1) Atsuko thanks Irina for the email about their students communicating via a newspaper article and hopes it encourages more international student connections. 2) Some of Atsuko's students who provided feedback on the communication said it was fun and they were glad to meet the Russian students, with one asking to visit Russia or have the Russian students visit Japan. 3) Atsuko finds that students who usually don't like English classes seem more engaged when communicating internationally and hopes to make her own classes more exciting.