  {"id":401740,"date":"2025-11-26T13:13:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/?p=401740"},"modified":"2025-11-26T15:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:54:43","slug":"english-conversation-partners-program-fosters-student-success-at-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2025\/11\/26\/english-conversation-partners-program-fosters-student-success-at-york\/","title":{"rendered":"English Conversation Partners Program fosters student success at York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International students <strong>Dania Mohammed Elamin<\/strong> and <strong>Amara Khit<\/strong> may be from different countries, studying different subjects and even learning on different campuses at ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ, but they share a common goal: self-improvement and connection.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Through York International\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/yorkinternational.yorku.ca\/english-conversations-partners-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English Conversation Partners Program<\/a> (ECPP), now in its seventh cohort, Elamin and Khit formed a peer mentorship bond that helped them both grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program, which has supported 475 international and domestic students, pairs volunteer mentors with participants to practise English conversation and build community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elamin, a second-year applied mathematics student, served as mentor for Khit, a second-year financial technologies student studying at York\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/markham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Markham Campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom the outside [it appears] we're very different, but then you find similarities in these differences, which is a bonding point and is really nice,\u201d says Elamin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their conversations touched on personal experiences, including family and the impact of conflict happening in their home countries \u2013 Sudan for Alamin and Myanmar for Khit. The pair met weekly in York spaces, such as the Keele Campus cafeteria or library. Occasionally, they joined other \u201cconversation pairs\u201d or explored the campus.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2025\/11\/Dania-Mohammed-Elamin-and-Amara-Khit-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-401794\" style=\"width:396px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2025\/11\/Dania-Mohammed-Elamin-and-Amara-Khit-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2025\/11\/Dania-Mohammed-Elamin-and-Amara-Khit-400x290.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2025\/11\/Dania-Mohammed-Elamin-and-Amara-Khit.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dania Mohammed Elamin and Amara Khit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Khit discovered ECPP through Instagram and joined to overcome her nervousness about speaking English. \u201dI thought, that's a good opportunity. I'll just join,\u201d she recalls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing the program, she noticed a significant boost in confidence and now recommends the program to others. \u201cEspecially to those like me, who are not confident in English, it's a great experience,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khit has since taken on several new activities, such as working as a peer mentor for her financial technologies program, becoming an orientation leader and offering support to others through her role as a student success mentor and life assistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elamin, who previously studied in South Africa and Spain, understands the challenges of being a newcomer. \u201cI know how hard it is when you don't know how to speak the language or how to find a community and integrate with people,\u201d she says. Her first year at York felt lonely, but ECPP helped her engage more actively in campus life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also used the mentorship experience to develop facilitation skills. \u201cIf there was a moment of silence, I'm the one responsible to break that silence to start a conversation,\u201d she says of being paired up with a mentee. \u201cIt gives you confidence in your ability to facilitate something, to start talking and develop communication skills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That benefit is by design, says <strong>Nikita Cruz,<\/strong> international student experience coordinator. \u201cWe wanted to create more than just a traditional conversation program but something designed with reciprocal learning in mind,\u201d she says. \u201cECPP breaks the traditional power dynamic and challenges the notion that international students only want to receive information. The leadership development is an intentional part of the program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elamin\u2019s experience with ECPP helped her secure on-campus employment \u2013 first, as a summer support assistant in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lassonde School of Engineering<\/a>' Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, and now, as a program administrative assistant in the Career Centre\u2019s Work ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I do recommend it to anyone,\u201d says Elamin. \u201cIt's a lot of fun, and you get to learn a lot about yourself as well along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With files from Suzanne Bowness<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York\u2019s peer-led English mentorship program helps international students build language skills, leadership experience and friendships across the University\u2019s 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