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. Campus visitors and members of the public must adhere to Cornell's public health requirements for events.
We also have a variety of board games available for checkout (for a complete list of games, check our LRC library holdings)!
Spring 2024 Schedule
Conversation Hours start on Monday, February 5 and run through the last day of instruction on Tuesday, May 7 unless noted otherwise. There are no sessions during February Break (2/24-27) and Spring Break (3/30-4/7). We are in the process of scheduling additional spring hours, so 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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American Sign Language (ASL) | Wednesdays, 4:15-5:15 pm | Nora Owen |
Arabic | Wednesdays, 6-7 pm meets on 2/7, 2/21, 3/6, 3/20, 4/10, 4/24 |
Mohammad Al-Labadi |
Armenian | Mondays, 6-7 pm | Armen Abrahamian |
Bengali | Mondays, 12-1 pm | Nahida Sultana |
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (BCS) | Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Admir Cekic |
Cantonese | Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm no session 2/28 |
Wilson Kan & Toby Yung |
Dutch | Mondays, 5-6 pm | Noah Duguma |
English | Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Serene Wang |
French | Wednesdays, 4-5 pm no session 3/27 |
Sofía Restrepo |
Georgian | Wednesdays, 4-5 pm (on Zoom) meets through the end of February |
Suzanna Moustafa |
German (Sprachcafé*) | Mondays, 5-6 pm (Big Red Barn) starts 1/29 |
Nicolau Spadoni & Spencer Hadley |
German | Thursdays, 3:15-4:15 pm starts 3/21 |
Myka Melville |
Greek | Fridays, 2-3 pm meets on 3/1, 3/15, 3/22, 4/12, 5/3 |
Tasos Stefanou |
Gujarati | Sundays, 4-5 pm meets on 2/4, 2/18, 3/3, 3/17, 4/14, 4/28 |
Naiya Patel |
Hindi | Sundays, 4-5 pm meets on 2/4, 2/18, 3/3, 3/17, 4/14, 4/28 |
Naiya Patel |
Irish | Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 pm | Vishnu Pusarapu |
Italian | Mondays, 5-6 pm no session on 3/25, 4/8, 4/22 |
Jenny Cook |
Japanese | Fridays, 3-4 pm | Bora Shin, Tami Takada, & Sara Goto |
Khmer/Cambodian | Thursdays, 3-4 pm no session on 2/22 |
Chhoeng Chau |
Korean | Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm no session on 2/21 |
Doyeon Kong & Huieun Do |
Latin | Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Charlie Preston |
Mandarin | Tuesdays, 4-5 pm | April Chen & Toby Yung |
Nepali | Wednesdays, 5-6 pm | Reshma Niraula |
Nepali | Fridays, 1-2 pm | Prashant Pandey |
Norwegian | Thursdays, 5-6 pm no session on 2/29 and 5/2 |
Sarah Uttormark |
Persian | Thursdays, 5-6 pm starts 3/21 |
Arezoo Dashtaki |
Polish | Tuesdays, 7-8 pm | Jeremi Urbaniak |
Polish | Sundays, 3-4 pm | Barbara Batycka |
Portuguese | Mondays, 11 am - 12 pm (on Zoom) no session on 3/25 and 4/8 meets on Thursday, 4/11 from 2:30-3:30 pm |
Marina Karam |
Romanian | Fridays, 3-4 pm meets on 2/9, 3/1, 3/22, 4/19, 5/3 |
Patricia Young |
Russian | Thursdays, 5-6 pm | Arina Danilina |
Spanish | Tuesdays, 6-7 pm | Ines Brun |
Swahili° | Wednesdays, 3-4 pm meets on 3/20, 3/27 |
Catherine Cousins |
Swahili | Fridays, 2-3:30 pm (G12 and on Zoom) meets on 3/1, 4/12, 5/3 |
Elirehema Mejooli |
Taiwanese | Tuesdays, 5:15-6:15 pm starts on 4/9 |
Zong-Yan Liu, Andy Wang, & Harry Chang |
Telugu | Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 pm | Vishnu Pusarapu |
Thai | Tuesdays, 5-6 pm (on Zoom) | June Boonyanuphong |
Turkish | Mondays, 5-6 pm | Banu Ozer Griffin |
Twi° | Tuesdays, 6-7 pm (G24A) meets on 3/26, 4/16 |
Catherine Cousins |
Ukrainian | Fridays, 2:30-3:30 pm meets on 2/9, 2/23, 3/15, 3/22, 4/12, 4/19, 5/3 |
Krystyna Golovakova |
Vietnamese | Thursdays, 3-4 pm | Trung-Nghia Le |
Yiddish | Fridays, 12-1 pm (on Zoom) starts 1/19 |
David Forman |
Yoruba | Tuesdays, 4-5 pm | Okiki Fagbamigbe, Rachel Makinde, & Muyiwa Oni |