Conversation Hours
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)!
Fall 2022 Schedule
Conversation Hours start on Tuesday, September 6 and run through the last day of instruction on Monday, December 5. There are no sessions on Labor Day (9/5), Fall Break (10/7-11), and Thanksgiving Break (11/23-27). We are in the process of scheduling additional 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Mena Attia & Suzanna Moustafa |
| ASL | Wednesdays, 4:15-5:15 pm | Nora Owen |
| Azerbaijani | Wednesdays, 7-8 pm (Zoom) meets on 11/16, 11/30 |
Saeed Hosseinzadeh |
| Bengali | Saturdays, 1-2 pm (Zoom, starts on 10/1) | Shreya Majumdur & Sumiya Amin |
| Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (BCS) | Wednesdays, 4-5 pm meets on 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9, 11/30 |
Larisa Kasumagic-Kafedzic |
| Cantonese | Mondays, 7-8 pm | Toby Yung & Wilson Kan |
| Dutch | Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm (G24A Stimson Hall) meets on 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22 |
Robbert Van Renesse |
| French (beginning) | Tuesdays, 11 am - 12 pm no session on 11/22 |
Alix Choinet |
| French (intermediate) | Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 pm | Osian Nzoyisenga |
| French (advanced) | Wednesdays, 3-4 pm no session on 11/2 |
Claire Beck-Belaman |
| German (Sprachcafé*) | Mondays, 5-6 pm (Big Red Barn) |
Isabel Choinowski & Dennis Wegner |
| Greek | Thursdays, 4-5 pm | Vasilios Venetis Zaharioudakis |
| Haitian Creole | Sundays, 3-4 pm runs through 10/16 |
Keenbelynn Bellande |
| Hawaiian/'Ōlelo Hawai'i | Thursdays, 5-6 pm runs through 10/20 |
Leina McLaugulin |
| Indonesian | Fridays, 2-3 pm no session on 10/28 |
Ashley Effendy |
| Japanese | Fridays, 2-3 pm no session on 10/28 |
Bora Shin |
| Korean | Thursdays, 5-6 pm no session on 10/6 |
Doyeon Kong |
| Mandarin | Mondays, 3:45-4:45 pm (G24B Stimson Hall) starts on 10/3 |
Toby Yung & April Chen |
| Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Brenna Tosh & Qiyu "Kelly" Hu |
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| Norwegian | Tuesdays, 3-4 pm no session on 11/22 |
Sarah Uttormark |
| Portuguese | Mondays, 4:30-5:30 pm | |
| Quechua | Thursdays, 3-4 pm | Janeth Arias |
| Russian | Thursdays, 5-6 pm | Daria Kuzoukova & Dallin Richards |
| Spanish (beginning) | Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 pm (starts on 9/22) no session on 10/6 and 11/3 |
Pedro Pontes García |
| Spanish (intermediate) | Mondays, 4-5 pm no session on 10/17 |
Julia Khinno |
| Spanish (advanced) | Tuesdays, 3-4 pm | Nicolas Arce Zevallos |
| Swahili | Fridays, 3-4 pm (G24A Stimson and on Zoom) meets on 9/9, 9/23, 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2 |
Menansili Abraham Mejooli |
| Swedish | Sundays, 3-4 pm meets on 9/18, 9/25, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4 |
Axel Ljunggren |
| Tamil | Thursdays, 4-5 pm no session on 11/10 |
Nirmal Selva Srinivasan |
| Thai | Fridays, 2-3 pm no session on 10/28 |
Thitirat "June" Boonyanuphong |
| Turkish | Tuesdays, 4-5 pm meets on 10/18, 11/1, 11/15, 11/29 |
Berk Balkir |
| Wednesdays, 4-5 pm meets on 10/12, 10/26, 11/9 |
Marla Munkh-Achit | |
| Urdu | Fridays, 3:30-4:30 pm no session on 10/28 |
Awais Javaid |
| Yiddish | Fridays, 12-1 pm (Zoom) | David Forman |
| Yoruba | Thursdays, 3-4 pm | Isabella Animmadu |