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Conversation Group News

New Time and Location!

In response to participants’ requests, we are moving the time and location of the Arabic Conversation Group. The group will now meet every two weeks, on Fridays at 5pm, at Coffee By Design in East Bayside (Parking available!).

Next meeting is: Friday, October 27th, at 5pm 1 Diamond St, Portland Maine

We look forward to seeing you there!

جدول ومكان جديد

استجابة لرغبة المشاركين في مجموعة الحوار بالعربية، سنقوم بتغيير الوقت واليوم والمكان الذي كنا نعقد فيه لقاءاتنا. وعليه ستكون لقاءاتنا كالمعتاد كل أسبوعين، يوم الجمعة، الساعة الخامسة مساءً في Coffee By Design حي East Bayside للعلم ، يتوفر موقف للسيارات مجاناً.

لقاءنا القادم سيكون:

يوم الجمعة في السابع والعشرين من اكتوبر، الساعة الخامسة مساءً Coffee By Design Diamond St, Portland, ME 1 نتطلع لرؤيتكم في المكان الجديد، آملين أن نلتقيكم بكل خير ومحبة.

تحياتنا الطيبة بروك و كفاح

[arabiclanguageme]

Arabic Conversation Group

Please join us for the next meeting of the Arabic Language Conversation Group. All levels and dialects welcome.

We meet every two weeks, on Tuesdays at 3pm.   Location: Dobra Tea, Exchange St, Portland Maine 
Time: 3pm 
Date: Tuesday February 28th

  If you have suggestions or questions, please send an email to [email protected].  We’re always happy to get messages.   Thank you!

رجاءً شاركوا معنا اللقاء القادم لمجموعة حوار في اللغة العربية، كل المستويات واللهجات مرحب بها.

نلتقي كل أسبوعين، يوم الثلاثاء ء في الساعة الثالثة عصرا. المكان : مقهى دوبرا، شارع ايكسجينج، بورتلاند مين الوقت: الساعة الثالثة عصرا التاريخ : الثامن والعشرين من فبراير

إذا لديكم إقتراحات أو أسئلة ،الرجاء الإتصال بنا على البريد الالكتروني أدناه. سنكون مسرورين جدا لإستلام رسائلكم.  شكراً

[arabiclanguageme]

Conversation Group

We received your answers to the recent survey, and the preferred time is Tuesday afternoons!



Please join us for the next meeting of the Arabic Language Conversation Group. All levels and dialects welcome. We will meet every two weeks, on Tuesdays at 3pm.   Location: Dobra Tea, Exchange St, Portland Maine 
Time: 3pm 
Date: Tuesday September 13th  

If you have suggestions or questions, please send an email to [email protected].  We’re always happy to get messages.   Thank you!

استلمنا عينة من الاجابات، والتي تفضل اللقاء يوم الثلاثاء القادم، و في الساعة الثالثة عصرا.

رجاءً شاركوا معنا اللقاء القادم لمجموعة حوار في اللغة العربية، كل المستويات واللهجات مرحب بها. نلتقي كل أسبوعين، يوم الثلاثاء ء في الساعة الثالثة عصرا. المكان : مقهى دوبرا، شارع ايكسجينج، بورتلاند مين الوقت: الساعة الثالثة عصرا التاريخ : الثلاثاء، الثالث عشر من سبتمبر

إذا لديكم إقتراحات أو أسئلة ،الرجاء الإتصال بنا على البريد الالكتروني أدناه. سنكون مسرورين جدا لإستلام رسائلكم.  شكراً

[tuulialms]

Conversation group, 11th meeting

(21st of April)

This was my last conversation group meeting. We talked about traveling mostly, where we have been and where we would like to go. Also languages were a topic, as always. We talked about how in some countries it’s hard to get by with only English, but in other places you can manage without knowing the local languages. 

Overall, my experience with the group was great. It boosted my confidence a lot! Now I know I can actually communicate fairly well in English, even about complex topics such as religion or philosophy. I’ve also learned a lot from the other members of the group. We all have such different interests, so each of us has knowledge and vocabulary that they can teach the others.

Conversation group: +2hrs

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Conversation group, 9th and 10th meetings

(31st of March and 7th of April)

Even though our group was supposed to end after the 8th meeting, we decided to keep going. Our group works really well together and I think we all have improved tremendously.

There are two new members in our group. On the first meeting we were split up into two groups, and since the other group decided to quit, we took the two women into our group. That’s why the last two meetings have consisted mostly of getting to know each other. It has been interesting, though, because the new members are a bit older compared to the rest of our group, and so they have different experiences and points of view.

The new members have kids who are teenagers, so we’ve talked a lot about our teenage years. It’s interesting to hear about the differences between our experiences. We’ve also talked about our fields of study and what we’d like to do with our degrees.

I’m really glad I joined the group, so far it has been a great experience, both socially and learning-wise.

Conversation group: +4hrs

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Conversation group, 7th and 8th meetings

(10th and 17th of March)

Our conversations have started to flow quite naturally. We don’t really need to come up with specific topics, usually we just start talking about our lives or current events and the conversation keeps going by itself. 

Because of the Australian exchange student, languages and cultures are topics we keep coming back to. He’s learning Finnish, so we’ve talked about the differences in languages and the process of learning a new language. Same goes for our cultures. There are so many differences in education and life overall, so it’s always interesting to talk about our experiences growing up in Finland or Australia.

Conversation group: +4hrs

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Conversation group, 6th meeting

This time we had a few articles to talk about.

The first article was about a young woman who had made an art project by pretending to be a stereotypical “Instagram girl” through social media. We had a long conversation about our use of social media, how identity is presented through social media and the limitations of art. 

The second article was about animals, their cultures, emotions and intelligence. We talked about animal rights and how humans have elevated themselves, thinking that other species don’t have similar emotional lives.

The last article was about the international women’s day. The conversation was cut a bit short because our time was up, but we talked a bit about if women’s day is necessary for equality or if it’s just an excuse for flowers and chocolate.

Overall, the conversations were good as always. It was less natural though, because of the articles, but I guess that was quite refreshing for a change.

Conversation group: +2hrs