Thank you for helping advertise LRC resources to your students!
Please include the brief descriptions below in your syllabus and/or post announcements to Canvas. Feel free to modify the blurbs as you see fit.
Conversation Hours
Conversation Hours are informal, inclusive, and fun sessions where language learners can use the target language outside of the classroom setting. They typically meet once a week for an hour at the Language Resource Center Learning Space in G25 Stimson Hall. Conversation Hours offer an opportunity to simply use the language and connect with other learners in the greater Cornell and Ithaca community. Conversation Hours are free and open to everyone. Gain confidence through experience!
For more information, visit the LRC website at https://lrc.cornell.edu/conversation-hours. Please contact cornelllrc@cornell.edu with any questions.
Language Tutoring
Looking for help with your language class? The LRC offers free, peer-supported Language Tutoring in collaboration with the Learning Strategies Center (LSC) to undergraduate students enrolled in language courses. Join to gain greater understanding of areas you need to work on, direct practice with your homework, or receive help preparing for your next exam.
For more information, visit the LRC website at https://lrc.cornell.edu/language-tutoring and LSC website at https://lsc.cornell.edu/tutoring. Please contact cornelllrc@cornell.edu and/or Tim Lavis from the LSC at tal92@cornell.edu with any questions.
Sweet Poetry
Want to share a poem in a language you know or are learning? Join us for Sweet Poetry, an evening celebration of National Poetry Month hosted by the LRC in April. Indulge in delicious treats while sharing poems in any language! Celebrate your culture and language by reading, signing, or reciting a poem by a beloved poet—or share an original creation of your own!
For more information, visit the LRC website at https://lrc.cornell.edu/lingua-mater. Please contact cornelllrc@cornell.edu with any questions.
World Languages Day
Want to share your passion for language with others? Interested in a day of volunteering to help young students engage with language, culture, and global literacy? Join us at World Languages Day, an event where middle and high school students visit the Cornell campus to investigate a new language, learn about international studies, and engage with student clubs at Cornell. Help showcase Cornell's amazing resources! WLD is taking place this year on Saturday, October 25, 2025.
To learn more about this volunteer opportunity, visit the LRC website at https://lrc.cornell.edu/wld. Please contact cornelllrc@cornell.edu with any questions.
Lingua Mater
Want to translate and perform Cornell's alma mater in another language? Want to win some money for it? Share your love of language and music together! Enter the Lingua Mater Competition by translating the lyrics of "Far Above Cayuga's Waters" into any language and filming yourself performing the song anywhere on Cornell's campuses or abroad. Cash prizes are available to the top three student winners! Submission deadline this year is Thursday, October 30, 2025.
For more information, visit the LRC website at https://lrc.cornell.edu/lingua-mater. Please contact cornelllrc@cornell.edu with any questions.