What we’re about
Improve your conversational language level with Language Exchange Stockholm!!!
We have regular events for practice of Swedish, Chinese, Arabic, English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Finnish and Italian.
Thanks to all our volunteers who give up their time to help, the group has become a wonderful forum for practising languages and making new acquaintances. All our events are for free. Come and improve your fluency with the help of native speakers, and take active part of the group by helping other people who want to learn your language!
If you have any questions, you are welcome to send them to langexchsthlm@gmail.com.
-----
Tips for conversation:
"Interested makes interesting"! If you ask others about them, it is much more likely that they will ask you about you too :-).
Try to ask about things that have to do their opinions, feelings, experiences, conceptions, etc, rather than dry fact. If, for instance, someone tells you that they have a university degree in something, it will be more giving for the conversation to ask why they chose that education or what they liked about it, rather than how many years it took or at what university they did it.
-----
As from 2023, this group is financed by Dahlbergs språktjänster. You're very welcome to contact me, if you're interested in any of our services:
- Private Swedish lessons
- Translation from Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or English to Swedish
- Proof reading of texts in Swedish or English.
Best regards
Simon Dahlberg
0704977542
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- English Debate Club : Whose time counts? Clock time vs. event timeLink visible for attendees
Debate topic for August 19
Whose Time Counts? Clock Time vs. Event Time
When someone says, “You’re late,” and another replies, “It’s not time yet,” they may be showing two very different ways of thinking about time.In today’s industrialized world, time is generally ruled by the clock.
Work starts at 9:00, lunch is at 12:30, and tasks have deadlines. In this “clock time” mindset, being on time shows respect, responsibility, and efficiency. Time is something to measure, manage, and use well.But in other places, other traditions, time follows the flow of events, not the ticking of a watch. In this “event time” way of thinking, things happen when the right conditions are met. A conversation begins when everyone is ready, planting starts when the rains arrive, healing finishes when it is truly complete.
The moment decides the timing, not the clock.
Neither approach is wrong, but our global systems: schools, workplaces, aid programs, healthcare, are built mostly on clock time. This is difficult for people who live by event time. They may be seen as slow, unreliable, unproductive, when in fact they are responding to natural rhythms or social readiness.
This can cause misunderstandings. A student from an event-time culture might have trouble with strict schedules. A community may not be ready to start a project just because an outside donor’s deadline says so.
A person might be pressured into a major decision before it feels right.In this debate season premiere, we discuss: In a world organized by clocks, how can we - and should we - make space for event time? Whose sense of time should set the rules?
at 6pm, log onto https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83063138691
Meeting ID: 830 6313 8691
Passcode: EngDebateThe debate will begin about 18:05 or when most have gathered. The moderator, Tobias, reads the topic for the group, combined with related questions that might get us thinking. Then we put our names in the chat if we want to speak, and he calls on us (either in turn or else if someone has not spoken, he gives them priority).
