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The MIT Language Conversation Exchange

The Language Conversation Exchange (LCE), sponsored by MIT Medical finds conversation partners for those interested in practicing a language with a native speaker. Anyone who is affiliated with MIT is eligible to participate; and our diverse group of members includes students, staff, visiting scientists and scholars, faculty and their spouses and partners.

The informal arrangement can help internationals get acquainted with the MIT community and helps their English speaking partners improve their proficiency in another language. Members and affiliates of the MIT community find the informal nature and flexibility of the LCE an enjoyable way to share their culture and learn more about someone else's.

Partners arrange the time, place, and frequency of meetings. They typically meet once a week for an hour.

To join the Language Conversation Exchange, simply fill out and submit the application form. It's free.

For further information, please call 617-253-1614.

English Conversation Classes for Women at MIT

These classes are offered to international women at MIT by the MIT Women's League (10-342). Check out the League's website at web.mit.edu/womensleague/service_projects.html

Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:15-11:00 am. Call 617-253-3656 for more information.

Language Learning and Resource Center

The Language Learning and Resource Center, in 16-644, is open to all members of the MIT community. The center has audio, video and computer materials available in a variety of languages (including ESL/English). Textbooks to accompany materials are also available. Lab attendant will assist all newcomers. MIT ID required.

Call 617-253-9779 for more information

English Classes at MIT's Foreign Languages & Literature Department

These classes are designed for MIT undergraduate and graduate students. Faculty, special students, visiting scientists, and others in the MIT community may attend classes with special permission, if space is available.

For further information, contact the Foreign Languages and Literatures Office of the Humanities Department in Building 14N-305, phone: 617-253-4771.

http://web.mit.edu/fll/www/languages/ELS.shtml

Free Conversational English and Culture Classes

Sponsored by the Baptist Campus Ministry/MIT Baptist Chaplain

Tuesdays 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Check website for class location each semester.
Co-sponsored by the Chinese Student and Scholar Association

Thursdays 1:15-2:30 p.m.
Almost every week year 'round in W11 Main Dining Room
Questions? Contact sawebb@mit.edu or barbeevers@juno.com

Japanese Lunch Table

Wednesdays, noon - 2pm
MIT Japan Program Offices
E38-7th floor Conference Room
http://web.mit.edu/mit-japan/news-events/lunch-table.html

Friendship, cultural, and language exchange
Join MIT's only lunch table devoted exclusively to cultural exchange between MIT students and members of MIT's Japanese community Meet visiting researchers and professors and their families, and enjoy activities designed to broaden your understanding of Japanese culture, society, and language. Get involved in Japanese-English language exchange!

For further information and to join the lunch table mailing list please contact the lunch table administrators Daniela Reichert (dreichert@mit.edu) or Ayumi Nagatomi (ayumi@mit.edu).

Last Updated: July 20, 2007