Contact

Postal Address

Bilingual Families Perth
PO Box 517
Mount Hawthorn WA 6915
AUSTRALIA 

E-mail:info(at)bilingualfamilies(dot)net

Language Connections

Please also check our most recent Bilinguals Connect requests on our home page.

Language	Contact	in Person	Telephone
Arabic	Maria	maria(dot)c(dot)maggi(at)gmail(dot)com	0428 130 091
Czech	Tereza	Saturdays, Woodlands	(04) 2850 1010(04) 2850 1010
Dutch	Diana	Saturdays 10-12pm, Cottesloe	(04) 8816 4058(04) 8816 4058
Finnish	Jenni	Wednesdays 9:30-11:30, Northern suburbs	(04) 0761 0669(04) 0761 0669
French	Sonia (children 4-8 years)	Bonjour Kids Recreational Centre, Woodvale, http://www.bonjourkids.com.au	(04) 3229 7410(04) 3229 7410
German	Silvia	Kingsley Playgroup has three German-speaking groups (Monday 9:15am, Friday 9:15am and 11:30am) Kingsley(dot)Playgroup(at)gmail(dot)com	(08) 9487 0705(08) 9487 0705
German		Bayswater Playgroup, Thursday arvo,  bayswaterplaygroup(at)gmail(dot)com
Greek	Lisa	Claremont, Thursdays, for primary school aged children	(08) 9402 2816(08) 9402 2816
Hakka	Amy	gilesandkok(at)iinet(dot)net(dot)au	(04) 1211 1434(04) 1211 1434
Italian	Silvia	Kingsley Playgroup, date and time TBA, Kingsley(dot)Playgroup(at)gmail(dot)com	(08) 9487 0705(08) 9487 0705
Mandarin	Silvia	Kingsley Playgroup, Tuesday afternoon,  Kingsley(dot)Playgroup(at)gmail(dot)com	(08) 9487 0705(08) 9487 0705
Russian, Ukrainian	Lena	lena(dot)garina(at)gmail(dot)com	(04) 2810 9493(04) 2810 9493
Serbian, Bosnian	Stefan	Stefan(dot)Mocevic(at)se1(dot)bp(dot)com
Spanish	Raquel	New playgroup to start North of river	(04) 3167 1011(04) 3167 1011
Other Languages	Irma	after hours	(08) 9443 9796(08) 9443 9796

Please click on the name to send an e-mail to our volunteer language coordinators.  

How to meet same language speakers

1. Search for groups that connect people who speak your language through meet-up.

As of 18 March 2014, Meet-up-Groups connects speakers and learners of

• Afrikaans - South Apricans in Perth, South African Perth Community
• French: French Learners Conversation Group, French Conversationalists, Perth French Language Social Meet-up
• German - Perth German Language Group
• Italian - Parliamo Italiano
• Japanese - Perth Japanese Language and culture Club
• Korean - Korean Culture and Language Group
• Mandarin - English Mandarin Language Exchange
• Persian - Persian in Perth
• Polish - Perthidni
• Spanish - Perth Spanish Language Meet-up Group
• Sri Lankan - Sri Lankan Food and Culture Lover

Find more details for all languages: http://www.meetup.com/cities/au/perth/language/. It's easy to start up a Meet-up Group. Just click on the link and give it a go.

2. Contact your local consulat or honorary consulat and explore whether the officials are aware of any groups of same language speakers meeting in your city. just use google to find the contact details.