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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/Untitled.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title=' DC Club Gives Learners Chance to Practice Japanese, Other Languages' data-article-id='2974'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9021'>As a language learner, what is one thing you wish you had more of a chance to do?</span> <span data-start-time='9021' data-end-time='18042'>For many, the answer is having people around to practice with in the target language.</span> <span data-start-time='18042' data-end-time='28208'>One club in Washington, D.C., is offering language learners a chance to do just that.</span> <span data-start-time='28208' data-end-time='36479'>Conversational DC plans informal, free events in seven languages.</span> <span data-start-time='36479' data-end-time='42708'>The gatherings take place at Washington-area cafes or bars.</span> <span data-start-time='42708' data-end-time='50000'>Participants buy a drink and practice the language as much as they can.</span> <span data-start-time='50000' data-end-time='53646'>Speaking English is discouraged.</span> <span data-start-time='53646' data-end-time='59125'>Lauren Aitken started Conversational DC last year.</span> <span data-start-time='59125' data-end-time='64604'>She describes it as a “language immersion social club.”</span> <span data-start-time='64604' data-end-time='69292'>The club welcomes learners of all levels.</span> <span data-start-time='69292' data-end-time='73042'>Some are just beginning their studies.</span> <span data-start-time='73042' data-end-time='77563'>Others are already fluent speakers of the language.</span> <span data-start-time='77563' data-end-time='81875'>They can wear stickers that say “facilitator.”</span> <span data-start-time='81875' data-end-time='89083'>They are there to answer questions and help guide conversations if needed.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/D9EC0CE3-C53D-4E42-BF52-0BD111ECFDD1_cx0_cy3_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=10411 data-hint-location='50000' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/what_does_discouraged_mean.m4a'>What does discouraged mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to try to make people not want to do something'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/to_drive_slowly.m4a'><span>to drive slowly</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/to_solicit_doortodoor.m4a'><span>to solicit door-to-door</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/to_try_to_make_people_not_want_to_do_something.m4a'><span>to try to make people not want to do something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/to_reduce_the_price_of_something.m4a'><span>to reduce the price of something</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=10412 data-hint-location='28208' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/conversational_dc_plans_informal_free_events_in_how_many_languages.m4a'>Conversational DC plans informal, free events in how many languages?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='seven'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/two.m4a'><span>two</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/twenty.m4a'><span>twenty</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/twelve.m4a'><span>twelve</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/seven.m4a'><span>seven</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10413 data-hint-location='42708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/participants_buy_a_drink_and__blank__as_much_as_they_can.m4a'>Participants buy a drink and <span class='blank'>practice the language</span> as much as they can.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='practice the language'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/make_coffee.m4a'><span>make coffee</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/practice_the_language.m4a'><span>practice the language</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/run_sprints.m4a'><span>run sprints</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2427/read.m4a'><span>read</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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