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- French 2 upper: module 2Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Zeynep UyarogluImprove your lower intermediate French on this lively interactive course. The emphasis will be on developing your speaking and listening skills and on learning more about the French speaking world. The course is suitable if you have recently completed a 'French 2 upper: module 1' course or equivalent.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Irish Gaelic beginners: module 2Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: William BradyLearn to speak Irish on this in-person course in central London. Develop your speaking and listening skills in these communicative classes. Suitable for near beginners.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Metal sculpture: beginners to intermediateCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrew RevellLearn the techniques required in making sculptural/functional objects in steel: cutting, bending, welding and joining small scale metal. Please bring ideas, inspiration and scrap metal. This course is for beginners and those at intermediate level.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00 - Spanish beginners: module 3Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Analía ToloneContinue learning to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for near beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
Based on units 7 and 9 of Nos Vemos Hoy 1 (Publisher: Difusión)
Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £219.00 - Exploring classical music: module 2Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward BreenDo you want to know more about classical music history? Explore selected topics and key works in Baroque, Classical and early Romantic music on this highly informative 10-week course. Ideal for people with no specialist knowledge. Break week: 17 Feb 2025.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Spanish beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto GallegoLearn to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for complete beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
Based on Units 1-3 of Nos Vemos Hoy 1; publisher: Campus Difusión (please see the relevant section for the ISBN)
Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Writing fictionCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Farhana KhaliqueDevelop your creative writing skills on this practical intermediate course. You'll explore the fundamentals of fiction-writing craft, such as character and structure, and unlock your imagination to produce compelling prose. Suitable for those with some creative writing experience.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00 - Classical ballet: beginnersCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Giovanna LambogliaDesigned for the complete beginner or for those wanting to go back to basics. Develop knowledge and skill in this enjoyable Ballet class which provides a fun and satisfying way to improve alignment, muscle tone, flexibility and coordination. The classes will also help to improve any other dance styles you might be practicing. - French beginners: module 3Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pascale VuittenezLearn French in the heart of London on this lively interactive course for near beginners.The course will be taught in French, with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Modern copperplate calligraphy for improversCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veiko KespersaksLearn how to write elegant letterforms using a pointed pen with ink. Once you have learnt how to write a basic copperplate alphabet, we will begin breaking the rules of traditional calligraphy to find a style that is all your own. The course is suitable for beginners as well as improvers, and both left-handers and right-handers.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00 - Spanish beginners: module 2Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 13 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Analía ToloneContinue learning to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for near beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
Based on Units 5-6 Nos vemos Hoy 1; publisher: Campus Difusión, (please see the coursebook section below for the ISBN).
Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Byzantine journey: medieval pilgrimage and artCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Helen DejeanFor medieval pilgrims, visiting St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and a powerful spiritual experience. Today, although an established tourist destination, the modern encounter with the sacred arts of the famous Monastery and ‘God-Trodden Mountain’ is often curtailed by time and limited access. This course aims to explain its many treasures and biblical loca sancta in relation to medieval and modern pilgrimage.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Ukulele 1Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jake RodriguesLearn the essentials of playing the ukulele in this introductory course. You’ll learn complete songs from the first week. Strumming patterns will be taught and applied to various songs. By the end of term you should be able to accompany your own singing or play along to recordings.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 - Piano/keyboards 1BCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarha MooreA near-beginners’ course for pianists. If you have completed Piano/keyboards 1A or and have basic keyboard and music reading skills in C position, this course will introduce you to more notes.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Italian beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Maria FontanaWith its rich culture and history and its incredible landscapes and architecture, there are countless reasons to learn Italian. Whether you wish to learn Italian in order to make your visits to Italy more enjoyable, or because you'd like to speak with family and friends in their native language, this course will provide the groundwork for you to begin your journey towards fluency. Our emphasis is on speaking and listening skills so that you can begin communicating quickly in Italian. Once you've completed this course you can continue with 'Italian beginners: module 2.'.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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