{"id":42619,"date":"2026-05-18T17:44:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/?p=42619"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:44:55","slug":"icc-language-lunches-2504-en-2-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/news-en\/2026\/05\/18\/42619\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to ICC! June Language Lunches (June 9~26,2026): English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish\u00a0\u25c6First-come basis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f8ccaf5926eb52b58809ea1a6481bba2-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We\u2019re\u00a0in the middle of the spring semester now, and the campus<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">is becoming livelier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the midst of\u00a0all the excitement, ICC will be holding its popular Language Lunch event in June as well!\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:-105,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the Language lunches, you can make new friends whilst chatting<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">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\u00a0come and enjoy\u00a0chatting with people<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">from various backgrounds! You\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0need to speak the language<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">fluently, everyone from beginners to native speakers are welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For those who want to make new friends,\u00a0have the opportunity to<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">speak in foreign languages or your native language, or are<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">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\u00a0the best way to make the most of your lunch break.<\/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-contrast=\"auto\">6\/9 (Tue)\u00a0Chinese<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">6\/11 (Thu)\u00a0English<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">6\/16 (Tue)\u00a0Korean\u00a0\u202f<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">6\/18 (Thu)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">6\/23 (Fri)\u00a0Japanese\u3000<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">6\/26 (Mon)\u00a0English<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/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\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW160218210 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW160218210 BCX8\">It is a casual and first come first serve event<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW160218210 BCX8\">, so the balance of language skills in each group may vary.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW160218210 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/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<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105,&quot;335559796&quot;:-50}\"><br \/>\n<\/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":42664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[82,132],"class_list":["post-42619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-events-en","tag-talk-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42619","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=42619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42734,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42619\/revisions\/42734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}