Past meeting
The Chicago Italian Language May Meetup
(16 ratings)
Meeting Description
Organized by
- Kate (sorriso)
Details
All levels of speakers are welcome! We have a wide range of abilities from beginners to native speakers.
Great location - private room, easy parking, close to el (brown line, addison stop)
Please note the bar serves food and now carries Peroni!
Talk About This Meeting
Who Attended
It's estimated that 65 people attended.
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Fran
"How about an ice-breaker or some kind of activity at the next meet up to make it easier to talk to others." -
John Rex
"After a number of years, I'm still meeting a lot of new people in the group. It's great!" -
CJ Costante James Martello
"It was a good time meeting new people and hearing Italian spoken. I know I'll be conversant in Italian by summers end with such a cooperative group of people to practice it with. Thanks, Kate & Deb. One suggestion would be to put the sign-in/name tags on a table further back to people congregate back there and it will allow everyone to come into the room. Costante" -
Rick
"Most everyone was nice, but it would have helped to have had some facilitation. As a newcomer with minimal Italian language skills it was a bit awkward integrating into the group. As has already been suggested, some kind of icebreaker or group introduction would have been helpful. Also, turning down the bar music would have helped actually hearing whatever Italian was spoken! " -
ANTHONY
"Bella diversita' di gente!" -
Piccolo
"It was great to see all the various levels of speaks here." -
Gregory
"It might be nice if at some point during the meeting we went around the venue and introduced ourselves with 1-2 sentences. Like we do in school. ;-)" -
Sofia Gaudioso
"It would be great if the organizers introduced themselves to the group! "
Hildy
"At first I was intimidated by the fact that I knew next to nothing about the language, but as the night progressed, I was enchanted by the people there. Can't wait for the next meeting!"