Hello, CJK Experts! Don’t you feel it's hard to fill the gap between your level and native-speakers’ level? Are you looking for partners to practice your Chinese, Japanese or Korean (CJK) in an immerse environment? This meetup group is the right fit for you!! We practice Chinese, Japanese and Korean through interpretation methods such as quick response, shadowing, reproduction, retention, sight translation, summarization, etc. These methods enable you highly concentrate on listening, understandi …

Best Wishes for 2013 !!! We would like to extend to you, all your loved family members and friends our warmest wishes for a very happy, healthy, and prosperous 2013. This Meetup group was founded on October 10, 2005 by a lady from Vietnam who hosted language and dining events in Brooklyn, New York. She named me as her assistant before stepping down. I rescued it prior to its closing by Meetup, Inc. as the new group organizer on April 11, 2006. I added Chinese, French, English and Portuguese to …

If you are a native speaker or an advanced level learner of English who would like to meet fascinating people from all over the world, this group is for you! We offer a variety of meetups that allow members to explore the many exciting things to do and see in the New York City area. Also, our message board allows you to ask and respond to questions about the English language, American culture and living in New York City. Before you can join, please read through our *About Us* section. The …

Hi, Mercedes from Meetup here... we are in the process of translating Meetup into Spanish! We could use the help of people who are extremely fluent in Spanish and English to review the translations we receive from our professional translators. If you are NOT fluent, please don't join. This Meetup Group is NOT for people interested in learning the Spanish language or more about the culture. We realize that depending upon what country or region you are in, Spanish can be spoken different ways …

This group was created to provide a service to the general public and allow individuals to experience Chinatown from an insider's perspective. This is not the typical dining out group. Our aim is to allow you to experience eating an authentic Asian meal with authentic Asian dishes with an Asian translator to help you to really experience the meal. You will be taught what the names of the dishes are, how to order it and what's the best ways to eat each dish. We are looking to provide truly authen …

If you enjoy reading books written by French / francophone authors and would like to discuss them with other lovers of French Fiction in French, this is a group for you. We try to pick books that are both well written and likely to interest the greatest number of people, including works considered modern (or even classic) classics and more recent prize winners. These books are picked and discussed by our member group, both through polls and at our meetups over a cup of hot chocolate, a cup of co …

As many of you know, there are several different Chinese meetup groups in New York. At most of these meetups, speakers of all levels are welcome. This means that quite a large percentage of the conversation tends to be in English. To learn and improve, it's necessary to immerse oneself and not to feel as if you can just switch to English anytime you want. I have started this meetup to create a place where intermediate, advanced, or native speakers can go and speak entirely in Chinese. Sure, you …

A gathering of all those interested in the discussion and study of signs, meaning systems, web science, thinking, language, and knowledge in digital and web spaces. Open to all disciplines: All interested individuals are welcome, including academics, philosophers, advertising professionals, communications professionals, independent researchers, computer scientists, digital anthropologists, linguists, designers, information architects, user experience, human interaction, developers, localization, …

This is a group that has been long in the making, a group for Russian Jewish expats, children of Russian Jewish expats, or Russian speakers who are Jewish in identity and culture, but perhaps minimally in practice. In my movement through the American Jewish world, it has become very clear that the Russian Jewish identity is complex and difficult to translate even when language is no longer a barrier. So, I think it would be great for fellow Russian Jews to get together and begin exploring the pr …

Hello! This Group learns Russian Language with help of PIMSLEUR Audio Course "Russian 1", (Third Edition, 30 Russian Language Lessons, 16 Compact Discs). The original PIMSLEUR course doesn't have all reading lessons for Russian 1, and no dialogues.  So, I'm giving for each student all audio materials printed, and they "could see what they hear ". Each Lesson usually has Vocabulary and Dialogues of two Units of PIMSLEUR course (printed), plus accents, translations, transliterations, etc.  It is a …

The Four Noble Truths are not any religion at all. They are a methodology: 1. to understand the problem; 2. to realize the origination of the problem; 3. to cease the problem only if the origination of the problem is ceased; 4. to establish the procedure and path to cease the origination of the problem; 5. to practice the right path to cease the problem; 6. to liberate from the problem. There are no formal prerequisites and the classes are free. Let's explore the original teachings of the histor …

"You've seen The Secret, now learn how to apply it!" The movie & book "The Secret" and the Abraham-Hicks lectures & publications have done an incredible job exposing us to the laws of deliberate creation. However, it is not enough to know the theories; we must also be able to apply them effectively in our day-to-day lives. Sam Liebowitz translates the abstract, complex principles of the Laws of Attraction, Deliberate Creation, and Allowing into simple, practical concepts that are easy to un …

Copy is in the eye of the reader. This is an internal Meetup I'm starting to start modernizing how we do translations and promote the idea that Meetup could be more attractive to those whose first language is not English. We care about our english copy, we should care about the quality of our translations.

In this introductory workshop women will explore feminine psychology. Using myths and archetypes we will translate psychological concepts into womens’ language. Discovering the Greek Goddess archetypes within allows for a new understanding of childhood, relationship to self and the body, relationship to men and women, sexuality, spirituality, family, work, and psychological difficulties. The insights gained through this ancient wisdom create new ways of seeing and of overcoming limitations. With …