{"id":35155,"date":"2025-03-05T10:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T01:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/?p=35155"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:12:59","slug":"icc-language-lunches-2504-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/news\/2025\/03\/05\/35155\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to ICC! April Language Lunches (2026\/4\/10~30): English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French \u25c6First-come basis\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9e76e342e2102f871c63ba24043deffa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Welcome to WASEDA!\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Any plans for your lunch break?\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Join us at the ICC Language Lunches! No fee or registration required.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the Language lunches, you can make new friends whilst chatting in your native language or practicing languages you are learning.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bring your own lunch and come and enjoy chatting with people from various backgrounds! You don\u2019t need to speak the language fluently, everyone from beginners to native speakers are welcome.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For those who want to make new friends, have the opportunity to speak in foreign languages or your native language, or are interested in other cultures, please join the ICC Language Lunch.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It\u2019s the best way to make the most of your lunch break.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">See you at the ICC Lounge!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Dates<\/h5>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">4\/10 (Thu) English<br \/>\n4\/15 (Tue) Chinese<br \/>\n4\/18 (Fri) Japanese<br \/>\n4\/22 (Tue) Korean<br \/>\n<\/span>4\/24 (Thu) English<br \/>\n4\/28 (Mon) Japanese<br \/>\n4\/30 (Wed) French<\/p>\n<h5>Time<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">12:20-13:00 (Come and go as you please)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Place<\/h5>\n<p>ICC Lounge (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/en\/about\/facility\/#anc_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bldg 3, Room 111<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h5>Eligibility &amp; Capacity<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Waseda Students, Faculty and Staff;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\">\u00a0about 50 people<br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">*Please bring your Waseda ID card.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Languages<\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103552501 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103552501 BCX0\">See schedule above<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Language Level<\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103552501 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103552501 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW66971817 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW66971817 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW111174416 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111174416 BCX0\">From beginners to native speakers, all are welcome!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103552501 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103552501 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW66971817 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW66971817 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW111174416 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111174416 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW143674884 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW143674884 BCX8\">It&#8217;s a casual, first come first served event, so the balance of language skills in each group may vary.<br \/>\nCome and join us!<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW143674884 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Fee<\/h5>\n<p>Free<\/p>\n<h5>Registration<\/h5>\n<p>Not necessary &#8211; First come, first served!<\/p>\n<h5>Notices<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Meiryo UI\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Food &amp; drink allowed.\u00a0 <span class=\"TextRun SCXW28449099 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW28449099 BCX8\"> (No meals are provided. Please bring your own lunch)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Meiryo UI\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Seats cannot be saved. If you want to attend with a friend, please come in together. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559795&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Meiryo UI\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Please read and confirm your understanding of ICC\u2019s policies on Cancellation, Food Allergens, and Reasonable Accommodations (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/en\/events\/before-joining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">).\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559795&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5>Enquiries<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ICC\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105,&quot;335559796&quot;:-50}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tel: 03-5286-3990<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105,&quot;335559796&quot;:-50}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW201298383 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=clGGs4eYOkuJ_5WjW5L0w1bf-PYKhMNEuRRv6rKz6ztUMFlDUkU4U0w4R01MSEVPRk1BVjBYR0NVSiQlQCN0PWcu&amp;route=shorturl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW201298383 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW201298383 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Contact Form<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW201298383 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW201298383 BCX8\">\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeHoveredV2 PointComment CommentHighlightHovered SCXW201298383 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559737&quot;:-105,&quot;335559796&quot;:-50}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practice languages and make friends at the ICC Lounge during lunch time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[82,132],"class_list":["post-35155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-events-en","tag-talk-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41282,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35155\/revisions\/41282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}