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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. Japanese beginners: module 1
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Chikako Nakagawa
    Learn to speak Japanese, with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills. Suitable for complete beginners. Choose either an in-person course in Covent Garden or live online sessions.



    We offer in-person (LJT1) and online Japanese tasters sessions (LJT2).
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  2. Modern Greek beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anita Szabo
    Learning Modern Greek opens the door to a rich and vibrant culture, from its incredible history and mythology to its delicious cuisine and warm hospitality. Whether you're planning a trip to Greece, connecting with Greek heritage, or simply looking for a new challenge, our lively courses will help you communicate with confidence and appreciate this fascinating language. Choose either an in-person course in central London or live online sessions.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  3. French beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 9 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Valerie Jézéquel
    Learn French on this lively interactive course for beginners. The course will be taught in French, with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.



    Please note that course LF182 is a blended delivery course. Sessions on 25/10, 01/11, 06/12 and 13/12 for this course will be delivered in person in our main buiding on Keeley Street. Sessions on 08/11, 15/11, 22/11 and 29/11 will be delivered online.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  4. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  5. Deaf history: one-day course
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 27 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Peter Brown
    A brief introduction to the history of Deaf people in Britain and the development of British Sign Language. This fascinating course is taught in BSL, with a BSL-English interpreter available.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  6. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  7. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  8. Realism and Genre: British Cinema in the 1960s
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 22 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jon Wisbey
    During the 1960s British cinema re-established itself as a leading producer of films, including realist dramas such as Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), and action and adventure fantasies with the highly popular James Bond films. This course explores these developments through a range of critical approaches and considers the way in which they contributed to a revitalised British cinema.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  9. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  10. Welsh pronunciation workshop
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 29 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jack Pulman-Slater
    Understand how to produce the sounds of Welsh with increased accuracy, confidence and intelligibility on this practical and popular online course.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  11. The music of Brazil: from samba through bossa nova
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 29 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Claudia Cerbino
    Discover the rich cultural and geographical diversity which have influenced Brazilian popular music and learn about the wide variety of Brazil's musical styles both past and present.In English with some Portuguese.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  12. Drawing and mindfulness: releasing the judging mind
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 6 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Barton-Harvey

    Explore a range of perspectives and practical exercises for letting-go of the limiting effects of the judging mind, whilst connecting to drawing in refreshing and inspiring ways. The ideas and mindfulness skills are transferrable to all creative disciplines.

    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  13. History of ideas: the invention of Christmas
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 13 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Angela Platt
    Beginning around the middle of the 19th century, a ‘new Christmas’ came into the fore; a reinvented Christmas, if you will. Why did this Christmas shift as it did – to produce the modern celebration many people still enjoy today? In this course, the stories of those groups and individuals who impacted this ‘reinvention of Christmas’ will be shared.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00
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  14. Use your voice assertively (online)
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 17 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Allis Moss
    Do you want to sound more confident, grounded, self-assured and assertive? Improve your vocal skills through a series of exercises that will support you to become more vocally confident, expressive and dynamic without appearing arrogant. This course will be delivered online.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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  15. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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