Romance Language Cafe
About the Event
Do you speak Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian, or another Romance language at B1 level or higher? ¡Bienvenidos! – Bem-vindos! – Bienvenus! – Benvenuti! – Bine ai venit! Whether you're a learner or a native speaker – this space is for you!
Between 18 September - 11 December, Språkstudion Language Learning Resource Centre at Stockholm University and Sprachenzentrum at University of Salzburg organise on each Thursday the Romance Language Cafe - an event bringing together students who speak any Romance language for a plurilingual exchange: you speak Italian, your conversation partner speaks French, someone else speaks Romanian – and you can still understand each other.
How is that possible?
Thanks to their common origin, Romance languages have similar vocabulary (e.g. es. universidad, pt. universidad, fr. université, it. università, ro. universitate) and comparable grammar structures, i.e. a high degree of mutual intelligibility – even if you’ve never studied the other language.
Improve your language skills and discover new Romance languages
The Romance Language Cafe helps you practice expressing yourself clearly and accessibly, even for people who don’t speak your exact language. You’ll develop cross-language communication strategies, such as:
- slowing down your speech
- repeating and paraphrasing words and phrases
- using words with shared roots across languages
- supporting your speech with gestures or visual cues
Whether you're brushing up your language skills, exploring new varieties, or just curious about how far Romance-language understanding can go —
and be part of a plurilingual experience!
Pratical informations
The Romance Language Cafe takes place every Thursday between 18 September - 11 December from 2:00 to 2:50 P.M. (CEST). No registration required.
Speakers
The event is led by Dr. Cristoph Hülsmann, Senior Scientist at Sprachenzentrum. All students and staff at CIVIS universities are welcome to participate.