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 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 2025 Schedule
Conversation Hours start on Monday, September 8 and run through Monday, December 8, unless noted otherwise. There are no sessions during university holidays and during Fall Break (October 11-14) and Thanksgiving Break (November 26-30). We are in the process of scheduling additional 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 |
|---|---|---|
| American Sign Language | Wednesdays, 4-5 pm starts on 9/3 | Lisa Sunde |
| Arabic | Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 pm | Noor Dewood |
| Armenian | Wednesdays, 5-6 pm | Vera Satik Amirbekian |
| Cantonese | Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Wilson Kan |
| Cantonese | Fridays, 3-4 pm | Tiffany Huang |
| Catalan | Fridays, 3-4 pm | Clara Alcolea Vila |
| Dutch | Mondays, 5-6 pm | Noah Duguma |
| English° | Mondays, 5-6 pm meets on 9/15, 9/29, 10/27, 11/10, 11/24, 12/8 | Christina Hermiz |
| English° | Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm (Plant Science 328A) starts on 9/16 | Bill Fry |
| English° | Tuesdays, 6-7 pm | Paul Jensen |
| English° | Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm (Plant Science 328A) starts on 9/17 | Bill Fry |
| English° | Fridays, 10-11 am | Elda Abayneh |
| English° | Fridays, 2-3 pm | Jieyi Li |
| French | Mondays, 1:30-2:30 pm | Hope Cross-Jaya |
| French | Mondays, 4-5 pm meets on 9/8, 9/22, 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, 11/17, 12/1 | Carly Hermann |
| French | Wednesdays, 1:30-2:30 pm | Hope Cross-Jaya |
| French | Wednesdays, 5-6 pm | Madeleine Kapsalis |
| German (Sprachcafé*) | Mondays, 5-6 pm (Big Red Barn) | Rajvi Thakore & Scott Walkinshaw |
| Greek (modern) | Wednesdays, 2-3 pm | Katerina Dimitriadou-Shuster |
| Italian | Tuesdays, 12-1 pm | Cameron Howland |
| Japanese | Tuesdays, 6-7 pm | Cody Paul |
| Japanese | Thursdays, 11 am - 12 pm | Kanae Funabiki |
| Korean | Thursdays, 5-6 pm (G12 Stimson and on Zoom) meets on 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, 12/4 | Doyeon Kong |
| Mandarin | Fridays, 2-3 pm meets on 9/12, 10/10, 11/14, 12/5 | Irene Liang |
| Mandarin | Fridays, 3-4 pm | Jieyi Li |
| Norwegian | Mondays, 5-6 pm (Big Red Barn) | Sarah Uttormark |
| Portuguese | Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30 pm starts on 9/17 | Jack Brown |
| Spanish | Mondays, 12:15-1:15 pm | Gillian Rzepka |
| Spanish | Tuesdays, 8-9 pm (on Zoom) | Esmeralda Alverde Duarte |
| Spanish | Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 pm (Physical Sciences Atrium) | Esmeralda Alverde Duarte |
| Taiwanese | Tuesdays, 5-6 pm meets 9/16, 9/30, 10/28, 11/11, 11/25 | Zong-Yan Liu |
| Thai | Tuesdays, 5-6 pm (on Zoom) meets on 9/16, 10/14, 11/18 | June Boonyanuphong |
| Turkish (Elementary) | Thursdays, 5-6 pm (G24B Stimson) | Pelin Kumbet |
| Turkish (Intermediate) | Thursdays, 6-7 pm (G24B Stimson) | Pelin Kumbet |
| Yiddish | Fridays, 12-1 pm (on Zoom) | David Forman |