Come to practice English or any foreign language. We gather informally to chat, make new friends, learn about other cultures and maybe find a language exchange partner. Come share your English or foreign language skills while socializing and meeting interesting and worldy people. Languages you may hear at our events are English, Spanish, Korean, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, Turkish, Italian, Arabic, German, Thai, Russian and much more!

Calling all North Bay polyglots! If you speak more than one language, and want to practice or share your talents with others, this is a good group for you.We will hold monthly get-togethers in the North Bay to meet multi-lingual locals and chat in different languages. A typical get-together involves a happy hour where people speak French, Spanish, Chinese, English, Portuguese, Russian, Italian and I have heard many other languages as well. It a lot of fun to meet people from all over the world a …

YALLA ARABI is an Arabic language and culture meetup group that serves the San Francisco and East Bay area. NO ARABIC LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED. Everyone is welcome! Ahlan Wa Sahlan! We invite people from ALL backgrounds and ALL levels of Arabic experience to participate. We learn Arabic in fun, interactive and supportive ways by using collaborative activities and instructor-led exercises. We also watch Arabic films, eat at Arabic restaurants and attend Arab cultural events. We he …

Want to speak the Italian Language with other "passionati" della Bella Lingua"?  Make new friends and network with  native and non-native Italian speakers?  Looking to maintain or improve your Italian language skills? You've come to the right Meetup.  The San Francisco Italian Language meetup group offers you that opportunity.  We schedule a variety of events in San Francisco that provide our "soci" with the opportunity to speak Italian at an intermediate or higher level. We have a fixed, monthl …

This is a group of those interested in the Latin language - i.e. the Language spoken in the Roman empire and the great poets Cicero, Virgil, Ovid and Lucretius. The idea is to meet, read in Latin and experience this great language.

  This Meetup is for  international migrants, students, professionals and visitors, as well as anybody interested in a cultural/language exchange. This is not a classroom, institute, or a professional service. This is more an attempt to build a multicultural community in which there are no hierarchies and in which speaking "with an accent" is the only way to talk! At the same time we practice English or meet other cultures, we socialize and have fun, and maybe also meet potential language exchan …

… This group will engage in weekly Japanese language lessons and conversation on Skype and face to face meetings once a month in downtown San Francisco. Our goal is to refresh your vocab, whip your grammar and conjugations into shape, and get you speaking comfortably and confidently again. Along with basic grammar lessons, from time to time, we will read short articles, poetry, and essays to provide context and stimulate conversation. If you are interested, please contact me and let's get started.

Join us for Russian conversation over Russian food or cultural events with a group of young professionals (20s/30s). The dinners and events provide opportunities for an evening of Russian food, culture, and conversation, whether you are a fluent Russian speaker or just beginning to learn. Events occur approximately monthly at various locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The people that have attended are mostly professionals in their 20s and 30s (this group is affiliated with the You …

Extend hospitality to WB/B-1 temporary business visitors, F-1 OPT international students who want to maintain status after graduation, and J-1 Exchange visitors, facilitate interaction with native English speakers, and provide support to nonimmigrants if they are experiencing economic hardship. Cross-cultural activity is an activity designed to promote exposure and interchange between foreign nationals and Americans so as to increase their understanding of each other's society, culture, and inst …

Meet and mingle with fellow Chinese Speakers & Culture Lovers! Come to a Chinese Language Meetup to practice speaking, meet new people and learn something new! All ages and levels welcome. Use it or lose it sums up how successful any effort to learn another language will be. With this in mind, this meetup group is a place for anyone learning and wanting to improve their Mandarin skills. Whether you are a student, ABC brushing up on skills, self taught, or a native speaker wanting to share your l …

… The goal is expanding knowledge of the beautiful area we live in, as well as possibly thru cultural exchange, learning about different peoples and cultures of the world. We open to any and all suggestions on events that you feel would be of interest, either in highlighting your personal culture or one you would like to learn more about Thanks and WELCOME!!

Attn. All International Bay Area Professionals! The purpose of our meetup is to bring cultures, languages and current work experiences together during your stay in the Bay Area. We invite all young international professionals to join us, discuss their cultures, their companies, themselves and why they are here in the Bay Area. In essence bring a little bit of home with you to the MEETUP and learn about a possible place you are thinking of  heading to after your stay in the Bay Area. If you e …

… Francisco is a patient, non-judgmental and skilled teacher who helps students feel very comfortable practicing the language. The settings are very casual, the other students friendly, and the price is reasonable. I would thoroughly recommend attending one of his classes to see if you like it as much as I do! Flag this review   Photo of Charles F. Charles F. http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=d62VduX6ostWoT3h8nmJUQ   Fairfield, CA 5.0 star rating 4/2/2010 http://www.yelp.com/user_details?u …

Having recently studied Turkish in Istanbul, I would like to continue my studies. Turkish members wishing to learn a bit of english are welcome to attend to help us learn a bit of Turkish. My thoughts are to keep this group under 10-12 people. Members should expect to meet at least once a week, develop and lead a lesson once every two months, do the homework, grade other members' homework, drink chai, etc. I'm hoping to meet at a turkish restaurant at 6th ave and clement in SF once or twice a we …

Excelsior Center is a non-profit organization with over 100 years of heritage in the east bay. We are committed to developing new ways to serve the German community & German interest in the form of helping the community, promoting German language and culture through music, movies, and ongoing programs.

Hi My name is Antoine Hunter and I am deaf .I feel it is important for me to set up a place where hearing and deaf people can meet up and speak the beautiful language of Sign Language. I love sign Language and sharing things about what in our deaf community. It is VERY important for me to participating in the deaf community and culture, and may we never feel that we get enough. East bay Berkeley and Oakland- Do not often have people to come together and sign so I felt it is important to continue …