Hi Kerry,
I´m a young English teacher from Germany teaching 30 8th graders. The students are in their 4th year of ESL, visiting the Realschule Neckarsulm in the South of Germany. English is one of their major subjects and I teach 4 lessons a week. The curriculum of year 8 is completely concentrating on the USA- that´s why a partner class from America would be brilliant. I think the email project is a great way of learning about a different culture and in addition the German students have a brilliant chance of improving their English. It would be great if we can arrange an email encounter, especially with your experience and resources, because I haven´t worked on a project like this yet.
All the best,
Carolin