Language Exchange Society

Who we are

The Language Exchange Society brings language learners from all nationalities together at the University of Stirling. We encourage you to attend our free face-to-face and online events organised by students who share their native language. Help us build an inclusive and enthusiastic language learning community! Students, members of staff and local community welcome.

History

In spring 2021, the Language Exchange Society (LES) was founded to provide students the opportunity to learn and practice a new language outside their degree programme, in view of the lack of evening language courses at uni. We created a Microsoft Teams page that is accessible to all students, members of staff and the local community. Since then, we have grown our team, moved to in-person events and at the Clubs & Societies Awards 2022 we won the Best Publicity and the Club of Culture awards, and received an honourable mention for both Club of the Year and Biggest Contribution to the Student Body. Thanks to our members, in 2023 we received the Club of the Year award, and Most Innovative Idea award for a society collaboration. We couldn't be happier!

Our team

Our committee is mostly made up of international students. If you want to contribute to the society and share your language, email us at stir.languageexchange@gmail.com. If you want to become a member with voting rights in the Language Exchange Society, purchase your membership for £5 through the Students Union website.

Our current committee consists of:

Vegas (President)
Jules (Vice President)
Arlo (Secretary)
Amalia (Treasurer)
Lina (Publicity and Events Officer)
Malaika (Language Officer)
Antoaneta (Podcast Officer)

Vacancies

As of January 2024, we are currently looking for enthusiastic students for the following roles:

Italian Language Lead
Mandarin Language Lead
Arabic Language Lead
Editor for our podcast
Host for our podcast
Researcher for our podcast

Please also let us know if you would like to run for the committee for next academic year by mid-March 2024!

If you or sb you know are up to the task, let us know by emailing us at stir.languageexchange@gmail.com.

Free BSL classes - starting 13th Feb 2024

With the support of the Stirling Fund, we have offered a British Sign Language (BSL) and Deaf Awareness course during previous semesters in autumn 2022 and spring 2023, free and open to staff, students and members of the local community. The signup form is now online and can be accessed here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEQtR_f_nEz7OygtxTS5xCWmWMhzGwIvmo_ZqBYkwha2hM1Q/viewform

Make sure to sign up quickly before we run out of very limited spaces ;)

Find social media & other links here: https://linktr.ee/languageexchangesociety

Join us on this exciting language and culture journey!