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- Spanish preparation for DELE B1Course start date: Thu 3 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amaia IbargüenPrepare for the 'Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera B1'. The course does not include exam fees and each learner will be responsible for their own enrolment in the exam. Please note that you should have studied Spanish for about three years or have an equivalent level.
Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another course, you will use a different book.Full fee £709.00 Senior fee £709.00 Concession £461.00 - Italian intermediate revisionCourse start date: Thu 9 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rosanna CarlàAn evening revision course for learners who have done about three years of Italian and who wish to brush up on the grammar covered so far. If you feel like you could do with another look at some key grammar points, perhaps from a different angle, this course should get you feeling more confident about your grasp of Italian grammar.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £159.00 - Russian 3: conversationCourse start date: Thu 9 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alla YoungRevise, consolidate and improve your listening and speaking skills on this lively course, which will help you communicate more confidently in Russian.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00 - Old English literature
Course start date: Thu 8 May 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Stephen PollingtonRead and analyse the language of some works in the Old English literature. This course is suitable for those students who have completed the level 1 and level 2 courses.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - Black British LiteratureCourse start date: Thu 9 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
From Roman society to the present day, from the memoirs of Equiano to the experimental poetics of Kwesi Johnson, Black British writers have significantly impacted British literature, despite limited recognition.
Through an exploration of social, political and historical contexts, this course examines how diasporic writers decolonised genres and mapped their own metaphors onto the literary landscape.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Literary translation in practice (Spanish into English)Course start date: Thu 9 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Do you enjoy reading in Spanish and writing in English? Are you interested in the similarities and differences between the two cultures? Come and join this interactive translation course.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Friday lates: the art of the frame Course start date: Fri 10 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julia MusgraveEvery picture tells a story, but what about the frame around it? Find out how picture frames can tell us more about the artworks they surround. - Using your voice for audio books and talking newspapersCourse start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David ThorpeWould you like to narrate audio books? Are you interested in community work such as talking newspapers for the blind? Explore vocal skills and techniques required in these areas and identify what style works for you. This course will be delivered in the college.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Literary translation in practice (French into English)Course start date: Mon 13 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Trista SelousDo you enjoy reading in French and writing in English? Are you interested in the similarities and differences between the two cultures? Come and join this interactive translation course.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Introduction to contemporary art: ideas and originsCourse start date: Mon 13 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Christopher CollierEver wondered what's going on in the mind of contemporary artists? This course explores the ideas and historical background behind some of today’s most intriguing works, from Conceptualism and Video to Body Art and Installation.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Picture book writing: advanced Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew WealeWould you like to workshop, edit and polish your picture book texts for young children? This course is designed for advanced picture book writers wishing to hone their skills and improve their own stories.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £100.00 - Making it Modern: A Survey of 20th century poetryCourse start date: Mon 13 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Suzannah V. EvansWhat makes a poet modern? What is the different between modern poetry and modernist poetry? How has modern poetry informed the work of poets writing today? Come and explore the exciting range of poetry written in the twentieth century in a supportive and energising group context.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Spanish 5: Spanish book clubCourse start date: Mon 13 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elena Ugarte¿Te gusta leer en español? ¿Te interesa practicar tu español leyendo novelas y compartiendo tus ideas con otras personas? Si es el caso, este Book Club es para ti. En dos sesiones tendrás la oportunidad de descubrir la novela de un(a) autor(a) español(a) o suramericano/a y de analizarla en grupo, lo cual te permitirá mejorar tu comprensión escrita y tu conversación en un ambiente relajado pero enfocado.
Please note that there are two options for this course: LS517 and LS518; each happening on a different day of the week. You may choose the option that suits your schedule best. However, please note that it is not possible to alternate between the sessions of one course and those of the other.
Course dates for LS517: Mondays 13th of October and 10th of November 2025
Course dates for LS518: Thursdays 16th of October and 13th of November 2025
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Develop your confidence in writing: grammar, punctuation, expression (level 1-2) Course start date: Fri 2 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Would you like to be more confident in the way you write whether emails or reports at work or messages to friends? Do you want to work on how you form sentences, understand grammar and use punctuation so your writing is more creative? Do you want to learn how to create meaning in your writing?. This course will help you be more secure in your professional, academic or creative writing skills and help you improve some of your weak areas around forming and punctuating sentences with appropriate grammatical form. You will develop your confidence in the most essential areas of writing including different sentence structures, writing paragraphs, using punctuation effectively, using active and passive voices and proofreading.
You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00 - Literary translation in practice (Portuguese into English)Course start date: Tue 14 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Christina BaumDo you enjoy reading in Portuguese and writing in English? Are you interested in the similarities and differences between English-speaking and Portuguese-speaking cultures? Do you have a particular interest and/or background in literature, especially literature in other languages? Would you like to see if you have a special knack for translation, perhaps with a view to doing it professionally? Come and join this interactive translation course to hone your translation skills.
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