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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. Spanish beginners: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Cristina Casado
    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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  2. Full fee £529.00 Senior fee £423.00 Concession £344.00
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  3. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  4. Philosophy and the meaning of life
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Karl White

    Some philosophers have insisted that philosophy should explain the meaning of our existence. What does it mean for us to be? And how then should we live? This course examines some seriously philosophical answers.
     

    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00
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  5. Spanish beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 19 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Keylor Murillo Moya
    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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  6. Calligraphy: modern copperplate
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Veiko Kespersaks
    Learn 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
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  7. Artists eye: painting impressionism, surrealism, fauvism and pointillism
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Kate Hardy
    Artist’s Eye: Painting Art movements. Post Impressionism, Surrealism, Fauvism, and Pointillism.







    Develop your painting skillswith reference to contemporary and historical artists in this four week course. We will make paintings inspired by artists who were key members of art movements, be guided by their choices of subject matter, and learn their methods of paint application, colour mixing and composition. Acrylic paint can be used for all projects. This short course can be taken alone or in conjunction with the other modules.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £169.00
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  8. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  9. Italian 3 upper: module 3
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Paola North
    Questi corsi ti daranno la possibilitá di migliorare le tue capacitá di comprensione ed espressione scritta ed orale e sono basati sull' uso di materiale audiovisivo, lettura, discussione e pratica grammaticale. É necessario aver completato il 'module 2' o equivalente. Il corso si basa sul libro Nuovo Espresso 3 (Alma Edizioni).
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  10. Return to Spanish (lower intermediate)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Roberto Gallego
    If you have learned Spanish in the past, but it has been a while, then come and join this lively course to refresh your lower intermediate Spanish. You wil review, revise and practice in a course that is tailored to your needs. After attending this course, you will be able join a level 2 upper course in September or level 2 course in the summer.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  11. Korean 2 upper: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jaeran Won
    Continue to improve your Korean on this lively communicative online course. Improve your speaking and listening skills while further developing your understanding of Korean grammar.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  12. Gateway to English Language GCSE
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Are you excited by the English language? Do you need to test your abilities before attempting the qualification course? Do you want to give yourself more than a year to achieve the qualification? Then this Preparing for English Language GCSE is the course for you. It will get your ready you for the accreditation and familiarise you with its content, level and expectation.



    You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £105.00
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  13. Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00
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  14. Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  15. Recorders: return to playing
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Layil Barr
    Discover the joy of this delightful instrument. Learn the basics of fingering and articulation to play melodies both in unison and in ensemble. Please bring your own descant and/or treble. Break week: 26 May 2025.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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