The LRC hosts conversation hours in many languages, some in collaboration with the language departments. These are led by speakers of the target language and offer an opportunity to use a language you are learning, outside of class, in an informal, low-pressure atmosphere. They are open to any learner, but are probably most useful to those at an intermediate level or above. Gain confidence through experience! Just using your new language skills helps you learn more than you might think, without instruction or correction. Come to Conversation Hour in your language and have fun! If you are learning a language we don't have a conversation hour in, find a group of learners and we'll help set it up. See us in G04 Stimson Hall during the day or send us an email at cornelllrc@cornell.edu to get started. Conversation Hours are open to the public.
If you are interested in facilitating a Conversation Hour, please complete our Spring 2025 facilitator form and we will get back to you.
We also have a variety of board games available for checkout (for a complete list of games, check our LRC library holdings)!
Fall 2024 Schedule
Conversation Hours start on Monday, September 9 and run through Monday, December 9, unless noted otherwise. There is no tutoring during Fall Break (October 12-15) and Thanksgiving Break (November 27 - December 1). We are in the process of scheduling fall hours. Please check back for more details and follow us on social media (@CornellLRC).
Conversation Hours meet in G25 Stimson Hall unless noted otherwise.
All times are ET.
Language | Date, Time, & Location | Facilitator |
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Arabic | Wednesdays, 3:15-4:15 pm | Mohammad Al-Labadi |
Arabic | Available on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Contact facilitator directly to schedule a time. | Mohammed Alrizqi |
Armenian | Wednesdays, 5-6 pm | Karen Petrosyan |
ASL | Wednesdays, 4-5 pm starts on 9/4 | Lisa Sunde |
Bangla | Tuesdays, 1:50-2:50 pm no session on 11/26 | Samirah Tabassum |
Cantonese | Thursdays, 4:15-5:15 pm no session on 10/24, 11/7 | Wilson Kan & Toby Yung |
Catalan | Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Clara Alcolea Vila |
Cayuga | Thursdays, 11 am - 12 pm meets on 10/17, 11/7, 11/21, 12/5 | Evelyn Fettes |
Dutch | Mondays, 5-6 pm (G24A) | Noah Duguma |
English° | Tuesdays, 3-4 pm (on Zoom) meets on 10/8, 11/5, 12/3 | Nadia Sadati |
English° | Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm (Plant Science Bldg 328A) | Bill Fry |
English° | Wednesdays, 6-7 pm | Paul Jensen |
English° | Thursdays, 1-2 pm | Oluwapelumi Egunjobi & Elda Abayneh |
English° | Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 pm no session on 10/17, 11/7, 11/14 | Isabella Riano |
English° | Fridays, 2-3 pm meets on 9/13, 9/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8, 11/22, 12/6 | Serene Wang |
English° | Fridays, 2-3 pm (G24A & Zoom) no session on 11/8, 11/15, 11/22 | Katerina Dimitriadou-Shuster |
French | Tuesdays, 7-8 pm no session on 11/26 | Tess Crane |
French | Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm meets 10/2, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, 12/4 | Carly Hermann |
French | Thursdays, 5-6 pm | Jérémy Girardeau-Montaut |
German (Sprachcafé*) | Mondays, 5-6 pm (Big Red Barn) | Rajvi Thakore & Anna Reynders |
German | Fridays, 11 am - 12 pm meets on 10/18, 11/15, 12/6 | Max Kaplan |
Greek | Wednesdays, 1-2 pm no session on 11/13, 11/20 | Katerina Dimitriadou-Shuster |
Haitian Creole | Fridays, 12-1 pm no session on 10/4, last session on 10/11 | Elizabeth Hays |
Indonesian | Thursdays, 12-1 pm meets on 10/3, 10/17, 11/21, 12/5 | Evelyn Fettes |
Italian | Mondays, 3-4 pm meets on 10/7, 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2 | Carmelo D'Urso |
Italian | Tuesdays, 3-4 pm no session on 10/1, 11/26 | Cameron Howland |
Italian | Wednesdays, 5-6 pm meets on 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/20, 12/4 | Grace Aiono |
Italian | Thursdays, 6-7 pm no session on 11/14 | Antonio Abbatecola |
Italian | Fridays, 2:30-3:30 pm no session on 11/22, 12/6 | Rafaella Gonzalez |
Japanese | Wednesdays, 5-6:30 pm | Bora Shin & Tami Takada |
Korean | Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm | Doyeon Kong & Huieun Do |
Mandarin | Tuesdays, 10:15-11:15 am meets on 9/24, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, 12/3 | Elise Meng |
Mandarin | Thursdays, 3:15-4:15 pm no session on 10/10, 10/24, 11/7 | Toby Yung |
Mandarin | Fridays, 2-3 pm meets on 9/20, 10/4, 10/18, 11/1, 11/15 | Serene Wang |
Mandarin | Fridays, 3-4 pm | Zoe Zhu |
Norwegian | Mondays, 5-6 pm (Big Red Barn) | Sarah Uttormark |
Persian/Farsi | Thursdays, 2-3 pm meets on 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/7, 11/21 | Maral Arzani |
Polish | Thursdays, 7-8 pm starts on 9/26 | Jeremi Urbaniak |
Polish | Saturdays, 10-11 am (on Zoom) starts on 9/21 | Barbara Batycka |
Quechua | Tuesdays, 2-3 pm | Eddy Machaca |
Portuguese | Mondays, 2-3 pm | Maria De Oliveira Segura |
Portuguese | Fridays, 1-2 pm | Maria De Oliveira Segura |
Romanian | Wednesdays, 12-1 pm meets on 9/25, 10/30, 11/20 | Patricia Young |
Russian | Mondays, 5-6 pm (on Zoom) | Samantha Kalner |
Russian | Tuesdays, 3-4 pm no session on 11/26 | Stefan Hiekin |
Russian | Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 pm | Ameh Emmanuel Sunday |
Russian | Fridays, 9-10 am meets on 11/1, 11/15, 12/6 | Victoria Franklin |
Russian | Fridays, 2:30-3:30 pm | Dina Gamous |
Sinhala | Fridays, 2:45-3:45 pm meets on 9/20, 10/4, 10/18, 11/1, 11/15, 12/6 | Hasini Makawita |
Spanish | Mondays, 3-4 pm no session on 9/30, 11/25, 12/2 | Maria Persaud Fernandez |
Spanish | Tuesdays, 12-1 pm no session on 11/26 | Gillian Rzepka |
Spanish | Thursdays, 3-4 pm | Drew Soshensky |
Spanish | Thursdays, 5:15-6:15 pm | Aidan Helfant |
Swahili | Thursdays, 7-8 pm meets on 9/26, 10/3, 10/17, 10/31, 11/14, 12/5 | Ben Mukeku |
Taiwanese | Tuesdays, 6-7 pm no session on 11/26 | |
Thai | Mondays, 6-7 pm (on Zoom) meets on 9/16, 10/7, 11/4, 12/2 | June Boonyanuphong |
Turkish | Fridays, 3-4 pm | Pelin Kumbet |
Ukrainian | Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 pm meets on 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/14, 11/21, 12/5 | Krystyna Golovakova |
Vietnamese | Fridays, 3-4 pm | Quynh Anh Tran |
Yiddish | Fridays, 12-1 pm (on Zoom) starts on 8/23 | David Forman |