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  1. Advanced crime fiction workshop
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Hone your understanding of the crime genre and push your fiction in new directions, on this advanced course for crime writers. This course is for experienced writers who are developing ongoing projects.

    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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  2. Masterclass: fiction (a one-term intensive workshop)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jonathan Barnes
    This intensive fiction workshop is open by selective application to a maximum of ten fiction writers working at the advanced and professional levels. You will receive rigorous constructive feedback on your novel or short story as you develop it with a view to publication, and participate in detailed tutor-led discussions on advanced elements of fictional craft.
    Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £399.00
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  3. Spanish 3 lower at a gentle pace: module 1
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Roberto Gallego
    Further improve your Spanish in this lively class, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. You will also acquire a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 3 lower' or equivalent. Based on Aula Internacional 3 Plus, (Difusión Publishers).







    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  4. French 4/5 pratique et perfectionnement: module 1
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Stephanie Radet
    If you would like to consolidate your French 4 level before moving to French 5, this course is ideal, as it will develop your speaking and listening skills and consolidate your grammar.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  5. Hungarian 3: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Eva Pallaghy
    Continue your study of Hungarian in this intermediate course, It is suitable for people who would like to use Hungarian in Hungary or want to understand and communicate with Hungarian people.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  6. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  7. German 3 consolidation
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Tatjana Pisarski
    . Learn German in the heart of London. Come and improve your upper-intermediate German. Suitable if you have studied the language for at least four years (1.5 hours per week) or 2 years (3 hours per week). Based on Aspekte NEU B1+, 2. Teil







    You might be interested in joining German intermediate taster https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/german-intermediate-taster/lgt4-2324 before this course.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  8. French 3 upper: conversation
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Stephanie Radet
    Come and practise your intermediate spoken French and develop your language skills in these topical discussion classes. Based on recordings from French television, radio news and newspaper articles.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  9. Welsh 4: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Macsen Brown
    Join this friendly and supportive live online Welsh course to push your Welsh learning to the next communicative stage.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  10. German 3 upper: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Tim Matschak

    Choose either an in-person course in the heart of London or live online sessions. Come and improve your upper-intermediate German. Suitable if you have studied the language for at least four years (1.5 hours per week) or 2 years (3 hours per week). Based on Aspekte NEU B1+, 1. Teil

    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  11. Japanese 4/5: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Junko Fuse
    Start learning advanced Japanese. You will be able to understand, speak and listen to more complex expressions in Japanese in various everyday situations.







    Suitable if you have studied Japanese for 5/6 years or have an equivalent level (JLPT N4 level or above). Consolidate your knowledge and understanding of the structures of the Japanese language and work on more



    complex grammatical structures and functions. Suitable if you have studied Japanese for about 5 years or have an equivalent level.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  12. Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  13. French 5: littérature française contemporaine
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Anais Perdaems
    Lecture et discussions sur des oeuvres françaises à travers les siècles, ainsi qu'un aperçu historique et biographique d'écrivains français et francophones.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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  14. English pronunciation: stage 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  David John Gwillim
    Designed for fluent non- native students and all who have completed 'English Pronunciation' stages 1 and 2. Conversation and the reading aloud of a variety of texts will help to pinpoint those pronunciation worries still to be addressed.



    This course will be taught online.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £181.00
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  15. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00
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