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Improve your conversational language level with Language Exchange Stockholm!!!
We have regular events for practice of Swedish, Chinese, Arabic, English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Finnish and Italian.
Thanks to all our volunteers who give up their time to help, the group has become a wonderful forum for practising languages and making new acquaintances. All our events are for free. Come and improve your fluency with the help of native speakers, and take active part of the group by helping other people who want to learn your language!
If you have any questions, you are welcome to send them to langexchsthlm@gmail.com.
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Tips for conversation:
"Interested makes interesting"! If you ask others about them, it is much more likely that they will ask you about you too :-).
Try to ask about things that have to do their opinions, feelings, experiences, conceptions, etc, rather than dry fact. If, for instance, someone tells you that they have a university degree in something, it will be more giving for the conversation to ask why they chose that education or what they liked about it, rather than how many years it took or at what university they did it.
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As from 2023, this group is financed by Dahlbergs språktjänster. You're very welcome to contact me, if you're interested in any of our services:
- Private Swedish lessons
- Translation from Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or English to Swedish
- Proof reading of texts in Swedish or English.
Best regards
Simon Dahlberg
0704977542
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- English Debate Club : News Apps - can they help us find the truth?Link visible for attendees
Disucssion topic for April 8
Can News Apps Help Us Find the Truth - Without Bias?News apps are changing the way we get information.
Some new initiatives, like Ground News, try to show different angles on the same topic from different sources to help people understand all sides. This is important because news sources tend to have biases, whether consciously from the publisher or not, and the readers often get stuck in “echo chambers,” only hearing opinions they already agree with.There are still challenges. Even if an app shows multiple viewpoints, how do we know which ones are true? Some sources can spread false or misleading information. Others may twist facts to fit a certain belief. People also have their own biases, which affect how news are interpreted.
What should the future of news apps look like, do you think?
Should they use artificial intelligence to fact-check stories in real time?
Should they highlight the reliability of each source? Should they warn readers when an article uses emotional or misleading language?
How do we balance freedom of speech with the need for truthful reporting?
Could economical incentives be a driver, e.g. a news source gets compensated for publishing information that long after publishing stay proven to be the truth?In this debate, discuss what improvements you would like to see in news apps and how they can help us find the truth without causing more division. Can technology solve the problem of bias, or is it up to individuals to think critically?
at 6pm, log onto https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83063138691
Meeting ID: 830 6313 8691
Passcode: EngDebateThe debate will begin about 18:05 or when most have gathered. The moderator, Tobias, reads the topic for the group, combined with related questions that might get us thinking. Then we put our names in the chat if we want to speak, and he calls on us (either in turn or else if someone has not spoken, he gives them priority).