Hello

I'm writing to introduce The Language Lounge, which is south London's first meet-up group for people who want to learn, revive and practise their languages.

We meet every second Thursday in the function room of the Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE, from 7 to 10.30pm. Next meet-up is on Thursday August 21.

Currently we offer small friendly classes in French (false beginners upwards), Spanish (beginner to advanced) Italian (beginner class/more advanced conversation), Portuguese (beginners/more advanced conversation) and English (intermediate). We also have members who are looking for classes/language swaps in Russian, Swedish, Albanian, Indonesian, Mandarin and Shona.

So far membership has been free but we may need to introduce a small fee soon, not least because of the waste of resources from some people booking classes but not turning up.

If you would like to join the group please take a look at the website: http://language.meetup.com/126/ .