Columbia LRC

Indonesian Language Table
2023-11-24 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-01 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-08 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Room 352A (Language Resource Center), International Affairs Building, 420 W 118 Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Indonesian speaking skills? Join the Indonesian Language Table, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Indonesian Language Program.
Fridays from 3–4 p.m. in Room 352A at the Language Resource Center (International Affairs Building)

Kaffeestunde 2023
2023-11-27 17:45 - 18:45, 2023-12-11 17:45 - 18:45 | Deutsches Haus, 420 W 116th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Come take a break at Deutsches Haus and practice your German for 10, 30, or 60 minutes. All levels are welcome.* Coffee/Tea and sweet treats will be provided. We hope to see you there!
Biweekly on Mondays from 5:45-6:45 p.m. at Deutsches Haus (420 W 116th Street). *Also, if you are not in 1101, you might want to wait until mid-semester to visit.

Arabic Circle
2023-11-28 06:10 - 19:30, 2023-12-05 18:10 - 19:30, 2023-12-12 18:10 - 19:30 | 208 Knox Hall, 606 W 122nd Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Arabic speaking skills? Join the Arabic Circle, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Arabic Language Program.
Tuesdays from 6:10-7:30 pm at 208 Knox Hall (606 W 122nd St).

Café Conversation
2023-11-28 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-12-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Buell Hall (2nd Floor), 515 W 116th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your French speaking skills? Join Café Conversation, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the French Department.
*Elementary level: Tuesdays from 4-5 pm at Buell Hall (2nd floor); Intermediate & Advanced levels: Tuesdays from 5-6 pm at Buell Hall (2nd floor)

Koffieuurtje | The Dutch Conversation Hour
2023-11-28 19:15 - 20:15 | Deutsches Haus, 420 W 116th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Dutch speaking skills? Join Koffieuurtje, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Dutch Language Program.
In Deutsches Haus (420 W 116th St): Feb 16th for Movie Night! from 6-7 pm, Mar 23rd from 5-6 pm, and Apr 2nd from 6-7 pm.

Bate-Papo
2023-11-29 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-12-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Casa Hispánica, 612 W 116th St, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Conversação em português? Join Bate-Papo, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Latin American and Iberian Cultures Department.
Wednesdays from 5-6 p.m. at Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St).

Café y Conversación
2023-11-30 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-12-07 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-12-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Casa Hispánica, 612 W 116th St, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Toma un cafecito y practica tu español.
Led by students for students of all levels of Spanish
Thursdays 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
In the Lobby of the Casa Hispánica, 612 W. 116th Street (between Broadway and Riverside)
Please call (212) 854-4187 for more information.

Cafè Català
2023-11-30 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-12-07 16:30 - 17:30 | Casa Hispánica, 612 W 116th St, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Catalan speaking skills? Join Cafè Català, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Latin American and Iberian Cultures Department.
Thursdays from 4:30–5:30 pm at Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St).

Russia Tea Gathering (чаепитие)
2023-11-30 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-12-07 17:00 - 18:00 | 713 Hamilton Hall, 1130 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, 10027, United States
If you wish to practice speaking Russian outside of the classroom, if you seek good company to discuss various themes and topics informally, and especially if you crave some strong (or herbal) tea with cookies, PLEASE JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY AT 5:00 PM IN THE READING ROOM (713 HAMILTON HALL).
*All levels of Russian are welcome! Questions? Please email Tatiana Mikhailova (tm3100@columbia.edu)

BCS Conversation Hour
2023-12-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Joe Coffee, 550 W 120th St, New York, New York, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian speaking skills? Join the BCS Conversation Hour, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian Language Program.
Fridays from 12-1 pm at Joe Coffee next to Pulitzer Hall (2950 Broadway Pulitzer Hall). If you have more questions, please email em3627@columbia.edu for more information.

Korean Chat Club
2023-12-01 15:00 - 16:00 | 608 Uris Hall, 3022 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Korean speaking skills? Join the Korean Chat Club, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Korean Language Program.
Once a month on Fridays from 3 p.m.-4 p.m. at Uris Hall 608: September 22nd; October 13th; November 10th; and December 1st.

Instructional Innovation Workshop
2023-12-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Language Resource Center, 353 IAB, 420 W 118th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Please join Simon Zuberek in discussing Artificial Intelligence in the Foreign Language classroom. Further details will be coming.

LRC Working Group on AI (III)
2023-12-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Language Resource Center, 353 IAB, 420 W 118th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
The LRC Working Group will be resuming on Tuesday, November 28th, at 3 p.m. As AI has been integrating into our educational practices, we are eager to hear from you about your own experiences with these technologies. Have you observed their impact in your classroom? How have your students responded to these technologies? Your insights, either from your own perspective or that of your students, will be invaluable to shaping how we navigate this evolving landscape.
Join us in person at the LRC or virtually on Zoom (Meeting ID: 8472087081).

Kave Sho
2023-12-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Deutsches Haus, 420 W 116th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
YIDDISH KAVE-SHO
Yiddish Conversation Hour
Tue, October 3rd, Wed, November 1st, and Tue, December 5th, from 6:30-7:30 pm at Deutsches Haus (420 W 116th Street)
All levels are welcome! Light nosh will be served. Free & open to the public.

Vietnamese Conversation Hour with VSA
2023-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 | 700 Uris Hall, 3022 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Want to strengthen your Vietnamese speaking skills? Join the Vietnamese Conversation Hour, a conversation practice opportunity offered by the Vietnamese Language Program.
Once a month on Fridays from 12-1 p.m. at 700 Uris Hall: 09/29; 10/20; 11/17; 12/08
If you need more information, please email Professor Chung P. Nguyen at cn2496@columbia.edu.

LRC Grant Project Presentations (Part II)
2023-12-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Language Resource Center, 353 IAB, 420 W 118th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Supplementing Classroom Input for Intermediate Chinese Learners
Authors: Shaoyan Qi & Yike Li
Affiliation: East Asian Languages and Cultures Department
Summary:
Input is paramount to language acquisition (Gass & Mackey, 2015). Without primary linguistic data available to learners within their environment, the initiation of language learning is infeasible. In foreign language contexts where L2 input is limited, textbooks often serve as the predominant source of this essential input (Tomlinson, 2012; Ur, 1996). However, relying solely on textbooks is insufficient. Numerous language educators have turned to the internet in search of high-quality input to enhance classroom learning experiences.
A challenge emerges when many of these online materials aren’t directly transferable to classroom instruction, particularly for beginner and intermediate learners. The primary objective of this project is the development of a corpus of supplemental input materials. These can be audio-visual or text-based, tailored for the first five chapters (approximately one-third of the textbook) of the Second-Year Chinese class. Concurrently, the project endeavors to pioneer a systematic approach for the creation or modification of input materials. This approach would ensure the content adheres to four core criteria for premium quality input: comprehensibility, authenticity, appropriateness, and representativeness.
Given the project’s success, our intention is to replicate the same methodology, creating additional supplemental materials for the entirety of the textbook.

Reading Days!
2023-12-12 08:00 - 2023-12-14 17:00 | NY

Holiday Party!
2023-12-14 16:00 - 19:00 | Language Resource Center, 353 IAB, 420 W 118th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Please join us in celebrating the end of the Fall 2023 semester and the beginning of Winter Break with our annual Holiday Party, hosted here in the LRC!
Food and beverages will be provided, we look forward to seeing you!
