Languages
City Lit's highly popular range of language courses offers the widest choice in London. Most languages are taught at seven different levels, and you can start anywhere from beginner to advanced. Tutors are experienced and friendly, and you can choose from evening, day time or weekend courses. In many languages you can take an accredited course, with national and international qualifications selected for their relevance to adult learners.Advice times
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- Arabic 1 early-bird: module 1
- Arabic 1 early-bird: module 2
- Arabic 1: module 1
- Arabic 1: module 2
- Arabic 1: module 3
- Arabic 2 lower: module 1
- Arabic 2 lower: module 2
- Arabic 2 lower: module 3
- Arabic 2 upper: module 1
- Arabic 2 upper: module 2
- Arabic 2 upper: module 3
- Arabic 3: module 1
- Arabic 3: module 2
- Arabic 3: module 3
- Arabic etiquette
- Arabic writing
- Chinese 1: module 1
- Chinese 1: module 2
- Chinese 1: module 3
- Chinese 2 lower: module 1
- Chinese 2 lower: module 2
- Chinese 2 lower: module 3
- Chinese 2 upper: module 1
- Chinese 2 upper: module 2
- Chinese 2 upper: module 3
- Chinese 3 module 3
- Chinese 3: module 1
- Chinese 3: module 2
- Mandarin for Cantonese speakers 1: module 1
- Mandarin for Cantonese speakers 1: module 2
- Mandarin for Cantonese speakers 1: module 3
- Classical Greek 1: module 1
- Classical Greek 1: module 2
- Classical Greek 1: module 3
- Classical Greek 2: module 1
- Classical Greek 2: module 2
- Classical Greek 2: module 3
- Classical Greek 3 lower: module 1
- Classical Greek 3 lower: module 2
- Classical Greek 3 lower: module 3
- Classical Greek 3 upper: module 1
- Classical Greek 3 upper: module 2
- Classical Greek 3 upper: module 3
- Classical Greek 4
- Classical Greek 5
- Classics day
- Foundation Classical Greek: module 1
- Foundation Classical Greek: module 2
- Foundation Classical Greek: module 3
- Foundation Latin: module 1
- Foundation Latin: module 2
- Foundation Latin: module 3
- Latin 1: module 1
- Latin 1: module 2
- Latin 1: module 3
- Latin 2: module 1
- Latin 2: module 2
- Latin 2: module 3
- Latin 3 lower: module 1
- Latin 3 lower: module 2
- Latin 3 lower: module 3
- Latin 3 upper: module 1
- Latin 3 upper: module 2
- Latin 3 upper: module 3
- Latin 4 lower
- Latin 4 upper
- Latin 5
- New Testament Greek 3: module 1
- New Testament Greek 3: module 2
- New Testament Greek 3: module 3
- Chanson française
- French 1 fast-track: module 1
- French 1 fast-track: module 2
- French 1 fast-track: module 3
- French 1: module 1
- French 1: module 2
- French 1: module 3
- French 2 lower at a gentle pace: module 1
- French 2 lower at a gentle pace: module 2
- French 2 lower at a gentle pace: module 3
- French 2 lower: module 1
- French 2 lower: module 2
- French 2 lower: module 3
- French 2 upper: module 1
- French 2 upper: module 2
- French 2 upper: module 3
- French 2: grammar workshop: present tense
- French 2: grammar workshop: pronouns
- French 2: grammar workshop: subjunctives
- French 2: listening and pronunciation
- French 2: passé composé et imparfait
- French 3 grammar workshop: verbs and tenses 1
- French 3 grammar workshop: verbs and tenses 2
- French 3 lower at a gentle pace: module 1
- French 3 lower at a gentle pace: module 2
- French 3 lower at a gentle pace: module 3
- French 3 Lower Module 1
- French 3 lower module 2
- French 3 lower: infos et discussion
- French 3 lower: module 1
- French 3 lower: module 2
- French 3 lower: module 3
- French 3 upper perfectionnement: module 1
- French 3 upper perfectionnement: module 2
- French 3 upper perfectionnement: module 3
- French 3 upper: infos et discussion
- French 3 upper: module 1
- French 3 upper: module 2
- French 3 upper: module 3
- French 3: improve your written French
- French 3: listening
- French 4: conversation
- French 4: pratique et perfectionnement: module 1
- French 4: pratique et perfectionnement: module 2
- French 4: pratique et perfectionnement: module 3
- French 5: faits d'actualité
- French 5: introduction to the DALF certificate
- French 5: langue et culture
- French 5: le français professionnel
- French 5: littérature française contemporaine
- French 5: mosaiques
- French 5: pour parler
- French 5: translation (IoL diploma)
- French 5: translation course
- French A level
- French DALF C1
- French DALF C2
- French DELF A1
- French DELF A2
- French DELF B1
- French DELF B2
- French fast-track 2: module 1
- French phonetics
- French rusty A-level: module 1
- French rusty A-level: module 2
- French rusty GCSE: module 1
- French rusty GCSE: module 2
- L' adaptation littéraire au cinéma
- Le cinéma français sous l'occupation
- Le film beur ou la représentation de l'ethnicité
- German 1 fast-track: module 1
- German 1 fast-track: module 2
- German 1 fast-track: module 3
- German 1: module 1
- German 1: module 2
- German 1: module 3
- German 1: rapid introduction
- German 2 lower: module 1
- German 2 lower: module 2
- German 2 lower: module 3
- German 2 upper: module 1
- German 2 upper: module 2
- German 2 upper: module 3
- German 3 lower: module 1
- German 3 lower: module 2
- German 3 lower: module 3
- German 3 upper: module 1
- German 3 upper: module 2
- German 3 upper: module 3
- German 4: Vorsprung durch Deutsch
- German 5: Aktuelles aus den Medien
- German 5: Praktisches Deutsch
- Italian 1 early-bird: module 1
- Italian 1 early-bird: module 2
- Italian 1 fast-track: module 1
- Italian 1 fast-track: module 2
- Italian 1 fast-track: module 3
- Italian 1: early bird module 3
- Italian 1: get started
- Italian 1: module 1
- Italian 1: module 2
- Italian 1: module 3
- Italian 2 grammar workshop: il passato prossimo
- Italian 2 grammar workshop: preposizioni e pronomi
- Italian 2 lower: module 1
- Italian 2 lower: module 2
- Italian 2 lower: module 3
- Italian 2 upper : module 2
- Italian 2 upper: module 1
- Italian 2 upper: module 2
- Italian 2 upper: module 3
- Italian 3 grammar workshop: passato prossimo e imperfetto
- Italian 3 lower: module 1
- Italian 3 lower: module 2
- Italian 3 lower: module 3
- Italian 3 upper: module 1
- Italian 3 upper: module 2
- Italian 3 upper: module 3
- Italian 4 : module 2
- Italian 4 : module 3
- Italian 4/5 grammar workshop: cogiuntivi e pronomi
- Italian 4: lingua e letteratura
- Italian 4: module 1
- Italian 4: module 2
- Italian 4: module 3
- Italian 5: conversazione avanzata
- Italian 5: Italia oggi
- Italian 5: lingua e letteratura
- Italian A level
- Italian express 1: module 1
- Italian express 1: module 2
- Italian GCSE
- Japanese 1 - writing for beginners part 1
- Japanese 1 - writing for beginners part 2
- Japanese 1 fast track: module 1
- Japanese 1 fast track: module 2
- Japanese 1: module 1
- Japanese 1: module 2
- Japanese 1: module 3
- Japanese 2 lower: module 1
- Japanese 2 lower: module 2
- Japanese 2 lower: module 3
- Japanese etiquette
- Greek 2 lower module 1
- Greek 2 Lower Module 2
- Greek 2 lower: module 3
- Modern Greek 1: module 1
- Modern Greek 1: module 2
- Modern Greek 1: module 3
- Modern Greek 2 lower: module 1
- Modern Greek 2 lower: module 2
- Modern Greek 2 lower: module 3
- Modern Greek 2 upper: module 1
- Modern Greek 2 upper: module 2
- Modern Greek 2 upper: module 3
- Modern Greek 3: module 1
- Modern Greek 3: module 2
- Modern Greek 3: module 3
- Modern Greek 4: module 1
- Modern Greek 4: module 2
- Modern Greek 4: module 3
- Portuguese 1 early-bird express
- Portuguese 1 holiday survival
- Portuguese 1: module 1
- Portuguese 1: module 2
- Portuguese 1: module 3
- Portuguese 2 lower: module 1
- Portuguese 2 lower: module 2
- Portuguese 2 lower: module 3
- Portuguese 2 upper: module 1
- Portuguese 2 upper: module 2
- Portuguese 2 upper: module 3
- Cultural impact of Al-Andalus in today's Spain
- Spanish 1 early-bird: module 1
- Spanish 1 early-bird: module 2
- Spanish 1 express: module 1
- Spanish 1 express: module 2
- Spanish 1 express: module 3
- Spanish 1 fast-track: module 1
- Spanish 1 fast-track: module 2
- Spanish 1 fast-track: module 3
- Spanish 1: get started
- Spanish 1: get started in Latin American Spanish
- Spanish 1: module 1
- Spanish 1: module 2
- Spanish 1: module 3
- Spanish 2 fast-track: module 1
- Spanish 2 fast-track: module 2
- Spanish 2 fast-track: module 3
- Spanish 2 lower express: module 1
- Spanish 2 lower express: module 2
- Spanish 2 lower express: module 3
- Spanish 2 lower: module 1
- Spanish 2 lower: module 2
- Spanish 2 lower: module 3
- Spanish 2 upper: module 1
- Spanish 2 upper: module 2
- Spanish 2 upper: module 3
- Spanish 3 lower: module 1
- Spanish 3 lower: module 2
- Spanish 3 lower: module 3
- Spanish 3 upper: module 1
- Spanish 3 upper: module 2
- Spanish 3 upper: module 3
- Spanish 3: grammar workshop: past tense
- Spanish 3: grammar workshop: pronouns
- Spanish 3: grammar workshop: subjunctive
- Spanish 3: listening
- Spanish 4 : module 2
- Spanish 4: grammar: impersonal passives
- Spanish 4: grammar: por/para & ser/estar
- Spanish 4: listening
- Spanish 4: module 1
- Spanish 4: module 2
- Spanish 4: module 3
- Spanish 5: actualidad y debate
- Spanish 5: actualidad y tertulia
- Spanish 5: estudios literarios hispánicos
- Spanish 5: lengua y cultura
- Spanish 5: tertulia y conversación
- Spanish A level
- Spanish DELE (nivel inicial)
- Spanish DELE (nivel intermedio)
- Spanish film: Almodóvar
- Spanish for your holiday: beginners
- Spanish GCSE
- Spanish: an introduction for beginners
- Spanish: talk, talk, talk...!
- Discover Breton in a day
- Discover Welsh in a day
- Welsh 1: module 1
- Welsh 1: module 2
- Welsh 1: module 3
- Welsh 2: module 1
- Welsh 2: module 2
- Welsh 2: module 3
- Welsh 3: module 1
- Welsh 3: module 2
- Welsh 3: module 3
- Welsh 4: module 1
- Welsh 4: module 2
- Welsh 4: module 3
- Welsh 5: module 1
- Welsh 5: Module 2
- Welsh 5: Module 3
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