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We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Japanese beginners: module 1
Course start date: Wed 25 Sep 2024 (and 9 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Hisaka BuntingLearn to speak Japanese, with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills. Suitable for complete beginners.
We offer one hour Japanese tasters: one online on 5/09/24 (LJT2) and two in person on 11/09/24 (LJT1) or 18/09/24 (LJT4). Please check the details by using the following course codes in the above search function on this page.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Irish Gaelic beginners: module 1 Course start date: Tue 8 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah O'DonnellThe course aims to provide students with a foundation understanding of the Irish language, enabling students to begin communicating in practical situations with an insight into Irish culture.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00 - Old English level 2 Course start date: Tue 8 Oct 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Stephen PollingtonThis course follows on the level 1 class. Continue to learn the Old English grammar and become familiar with more of its features.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Spanish 2 lower: module 1 Course start date: Fri 27 Sep 2024 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Roberto GallegoImprove your elementary Spanish on this communicative course, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish beginners: module 3' or equivalent.
Based on Units 9-11 of "Nos vemos Hoy 1", publisher: "Campus Difusión" (please see the relevant section 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 £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Drawing 1 Course start date: Tue 8 Oct 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Eleanor Bedlow, Kim ScoullerAn introduction to drawing from observation through a carefully structured approach in a studio environment. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - French DELF B2 Course start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronThis online course will prepare you for the exam of the 'Diplôme d'études en langue française' (DELF), B2 level, in June 2025. Suitable if you have studied French for about four to five years. Ideal if you would like to live, study or work in France.
Please note that exam fees are not included in the advertised fees. The course can be paid in instalments.
Term dates:
Term 1: 09/10/2024 - 11/12/2024
Term 2: 15/01/2025 - 09/04/2025
Term 3: 30/04/2025 - 15/06/2025
There will be a minimum of two mock exams per term.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Chinese 3 upper: module 1 Course start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Fei WangLearn Chinese Mandarin on this lively online course.
Develop your fluency in this course taught in Chinese (Mandarin), with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have studied Mandarin for about four years, know around 500-600 Chinese characters and have a good command of the language.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Chinese 5: module 1 Course start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Fei WangLearn Chinese Mandarin on this lively online course.
For advanced learners ( Citylit advanced level) of Mandarin Chinese to improve their speaking, listening and command of the Chinese language at a higher level (equivalent to HSK-4). Suitable if you have studied Chinese part-time for at least 5-6 years/ full-time for more than two years and have been self-learning and using Chinese occasionally in life/work or if you have passed HSK level-3 or equivalent (1500 vocabulary items or more).Students should be able to read Chinese characters.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - French 3 upper at a gentle pace: module 1 Course start date: Thu 26 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Daniel FernandezDo you want to continue learning French but worried that you might not be able to keep up? Our French at a gentle pace courses are designed to cover the same material as our standard French courses, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Build a website with Wix Course start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gal SapirWix is an easy to use website builder and you can create a high quality website without the need of coding. This course will introduce you to the Wix platform and then guide you to build a website from start to finish.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Philosophy and authenticity Course start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John HolroydIs it possible to be true to oneself? And, is this a worthwhile pursuit or a delusion of modernity? This course will explore these questions with the help of five modern philosophers.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - German 3: DDR und die Wiedervereinigung DeutschlandsCourse start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anna RiolandLearn about the history of East Germany, the reunification of Germany, and the region today in this interactive course.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00 - Crime fiction reading groupCourse start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christine HawkinsAre you obsessed with reading crime fiction? You might like to join our Crime fiction reading group, where we share thoughts and ideas about what you are reading, with books chosen by the group. Please come to the first session with suggestions (crime fiction in paperback) and having read Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles. Monthly meetings take place on 9 Oct, 6 Nov, 4 Dec, 22 Jan, 19 Feb, 19 March, 9 April, 7 May and 4 June.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - Black British Communities from the 1700s to the 21st century Course start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: A. SWe’ll explore the presence and experiences of Black communities in Britain, from the 1700s to the present. We’ll also analyse the concept of race and racist ideologies as they evolved, and community resistance to them.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - Extended drawing for artists and makers Course start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Annie Attridge, Clare Barton-Harvey, Ruth Brison, Tony Hull, Claire Hynds, Susan Kenton, Monika Kita, Ute Kreyman, Mario Lautier Vella, Faith VincentA multi-disciplinary course that will help broaden your skills and experience. Record, imagine, visualise, transform, narrate and develop through a series of practical projects. This exciting course is designed to help you place drawing at the centre of your chosen artistic discipline.
This course requires a pre-enrolment application. Please click 'Start Assessment' on the right hand side of this page to start your application. EDAM Archive.Full fee £1,549.00 Senior fee £1,239.00 Concession £1,084.00
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