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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
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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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- Ancient Greek 5Course start date: Mon 15 Jan 2024 (and 15 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jordan DyckIn this advanced course, you will be reading Plutarch’s Life of Alexander, and revising grammar, with translation both from Greek and into Greek.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - French beginners: module 3Course start date: Thu 18 Jan 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronLearn French on this lively interactive course for near beginners.The course will be taught in French, with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - The 60 minute writerCourse start date: Tue 9 Jan 2024 (and 14 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Tasha KavanaghFit creative writing into your busy day: a relaxed, informal rolling programme for writers of all levels of experience who enjoy being thrown new ideas and experimenting with poetry and prose.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £55.00 - Ways into creative writing: intensiveCourse start date: Mon 19 Feb 2024 (and 12 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Suzannah V. EvansNot sure whether creative writing is for you? Give it a try on one of these fun and supportive short courses covering the basics of fiction and poetry. Increase your confidence and produce work through guided exercises and discussion.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Modern Greek beginners: module 3Course start date: Tue 16 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Maria ContosSuitable if you have completed Greek beginners: module 2 or equivalent.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Writing a memoirCourse start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nick BarlaySome moments in our lives are so powerful they beg to be shared with the world. This six week course will help you plan and craft a memoir that will resonate and inspire.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - Autobiography into fictionCourse start date: Thu 18 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nick BarlayThis course will help you develop techniques for transforming personal experience into fiction. You'll have the opportunity to improve your writing skills as well as your ability to give and use constructive criticism in a workshop environment.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00 - Tai Chi Chuan: advancedCourse start date: Thu 18 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carla DraytonDiscover the gentle, graceful movements of Yang-style T'ai Chi in classes designed to introduce you to the T'ai Chi basics. Learn and develop clear, powerful and effective practice designed to give you a good basic grounding in T'ai Chi and an insight into its wonderful possibilities.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00 - German beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 15 Jan 2024 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vera MessariusSuitable for complete beginners. The emphasis is on the practical use of German and the development of your speaking and listening skills. Based on chapters 1-5 of Willkommen (Hodder Arnold). This course is a bit faster so that 2 modules can be covered in 2 terms. It is therefore essential to do a minimum of 1.5 hours homework a week.
You might be interested in doing a taster in December LGT6 https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/german-beginners-taster/lgt6-2324
Please, go to the drop down menu for alternative courses/ days for German beginners: module 1.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Tap dance: beginnersCourse start date: Thu 18 Jan 2024 (and 11 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jacqueline PertIf you are new to tap then this is the place to start. Come and find your dancing feet. Suitable for students of all ages with good general fitness. Tap shoes are essential. - French 4: conversationCourse start date: Thu 18 Jan 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelDébats et conversations sur des sujets d'actualité avec l'aide de journaux et de la télévision.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £71.00 - Sing music theatre workshopCourse start date: Thu 18 Jan 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Heather LongmanThis popular course explores musical theatre singing. Grow your knowledge of the repertoire. Suitable for singers and actors wanting to improve their singing and 'acting through song' technique. Be guided through the basics to find the right singing qualities for this repertoire. Break week: 15 Feb 2024.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £181.00 - Develop your confidence in writing: sentence formation, grammar and punctuation in everyday writing (level 1-2)Course start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Would you like to be more confident in the way you write whether emails or reports at work or messages to friends? Do you want to work on how you form sentences, understand grammar and use punctuation so your writing is more creative? Do you want to learn how to create meaning in your writing?. This course will help you be more secure in your professional, academic or creative writing skills and help you improve some of your weak areas around forming and punctuating sentences with appropriate grammatical form. You will develop your confidence in the most essential areas of writing including different sentence structures, writing paragraphs, using punctuation effectively, using active and passive voices and proofreading.
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 hereFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £75.00 - Men's balletCourse start date: Thu 18 Jan 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Martin WimpressPerfect if you've never taken a ballet class before, or if you did ballet as a child and want to return. This men’s ballet course provides slow and fun training in how to use your body correctly, with a focus on correct placement, stance and posture. - Voice technique: beginnersCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate MontagueImprove the quality and clarity of your voice through posture, breath capacity and control, articulation, forward placement and pitch. For anyone who wants to make the most of their voice. This course will be taught in the college.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £90.00
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