Conversation Practice Opportunities

This page lists conversation practice opportunities for many of the languages offered at Columbia for the Spring 2024 semester. These include weekly conversation hours, meetings, and similar events for informal speaking practice. Please email lrc@columbia.edu if you have any questions or would like to add an event to this list. All languages are up-to-date unless otherwise noted, and all can be found on our events calendar as well.

Language Event Name Format Time and Location
Arabic Arabic Circle In person. More info here. Tuesdays 6:10-7:30pm @ 207 Knox Hall (606 W 122nd St)
Armenian Armenian Conversation Hour In person.

Suspended until further notice

Email ck2444@columbia.edu for more info

Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian BCS Conversation Hour In person. More info here.

Fridays 1-2pm @ Joe Coffee next to Pulitzer Hall (2950 Broadway Pulitzer Hall)

Email js5963@columbia.edufor more info

Catalan Cafè Català In person. More info here.

Wednesdays 4:30-5:30pm @ Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St)

Email eu2130@columbia.edu for more info

Czech Czech and Slovak Conversation Hour In person. More info here.

6:00-7:30 PM @ Café Amrita, 301 W 110th Street (between Manhattan Ave and Frederick Douglass Circle)

Tues, Jan 23rd
Tues, Feb 6th
Tues, Feb 20
Mon, Mar 4
Tues, Mar 26
Tues, Apr 9.

Email cwh4@columbia.edu for more info

Dutch Koffieuurtje In person. More info here.

Following Dates 7:15-8:15pm @ Deutsches Haus (420 W 116th St):

Feb 26
Mar 19
Apr 23

French Café Conversation In person. More info here.

Elementary: Tuesdays 4-5pm @ Buell Hall (2nd floor)

Intermediate & Advanced: Tuesdays 5-6pm @ Buell Hall (2nd floor)

Email eam2314@columbia.edu for more info

German Kaffeestunde

Mittags Konversation & Malen

In person.

Kaffeestunde: More info here.

Mittags Konversation & Malen: More info here.

Kaffeestunde:

Mondays 5:45-6:45pm @ Deutsches Haus (420 W 116th St)
Jan 22
Feb 5 & 19
Mar 4 & 18
Apr 1, 15 & 29

Mittags Konversation & Malen:

12pm-1pm @ Deutsches Haus (420 W 116th St)
Jan 31
Feb 28
Mar 27

Korean Korean Chat Club In person. More info here.

Following Fridays:

Feb 2, 3-4pm @ 624 Kent Hall
Mar 8, 3-4pm @ 403 Kent Hall
Mar 29, 3:45-4:45pm @ 403 Kent Hall
Apr 12, 3:45-4:45pm @ 403 Kent Hall

Indonesian Indonesian Language Table In person. More info here. Fridays 3-4pm @ 352A International Affairs Bldg (Language Resource Center)
Italian Italian Conversation Hour In person. More info here. Wednesdays 5:35-6:35pm @ 253 International Affairs Bldg (Language Resource Center)
Persian Persian Circle In person. More info here. Wednesdays 4-6pm @ 207 Knox Hall
Portuguese Bate-papo (Café e Conversação) In person. More info here. Wednesdays 5-6pm @ Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St)
Russian Russian Tea Gathering
(чаепитие)
In person. More info here.

Thursdays 5-6pm @ 713 Hamilton Hall

Email tm3100@columbia.edu for more info

Spanish Café y Conversación In person. More info here.

Thursdays 4:30–5:30pm @ Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St)

Call (212) 854-4187 for more info

Vietnamese Vietnamese Language Chat Table with VSA In person. More info here.

Fridays 12-1pm @ 403 Kent Hall

Mar 1
Mar 29
Apr 19

Email cn2496@columbia.edu for more info

Yiddish Kave Sho In person. More info here.

6:30-7:30pm @ Deutsches Haus (420 W 116th St)

Tue, Feb 6
Tue, Mar 5
Tue, Apr 2