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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 rapidamente: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Evi Campetella
    Suitable if you have completed Italian Rapidamente: module 2. This intensive Italian course that is suitable if you already speak a Romance language like Spanish, French, Portuguese or Romanian or if you want to learn at a much faster pace. This is suitable for those who have completed Italian rapidamente: modules 1 and 2, or who have a similar level. Feel free to get in touch if you're unsure of your level.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  2. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  3. Irish Gaelic beginners: module 3
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  William Brady
    Continue learning Irish in central London and develop your speaking and listening skills in these communicative classes.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  4. Spanish beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 19 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Adriana Itriago Gavidia
    Learn 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 Compacto; publisher: Campus Difusión (please see the relevant section for the ISBN)







    Please do not buy the book until after the first class as if you transfer to another level, you may use a different book.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  5. Spanish beginners: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Roberto Gallego
    Continue 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 Compacto (Publisher: Difusión). Please see the relevant 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.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  6. Italian beginners: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 8 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Anna Giuffria
    Continue learning to speak Italian on this communicative course, with the emphasis on the practical use of Italian and the development of your speaking and listening skills. Suitable if you have completed beginners: module 2 or equivalent. Based on Nuovo Espresso 1 (Alma Edizioni - Italian version). Suggested progression route: Italian 2 lower: module 1.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  7. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00
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  8. Swedish beginners: module 2
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Yohanna Jacobsson
    This fun and communicative online course expands your emerging Swedish conversational skills as well as introduces you to aspects of contemporary Swedish culture. Suitable if you have completed Swedish beginners, module 1 or have basic Swedish.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  9. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  10. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
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  11. Homes, houses and art in Europe: 1900-1960
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Emma Rose Barber
    Knock on the door of artists’ houses and studios from 1900-1960 to experience exciting and visually dazzling spaces created over the course of their careers. At a time when artists were beginning to forge their own brave new visual worlds, this course considers what the homes might tell us about the artists and how they wanted their homes to be seen. This is the second part of a series on Homes and Houses; it can also be taken without having done the previous course.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  12. Biblical Hebrew advanced
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Rachel Montagu

    In this advanced course, you will deepen your knowledge of Hebrew grammar and further develop your ability to translate from the Bible.

    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  13. Spanish beginners: module 2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 11 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gracia Chinchilla
    Continue 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.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  14. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00
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  15. Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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