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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. 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 Welsh
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 19 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jack Pulman-Slater
    Get a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and those who might like to take it further.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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    93% of 100
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  3. Discover Scottish Gaelic
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 26 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Intrigued by Scottish Gaelic? Gain an insight into this fascinating Celtic language on this lively in-person workshop in central London. Learn some useful phrases and get some pronunciation tips. An interesting introduction for complete beginners and those who might like to take it further.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  4. 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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  5. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  6. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  7. 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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  8. Welsh beginners: module 1
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 20 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Macsen Brown, Jack Pulman-Slater
    Learn to speak Welsh on this lively course for beginners, with the emphasis on the practical use of Welsh and the development of your listening and speaking skills.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. Scottish Gaelic beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Start learning Scottish Gaelic this September! Suitable for complete beginners.



    Course LE011: in-person in Central London



    Course LE010: live online classes. 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 £229.00
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  12. Irish beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    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 £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  13. 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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  14. Celebrate through singing Welsh songs
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Clare Whitehead
    Energise yourself singing and connecting with others in the Welsh language. You do not need to speak Welsh.



    This session is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £19.00
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  15. 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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