Getting Started

Let’s get started!

(To contact your new conversation partners by e-mail, feel free to use our Introduction Letter.)

When you call your English conversation partners, what will you say?

Here are a few phrases to help you get started:

Hello, is this (name of person you are calling) ?

My name is _______________________________.

I’m happy to meet you.

If you haven’t used this system before, you might say:

This is my first time to use Skype/MSN Messenger in English.

Have you talked by Skype/MSN Messenger before?

Is this your first time to use Skype/MSN Messenger to practice English?

To begin a discussion, you can say:

What would you like to talk about today?

Let’s talk about . . . .

I’d like to talk about (topic).

What are you interested in talking about?

To ask your partner’s opinions or express your own, you can say:

What do you think about . . . ?

In my opinion, . . .

I think (that) . . . .

I don’t think (that) . . .