The Text and Discourse Analysis Learning Community brings together students from different European universities, offering them an opportunity to put their discourse and language skills into practice in a virtual Language Café.
The Language Café is designed as a series of online meetings of pairs or small groups of students across Eutopia who collaborate to explore discourse and text in use through lively conversation with their peers. Intended for advanced-level foreign language students, the Language Café involves chatting and exchanging opinions on a range of different topics in French, German, Italian, Spanish and English. The virtual meetings are recorded, and the recordings are made available to Eutopia participants to use as research material for discourse analysis projects. This endeavour aims to enrich the students’ learning experience, and eventually grow to involve further collaboration among the students.
Learning Community Activities
Past Activities
- Language Café – an EUTOPIA Languages Week activity 3-6 March 2025
EUTOPIA’s Language Café is an excellent opportunity for learners of French, German, Italian, Spanish and English to have a virtual discussion via MS Teams with students from other universities of the EUTOPIA alliance. Join us during the EUTOPIA Languages Week in March! Your conversations, aimed to enhance your speaking and interpersonal skills, will be recorded and available to use as research material by those interested in Text and Discourse Analysis
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to practise speaking and share experiences with students from other countries! Register now and make new friends!
The following time slots are available:
Monday (3 March) 17:00 CET (16:00 UK) – English & French
Tuesday (4 March) 13:00 CET (12:00 UK) – French & German
Wednesday (5 March) 17:00 CET (16:00 UK) – Italian & Spanish
Thursday (6 March) 13:00 CET (12:00 UK) – English & Spanish
Sign up at: https://forms.office.com/e/kBdKyQvQ3q
Links to join sessions will be sent to you after your registration.Modality: Online (MS Teams)
- Language Café – 18-21 November 2024
EUTOPIA’s Language Café took place from Monday to Friday 18-21 November
2024. It was an opportunity for learners of French, German, Italian, Spanish and
English (±B1/B2 language level CEFR) to have a virtual discussion to practise their
speaking. We put participants in small groups from different universities in the
EUTOPIA alliance. Participants had the opportunity to converse with their cohorts on any topic they desired. The
conversations were recorded so that students studying Discourse Analysis can
use them afterwards as research material.
Modality: Online (MS Teams)
- Language Café – an EUTOPIA Languages Week activity 4-7 March 2024
EUTOPIA’s Language Café was an opportunity for learners of French, German, Italian, Spanish and
English (±B1/B2 language level CEFR) to have a virtual discussion to practice their
speaking. We put participants in small groups from different universities in the
EUTOPIA alliance. Participants had the opportunity to converse with their cohorts on any topic they desired. The
conversations were recorded so that students studying Discourse Analysis could
use them afterwards as research material. The Language Café took place during EUTOPIA’s Language Week
from 4-8 March 2024.
Modality: Online (MS Teams)
- Language Café – November 13th-16th 2023
EUTOPIA’s Language Café took place from Monday 13 to Friday 16 November
2023. It was an opportunity for learners of French, German, Italian, Spanish and
English (±B1/B2 language level CEFR) to have a virtual discussion to practise their
speaking. We put participants in small groups from different universities in the
EUTOPIA alliance. Participants had the opportunity to converse with their cohorts on any topic they desired. The
conversations were recorded so that students studying Discourse Analysis could
use them afterwards as research material.
Modality: Online (MS Teams)
- Language Café – an EUTOPIA Languages Week activity – March 6th-9th 2023
EUTOPIA’s Language Café was an opportunity for learners of French, German, Italian, Spanish and
English (±B1/B2 language level CEFR) to have a virtual discussion to practise their
speaking. We put participants in small groups from different universities in the
EUTOPIA alliance. Participants had the opportunity to converse with their cohorts on any topic they desired. The
conversations were recorded so that students studying Discourse Analysis could
use them afterwards as research material. The Language Café takes place during EUTOPIA’s Language Week
from March 6th to 10th 2023.
Modality: Online (MS Teams)
- Languages in Use Week – November 21st-25th 2022 (3rd iteration)
EUTOPIA’s 3rd Languages in use week took place from Monday 21 to Friday 25 November
2022. It was an opportunity for learners of French, German, Italian, Spanish and
English (±B1/B2 language level CEFR) to have a virtual discussion to practise their
speaking. We put participants in small groups from different universities in the
EUTOPIA alliance. Participants had the opportunity to converse with their cohorts on any topic they desired. The
conversations were recorded so that students studying Discourse Analysis could
use them afterwards as research material.
Modality: Online (MS Teams) Languages in Use Week March 3rd-11th 2022 (2nd iteration)
EUTOPIA’s 2nd Languages in use week took place from Monday 7 to Friday 11 March
2022. It was an opportunity for learners of French, German, Italian, Spanish and
English (±B1/B2 language level CEFR) to have a virtual discussion to practise their
speaking. We put participants in small groups from different universities in the
EUTOPIA alliance. Participants had the opportunity to converse with their cohorts on any topic they desired. The
conversations were recorded so that students studying Discourse Analysis could
use them afterwards as research material.
Modality: Online (MS Teams)
Short coverage for EUTOPIA News: See the short article related to the activity.
- Languages in Use Week March 3rd-11th 2022 (2nd iteration)
EUTOPIA’s 2nd Languages in use week took place from Monday 7 to Friday 11 March
2022. It was an opportunity for learners of French, German, Italian, Spanish and
English (±B1/B2 language level CEFR) to have a virtual discussion to practise their
speaking. We put participants in small groups from different universities in the
EUTOPIA alliance. Participants had the opportunity to converse with their cohorts on any topic they desired. The
conversations were recorded so that students studying Discourse Analysis could
use them afterwards as research material.
Modality: Online (MS Teams)
Short coverage for EUTOPIA News: See the short article related to the activity.
How to get involved?
(Students and educators)
Contact the Learning Community assistant: Florian Klauser (florian.klauser@ff.uni-lj.si)