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  • Review: Hi! Penpal!

    Hi! Penpal! is a wonderful penpal finding site based in Japan and assisting penpals internationally (but in particular, a focus on the Asian community).

  • Review: Penpal-Gate

    Penpal-Gate is a penpal finding site with a focus on international language exchanges. Penpal-Gate includes a forum where you can practice a language with native speakers and an excellent translation tool which should assist you when corresponding with these international penpals. This penpal finding site has 2 modes, a free basic mode which limits you to [...]

  • Review: Penpal Post

    Penpal Post (more than just hello) A relatively new penpal finding service with almost 2,000 registered members. The service is completely free to join (advertising supported) and appears to be fairly well moderated. Penpal Post has a section called ‘Articles’ where penpal seekers can find educational information on 419 email scams, Nigerian advance fee fraud, [...]

  • Review: Penpal-net

    Penpals-net boasts over 35,000 penpals including almost 20,000 that have uploaded their photos. The front page of the site includes a sort of link exchange which includes some questionable links (be careful not to click any and monitor your children). The penpal listings for the most part are pretty normal and are divided into male [...]

  • Review: ePals

    ePals is dedicated to connecting the global community of classrooms. ePals boasts that members can safely connect, collaborate and learn using their leading protected email and blog solutions for schools and districts. While the emphasis is on connecting classrooms, the site is also available for individual penpal exchanges. Penpals: Unknown (hard to know since they [...]

  • Review: InterPals

    InterPals is very activity and boasts over 3,000 online members from over 120 countries at any moment. InterPals also offers a language exchange with over 130,000 members offering to learn/share their knowledge of English, French, Spanish, German, Korean, Japanese, etc. Further, InterPals paints themselves are the largest ‘free’ pen pal exchange site on the internet. [...]

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