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 2023 Schedule
Conversation Hours start on Tuesday, September 5 and run through Monday, December 4 unless noted otherwise. There is no sessions during Fall Break (October 7-10) and Thanksgiving Break (November 22-26). We are in the process of scheduling additional fall 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 |
|---|---|---|
| American Sign Language (ASL) | Wednesdays, 4:15-5:15 pm | Nora Owen |
| Arabic | Thursdays, 6-7 pm | Suzanna Moustafa & Mohammad Al-Labadi |
| Armenian | Mondays, 6-7 pm | Armen Abrahamian |
| Azerbaijani | Wednesdays, 7-8 pm (on Zoom) meets on 9/6, 10/4. 11/1, 12/6 |
Hamid Razifard & Emma Britton |
| Bengali | Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 pm |
Kushan Lahiri & Nahida Sultana |
| Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (BCS) | Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Admir Cekic |
| Cantonese | Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Wilson Kan & Toby Yung |
| Catalan | Wednesdays, 7-8 pm | Caleb Kimble |
| Czech | Wednesdays, 3-4 pm meets from 5-6 pm on 9/13 |
Simon Ilincev |
| Dutch | Mondays, 2:30-3:30 pm | Noah Duguma |
| English | Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Serene Wang & Ralph Wang |
| French | Mondays, 2-3 pm | Ezra Winston |
| French | Fridays, 12-1 pm no session on 9/29 |
Tess Anna Crane |
| Georgian | Mondays, 5-6 pm (on Zoom) meets on 9/11, 9/25, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, 11/27 |
Suzanna Moustafa |
| German (Sprachcafé*) | Mondays, 5-6 pm (Big Red Barn) | Nicolau Spadoni & Spencer Hadley |
| Greek | Fridays, 3-4 pm | Sophia Trapani |
| Gujarati | Sundays, 3-4 pm | Naiya Patel |
| Hindi | Sundays, 3-4 pm | Naiya Patel |
| Italian | Thursdays, 4-5 pm | Pedro Pontes García |
| Japanese | Fridays, 4-5 pm (G12) | Bora Shin, Tami Takada, Sara Goto, & Shun Tanaka |
| Korean | Thursdays, 5-6 pm meets on 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/2, 11/16, 11/30 |
Doyeon Kong |
| Latin | Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 pm | Charlie Preston |
| Mandarin | Wednesdays, 4-5 pm last session on 10/25 |
Beth Lai |
| Mandarin | Fridays, 4-5 pm | April Chen & Toby Yung |
| Norwegian | Thursdays, 5-6 pm | Sarah Uttormark |
| Polish | Mondays, 7-8 pm | Jeremi Urbaniak, Daria Badger, & Szymon Gwóźdź |
| Portuguese | Thursdays, 5-6 pm | Caleb Kimble |
| Quechua | Fridays, 9-10 pm (on Zoom) | Janeth Arias |
| Romanian | Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 pm meets on 9/12, 9/26, 10/17, 10/31, 11/14, 11/28, 12/12 |
Patricia Young |
| Russian | Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 pm | Arina Danilina |
| Spanish | Wednesdays, 5-6 pm | Ines Brun |
| Swahili | Mondays, 5-6 pm (on Zoom) meets on 9/25, 10/9, 10/30, 11/6, 11/27 |
Jensen Njagi |
| Thai | Mondays, 7-8 pm (on Zoom) | June Boonyanuphong |
| Turkish | Tuesdays, 10-11 am meets on 9/12, 9/26, 10/17, 10/31, 11/14, 11/28 |
Berk Balkir |
| Ukrainian | Mondays, 5-6 pm | Krystyna Golovakova |
| Vietnamese | Fridays, 4-5 pm | Trung-Nghia Le |
| Yiddish | Fridays, 12-1 pm (on Zoom) | David Forman |