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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. Discover Dutch
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Francine van den Berg
    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.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  2. Arabic beginners: revision course
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Nora Allali-Carling
    Consolidate your elementary knowledge of Arabic in this online lively course.. Suitable if you have studied Arabic for a year or have an equivalent level. Based on the tutor’s own materials.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  3. German for Switzerland lovers (intermediate and advanced)
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Barbara Pöllet
    This is a mixed ability intermediate to advanced German language workshop for lovers of Switzerland.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  4. From the Habsburgs to the EU: The History of Italy’s North-East
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Francesco Bucciol
    The cities of Trieste and Gorizia, on today's Italian North-Eastern border, had a very complicated history in the 19th and 20th century. In this session you will discover the key historical events that marked these lands. From the divisions caused by the two world wars to the choice of Gorizia/Nova Gorica as EU's Capital of Culture 2025.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  5. Chinese beginners: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Zhonghan Lin
    Continue learning Mandarin Chinese on this lively live online course. You should have completed Chinese beginners: module 2 or equivalent (about 30hrs hours of learning).
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  6. Arabic 2 revision
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Nora Allali-Carling
    Consolidate your elementary knowledge of Arabic in this online lively course. Suitable if you have studied Arabic for two years or have an equivalent level.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  7. Spanish 3/4: revisit and consolidate
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Óscar Salgado Suárez
    Practise your intermediate spoken Spanish and develop your language skills in these topical discussion classes. Suitable if you have recently studied Spanish for at least four years or equivalent.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  8. Spanish beginners module 1+2: revision
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Analía Tolone
    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar and the topics studied in Spanish beginners: modules 1 & 2. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish beginners: module 2' or have an equivalent knowledge of the language (2 terms of study).
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00
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  9. Spanish 2 lower module 1+2: revision
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pilar Villanueva Martinez
    Learn to speak Spanish from scratch, focusing on your listening and speaking skills.Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  10. The art of Chinese gardens: nature and philosophy
    Course start date:  Wed 16 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    In early modern China, gardens were more than places of retreat, they functioned as major social, cultural and economic sites. In our time of ecological crisis, gardens play a crucial role in mitigating pollution. This course will examine how the intersections of art, architecture, philosophy and sensory experience of Chinese gardens show continuity and change from the early modern period to the present day. 

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  11. Ear training
    Course start date:  Wed 16 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Della Rhodes
    Enhance your aural awareness of the mechanics of music and improve your recognition of, and response to, music in practice. Sing intervals, scales and harmonies on this short practical course.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
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  12. Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £50.00
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  13. Sing a song in different styles
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 17 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Colette Meury
    Explore how to set a song in more than one musical style, song interpretation and solo performance. For singers who have completed courses in contemporary singing, or who have equivalent experience and



    musical ability. Live sessions online.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00
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  14. Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £62.00
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  15. The writings of Cicero: an introduction
    Course start date:  Fri 18 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sean Gabb
    An introduction to one of the most influential and prolific Roman writers, Cicero, his life and works.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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