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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. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  3. 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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  4. Painting: oil techniques and mediums
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sisetta Zappone
    Oil paint is a medium with a long historical tradition, capable of heavy impasto effects and delicate transparent colour films. Working practically, in the studio, this course will expand your understanding of approaches to building a variety of surfaces in your paint working with mediums and expanding your use of texture and glazing This course is for all levels – both beginners and more experienced painters.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  5. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  6. Spanish 2 lower: module 2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Gracia Chinchilla
    Continue improving your elementary Spanish on this communicative course, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 2 lower: module 1' or equivalent. Based on units 6-10 of 'Ele Actual A2 (libro del alumno)' and exercise book (SM Publishers).







    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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  7. Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00
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  8. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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  9. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  10. Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  11. Spanish 2 conversation
    Course start date:  Tue 13 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Revise, consolidate and improve your listening and speaking skills on this lively course, which will help you communicate more confidently in daily life situations. Ideal if you are doing 'Spanish 2 lower', 'Spanish 2 upper' or have an equivalent level (A2 level).
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  12. Starting your novel
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Paula Lichtarowicz
    Got a great idea for a novel? Jump start your project in this supportive course that covers craft basics such as character and plot. Ideal for writers of fiction with some experience who have an idea for a novel.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £120.00
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  13. Spanish 2 lower: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Cristina Casado
    Continue improving your elementary Spanish on this communicative course, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 2 lower: module 2' or equivalent.







    Please note that because we are piloting a new course coursebook, the course content, course obejctives and course book will be different depending on which course you choose.







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    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  14. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  15. Leonard Cohen: song, poetry, prose and persona
    Course start date:  Thu 15 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Richard Niland
    This class explores the work of Leonard Cohen, examining his poetry, song, prose and persona in the context of the literary and musical traditions that shaped his art. We delve into Cohen’s meditations on life and the modern world through his absorption and reworking of a rich range of cultural influences.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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