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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  1. Italian pronunciation
    Course start date:  Wed 14 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Evi Campetella
    This short course is geared towards helping you sound more like a native speaker of Italian. While Italian pronunciation may seem relatively simple, there are actually quite a few features that require focus and practice. This course will allow you to concentrate on the sounds of Italian - how to produce them when speaking and how to recognise them when listening.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  2. Return to French (lower intermediate)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 15 May 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Silvana Avram
    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed completed 2-3 years of study in the past.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  3. Economic paradigms: are there alternatives to capitalism?
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 16 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Caglar Ezikoglu
    Explore diverse economic theories beyond capitalism in economic paradigms with regards to the alternatives of capitalism and broaden your understanding of global economic systems.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00
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  4. Effective counselling skills for speech and language therapists
    Course start date:  Wed 21 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Louise Hillyer, Anita McKiernan, Amy Stewart
    Designed for SLTs working with any client group, this interactive workshop will help you develop practical counselling skills. Topics include developing the therapeutic relationship, boundaries, ways of responding, paraphrasing, reflecting, questioning, immediacy, self disclosure and loss.
    Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £449.00 Concession £449.00
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  5. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  6. Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  7. Russia and Ukraine: The memory politics of conflict
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 12 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Olivia Durand

    The ongoing Russian occupation of Ukraine and the Ukrainian fight for its people, land and sovereignty is not only fought on the battlefield. Join us to explore how history and memory politics is also at central 

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  8. Return to Spanish (advanced)
    Course start date:  Mon 30 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Roser Martínez-Sánchez
    If you have learned Spanish in the past, but it has been a while, then come and join this lively course to refresh your advanced Spanish. You wil review, revise and practice in a course that is tailored to your needs. After attending this course, you will be able join a level 4 or 5 course in September.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  9. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  10. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  11. French 4/5 : Cinq semaines, un livre:
    Course start date:  Mon 3 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Would you like to read a contemporary book in French? Join this class and delve into the world of a French author while simultaneously expanding your knowledge of vocabulary and appreciating a writing style.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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  12. Prostitution in Ancient Rome
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 4 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sean Gabb
    The oldest profession as practised among the Romans - not for the squeamish.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  13. French 5: Maupassant : une vie, une œuvre
    Course start date:  Tue 4 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pierre Porcheron
    Venez découvrir Maupassant, journaliste et auteur. Reconnu de son vivant, il conserve un renom de premier plan, renouvelé encore par les nombreuses adaptations filmées de ses œuvres, composées de romans et nouvelles situés entre réalisme et fantastique. Un auteur du XIX siècle aux intonations modernes !
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  14. German for history lovers (intermediate and advanced)
    Course start date:  Wed 5 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anna Rioland
    This is an intermediate to advanced German language course for lovers of German history.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  15. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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