Mucho Gusto Bilingual Spanish-English Toastmasters Club is a group to practice your Spanish and English speaking skills. Join us to become a better speaker and presenter, improve your listening skills and develop your leadership skills. Learn at your own pace in a supportive and fun atmosphere. Guests are always welcome and free. Membership fee applies. Come to one of our meetings to learn more. We are part of Toastmasters International. For more information about the educational program and lea …

Silicon Valley Japanese-English Toastmasters (SVJETS) is a bilingual public speaking club for Japanese and English. Whether you need to improve your presentation skills for work, or are just looking to brush up your conversation, SVJETS is the best place for both Japanese and English speaking people! Our meetings feature interesting speeches, good jokes, and table topics Q&A sessions that challenges people to answer on the spot. Guests are welcome to participate in the table topics sessions, …

Are you looking to improve your American English pronunciation or accent? Are you a Silicon Valley professional who uses English for business? Are you looking for opportunities to network and meet other professionals who speak English as a Second Language? This meetup is a support group for professionals looking to improve their American English pronunciation and accent. We are supported by Ovient English (http://www.ovient.com), a Silicon Valley company that provides English Training for Profes …

You are learning Chinese and believe real casual interaction is the best way to go? You lived in China and fear to lose your leve l now that you are in the USA? You are Chinese and want to help laowai perfect their tones and maybe learn some English, French, Spanish... From Chinese 'tong' expert to curious everyone is welcome to meet-up for a milk tea and chat in mandarin! Here is a dropbox of some Chinese learning materials. http://db.tt/RxHwRAiQ Hope you enjoy it and shoot me an email if you …

Are you a business professional who speaks English as a Second Language? Are you looking for opportunities to discuss business and news in English and get feedback? Meetup with others in your area who are also interested in learning and practicing professional English, pronunciation, business conversation, and small talk. Open to adult professionals. All levels are welcome! Membership is free! (This group is hosted by Ovient English. On the Web at http://www.ovient.com.)

Increase Your Revenue or turbo-charge your resume! Learn to speak Chinese! "If the 19th century belonged to Britain, and the 20th century to the United States, then the 21st century will surely belong to China. My advice: Make sure your kids learn Chinese." - Jim Rogers, Worth Magazine Weekly Chinese Language Classes Where: 1731 Technology Drive, #400, San Jose When: Every Wednesday Night, 6:30 – 7:30 PM RSVP: Suifei Huang: jrsuifei@hotmail.com Do you want to learn to speak Mandarin both sociall …

Meet and mingle with fellow Chinese Speakers & Culture Lovers! Come to a Chinese Language Meetup to practice speaking, meet new people and learn something new! All ages and levels welcome. Use it or lose it sums up how successful any effort to learn another language will be. With this in mind, this meetup group is a place for anyone learning and wanting to improve their Mandarin skills. Whether you are a student, ABC brushing up on skills, self taught, or a native speaker wanting to share your l …

This group is for people who love learning and practicing languages. Come meet cool language aficionados, share your native language, practice any language you are learning, and mingle and meet interesting, worldly people. Our events will focus on mingling or attending fun language events in the Peninsula.

Expose your child to a second language with Madres Latinas of Silicon Valley playgroup. Join us for park play dates and field trips to encourage the development of Spanish as a first or second language. Main purpose is to encourage parents to practice their Spanish alongside their children. Participe en nuestro grupo de Madres Latinas de Silicon Valley para utilizar su Español y desarrollar este idioma en sus niños. Vamos a jugar en parques locales y hacer actividades con otras familias!

This group is for American raised moms of Japanese descent. We straddle the line between being raised here in America, but having strong ties to our cultural heritage and often the unique experience of having grown up in homes where Japanese culture was predominant. This group is mainly an English speaking group but we can happily all work on our Japanese together (and maybe work on it with our kids too) if you are a Japanese speaker. The goal for this group is ideally for us to make solid frien …

This group is for all signers and lovers of American Sign Language. If you're like me, you believe the best way to learn a language is to practice and be around other people who use it. Although there are some other ASL groups in Northern California, many have joined our group. San Jose ASL meetup continues to thrive because our members are diverse not only in their levels of ASL ability but also in hearing, hard of hearing, PODA's/CODA's, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, age, sexual orien …

Shape your words and future. Overcome fear of  PUBLIC SPEAKING. Develop  Leadership Skills, Confidence. Practice  Advanced Communication. Deliver Impressive Speeches and Presentations. Improve Pronunciation, Grammar and Accent. Learn New words, Phrases, Body language, Vocal variety and Effective use of the Stage. Learn  Secrets of Outstanding Public Speakers.  ICC ArtICCulators is a Toastmasters club which is located in Milpitas, this club will help you improve public speaking as well as pr …

Grupo para conectarse con amigos, crear nuevas amistades y divertirse con otros profesionales hispanos/latinos en el Valle Del Silicio. Diferentes actividades son planeadas, como Carne Asadas/Parrilladas, asistiendo a restaurantes latinoamericanos, algunas veces bailar salsa, servicio comunitario, o otras ideas aportadas por el grupo. Sugerencias son bienvenidas.Para unirse, hay que ser:- Profesional Hispano/Latino.- Profesional no-hispano, pero habla español.

We gather monthly to spend time in community with those who are interested in chanting from various global cultures. We chant in various languages, such as Sanskrit, Arabic, English, Latin, etc.... We invite various musicians from the surrounding bay area to lead and to co-lead chants. It is a sharing circle, so we encourage you to bring and share a chant of your choosing. We have potluck for the first hour 7 - 8 pm and chant from 8 - 10 pm in a cozy home atmosphere. We meet in a private residen …

El acelerado ritmo de la vida a veces hace que nos olvidemos de lo importante que es la conexion con nuestra luz interior, intuicion, o ser superior. Tambien es cierto que la vida es mucho mejor cuando tenemos amigos en busca de los mismos intereses. Este es un grupo que busca brindar un espacio de re-conexion con nuestro espiritu y su relacion con el cuerpo y la mente mientras formamos nuevas y significativas amistades. Tendremos tanto actividades sociales como actividades de crecimiento person …

Hosted by a certified teacher who is specialized in teaching/designing multimedia materials, this is a meetup for Chinese learners who want to progress with a structural course. There will be print-outs each time. We will look at pronunciation, grammar, dialogue, and listening comprehension. The goal is to improve and maintain your proficiency with systematic and structural lessons. If you seriously want to improve, this is the meetup for you. Where: Coffee shop inside Barnes & Nobel @ Hillsdale …

This group is for teachers, tutors, and trainers who are either self-employed or are looking to start up their own businesses. Join us if you want to learn and share ideas about marketing, operations, organization, and other topics, issues, and opportunities that come up as you run your business. Learn more about being a self-employed teacher here: http://selfemployedteacher.com

TEC - The Entrepreneurs Club (formely CoolTechClub) is a strong international multi-ethnic network of high-tech entrepreneurs, executives and other professionals. Our members speak English, Russian, Hebrew and many other European languages. We are headquartered in the Silicon Valley and hold regular meetings in Palo Alto, New York and Moscow. Our goals are: * To provide a networking platform for high-tech entrepreneurs coming to Silicon Valley and other high-tech centers from different countr …