and Canadian secondary school students.
Canadian students have guidelines regarding how to sensitively respond to the letters from Tanzanian students by:
- requesting to learn some Swahili language from their African friends
- accurately but kindly correcting grammar or spelling errors with humour and fun
- using discretionary exchange of personal information
- choosing appropriate topics for letter writing
- consulting with their teachers to ensure good model writing
By the exchange of letters, consultation with their teachers, and information sharing about their respective cultures and ways of life, it is hoped for the students involved that friendships and fun, along with learning, will guide this project.
