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  1. Welsh beginners: grammar revision session
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 5 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Macsen Brown
    Revise beginner-level Welsh grammar on this supportive and informative online workshop.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  2. Discover Irish Gaelic
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  William Brady
    This lively online taster introduces you to Irish Gaelic language and culture.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  3. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  4. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  5. Scottish Gaelic beginners taster
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 18 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Morag Traynor
    Come and discover Scottish Gaelic in this lively online taster.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  6. Irish beginners: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sarah O'Donnell
    Continue learning Irish and develop your speaking and listening skills in these communicative classes.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  7. Cornish beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Gary Retallick
    Come to join this complete beginners course to learn Cornish.



    Why not also join our lively online Cornish taster session in September? Search using the course code LHT1.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  8. Scottish Gaelic beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 25 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Start learning Scottish Gaelic this September! Suitable for complete beginners. Learn Gaelic in this communicative course. Suitable for complete beginners, which also provides an introduction to Gaelic culture, poetry and songs.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  9. Irish beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sarah O'Donnell
    Suitable for complete beginners wanting to learn this fascinating Celtic language.







    Note that we are running a taster in September if you would like to experience learning Irish, search for "Irish taster".
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  10. Scottish Gaelic beginners: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 25 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Morag Traynor
    Continue learning Scottish Gaelic this September!



    Suitable if you have completed Scottish Gaelic beginners: module 2 or have an equivalent experience (e.g. have studied the language for 33 classroom hours). Continue learning to speak and understand Gaelic in this communicative course for beginners. The course also provides an introduction to Gaelic culture, poetry and songs. Based on units 8-10 of the coursebook 'Teach Yourself Gaelic'.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  11. 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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  12. Irish Gaelic beginners: module 3
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  William Brady
    Learn to speak Irish and develop your speaking and listening skills in these communicative classes.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  13. Cornish beginners: module 3
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Gary Retallick
    Continue learning Cornish online on this communicative course. This course incorporates a near-beginners' group and an intermediate group. The near-beginners' group is suitable for those who have studied basic Cornish before to the language and the intermediate group is suitable for those who wish to develop their speaking and listening skills. To enrol you should have completed module 2 or equivalent.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £90.00
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  14. Welsh 4: clwb darllen / reading club
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Thu 1 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Whitehead
    Come to improve your intermediate Welsh through reading short novels in this supportive and structured group.



    This course aims at developing your understanding of the Welsh language as well as improving pronunciation.



    Books details in the course outline below. Please note that this club has a half term break.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  15. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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