A program growing from the need for foreign college students to have more contact with native English-speakers matches a university extension program's students of English as a second language (ESL) with American students studying foreign languages at the university level. The ESL students are given the native students' telephone numbers and required to make the first contact. At this point, the ESL students may encounter a telephone answering machine, and a curriculum unit is designed to familiarize students with its use. The ESL students invite their respective partners to a reception hosted by the English program, and arrange their individual meetings. Participants are encouraged to evaluate the program and their experiences. The program has fostered friendships and intercultural communication in addition to conversation practice. Copies of the initial letter and sign-up sheet sent to language departments, the memo and sign-up sheet sent to ESL teachers, the assignment letter, evaluation forms, and a variety of comments about the program and the partners made by participants are included. (MSE)