Crossroads Conversation School teachers, aides, and child care providers volunteer Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 9:15-11:15am, Sept-June, at the Church of the Good Samaritan, 35th and Harrison. The School offers several levels of conversational English for international women and helps them make friends and feel more at home in our community and culture. Contact Sandy Riverman for more information at 753-9003 or send her an email.
Students interested in enrolling may download and fill out the Enrollment Brochure (Acrobat Reader)
Volunteers interested in helping with the school should fill out a New Volunteer Form (Word Format)
Read about the Conversation School in the OSU newspaper, the Barometer.
English Conversation Groups meet twice weekly at the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center: 128 SW 9th Street in Corvallis: http://www.cmlcenter.org/contact.html
Conversantion groups are small to medium-sized groups, or if we have enough volunteers, we will offer one-to-one conversation during the 90 minute sessions. Non-native speakers are assessed a one-time fee of $5.00 per year to participate. Students or faculty, as well as family members are welcome, and are asked to join Crossroads International to participate. Groups will meet: Mondays, 10:30 a.m. - noon and Thursdays from 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. at the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center.
To register for a conversation group, fill out the registration form, and email it to: crossroadstalk@gmail.com
Volunteers Needed! Crossroads Members who wish to volunteer as a conversant may send a message to the program coordinators, and you will receive information on upcoming trainings and meetings.
Groups in Other Languages:
Spanish conversation is offered twice per month at the home of Nancy Klingeman. Please contact the Crossroads office for information on where and when, or to learn about other Spanish Conversation groups, meeting at the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center.
Nouveaux! French conversation groups will continue to meet through the academic year. Crossroads members are invited and encouraged to attend. Interested? Contact Elaine Hayashi.
Three-Day Home Stay hosts assist students coming to the U.S. for the first time at the beginning of fall, winter, and spring terms (Sept, Dec, Mar) to ease adjustment to a new culture. Students stay with an American host or family in the community, and learn about American home life and the Corvallis - Benton County community. Hosts need not have a large home - though a private sleeping room and access to a bathroom (shared is fine), is considered a minimum standard. This is often a wonderful and memorable experience for OSU students and host families - and we receive many repeat host volunteers each year.
New international students wishing to have a Home Stay: please see our Home Stay Request Form for (PDF version) or MS Word version. We prefer that you email it to the Crossroads program Coordinators, but you may also fax it to the number listed on the form.
Volunteers Needed! If you are already a member and wish to see the list of student requests, please send a message to Home Stay Coordinators.
Community members who wish to host a student should first join Crossroads International, and then you may attend an optional orientation, and host a student upon their arrival in the community.
Friendship Hosts provide friendship, or a home-away-from-home, and share with students or scholars everyday activities, holiday celebrations, birthdays, dinners, and special outings. This is NOT a home stay option, but an extension of friendship to students or scholars who may otherwise never come to know what American home life is like. Holiday Hosts offer to provide a holiday meal or outing to a student or students on a particular day or time of year.
Volunteers Needed! Interested students, faculty or volunteers may contact Kathrin Klotz at kathrin.klotz@oregonstate.edu or by phone at 737-3946. She also attends the International Coffee Hours hosted by ISOSU first occurence of each month. Attend the ISOSU Coffee hours and talk to Kathrin in person about this amazing program!
Students or visiting faculty may fill out a Friendship Host Request Form (Word Format)
