Lanarkshire language learners invited to new conversation cafe

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A free conversational cafe to help speakers of other languages to learn English has been relaunched at a busy Lanarkshire venue.Run by college lecturer Khadija Hadji, the fortnightly Saturday-morning sessions take place at Summerlee museum in Coatbridge and have so far had 20 people attending, including a number of refugees from Ukraine who have moved to North Lanarkshire.They began their initial sessions by chatting about topics including Hogmanay traditions and Christmas crafts, and are lining up a host of plans including future guests, ceilidhs and even group trips.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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She told Lanarkshire Live: “It’s been very popular already; there are people in the group from Ukraine, Poland and Pakistan, and it’s all about practising language skills, mingling together and doing something in the community. “We asked on the first day what people wanted to learn and be able to converse about and they were all really keen to learn everything about Scottish culture; so we spoke about all the Hogmanay traditions and found there are similar things to first footing to bring good