Online Language Courses - Learn a new language
We offer language courses at all levels and over 27 different languages here at City Lit. Whether you would like to attend part-time evening, daytime or weekend language classes, our highly popular language courses offer the widest choice in London.
Many of our courses are delivered online by expert tutors. Our approach to learning is to teach you how to communicate effectively in real-life situations and we select content that is relevant to your needs. If you are a beginner, you will learn how to use the language as opposed to just repeating words and sentences as you would do with an app. We teach you to communicate rather than repeat. For more information about our live online courses, please see our guide to online learning.
Our classes range from French, German, Italian and Spanish to Japanese, Korean and Arabic. Most language lessons are taught at seven different levels and you can start anywhere from beginner to advanced. We offer short courses, intensive and fast-track if you need to learn in a hurry, as well as one-day workshops and tasters.
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Discover the benefits of learning a second language and find out what the top growing languages are at City Lit, and why there's never been a better time to learn them.
Got a question about our courses? Email us: languages@citylit.ac.uk.
If you are looking for language courses on behalf of your organisation, email us on languagetraining@citylit.ac.uk for more information and to see how we can help.
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City Lit gift vouchers - the perfect gift
Help your friends and family achieve their New Year's resolutions in 2021! Our City Lit Gift Vouchers are perfect for anyone who wants to learn something new this year. Available from just £10 and can be used to book a place on any of our online courses including art, languages, dance classes, poetry, and much more.From: £10.00 -
Revive your intermediate German
Course Date: Fri 26 Feb 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineThis course is suitable if you did GCSE, O Level or A level German sometime ago and/ or would like to revive your intermediate German.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £60.00 -
German advanced: Deutsche Städte in Gedichten
Course Date: Fri 26 Feb 2021
Location on this date: OnlineDiscover in these three fortnightly workshops German cities through the eyes of poets.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £59.00Senior fee: £47.00Concession: £36.00 -
The music of Brazil: from samba through bossa nova
Course Date: Sat 27 Feb 2021
Location on this date: OnlineDiscover the rich cultural and geographical diversity which have influenced Brazilian popular music and learn about the wide variety of Brazil's musical styles both past and present.In English with some Portuguese.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £29.00Senior fee: £29.00Concession: £29.00 -
French 2: Passé composé ou imparfait?
Course Date: Sat 27 Feb 2021
Location on this date: OnlineStill confused about which one to use? Come to this workshop and develop your ability to distinguish between them.
Ideal for students who already have a basic knowledge of those tenses. Taught in French.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £29.00Senior fee: £29.00Concession: £29.00 -
French 3/4: improve your pronunciation
Course Date: Sun 28 Feb 2021
Location on this date: OnlineHaving difficulties pronouncing your French ‘r’s and ‘u’s? Practise some difficult sounds on this lively course and impress your French friends!
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £39.00Senior fee: £39.00Concession: £39.00 -
French 4/5: advanced grammar
Course Date: Mon 1 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineSi vous souhaitez écrire en français avec plus de facilité et établir les bases d’un style écrit qui vous soit propre, alors ce cours est pour vous. Il vous permettra d’identifier et corriger vos erreurs grammaticales, lexicales et syntaxiques grâce à une variété d'entrainements et d’exercices pratiques et interactifs qui vous aideront à déjouer certains pièges de la langue et contribueront au développement de votre style personnel à l’écrit. Lessons take place every other week.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £79.00Senior fee: £63.00Concession: £48.00 -
Italian beginners: module 1
Course Date: Mon 1 Mar 2021 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: OnlineThis short, intensive programme is ideal if you want to study at a rapid pace (twice a week). You will have plenty of opportunity to practise the language. Based on units 1-4 of Nuovo Espresso 1. (Alma Edizioni - Italian version).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £169.00Senior fee: £169.00Concession: £103.00 -
Russian 4 reading group part 2
Course Date: Mon 1 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineThis course aims to reinforce and develop further study of Russian using adapted texts from the Zlatoust library books range. Unadapted books are also available as an option, depending on students' interests.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £59.00Senior fee: £59.00Concession: £36.00 -
Italian beginners: get to grips with the present tense
Course Date: Tue 2 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineThis short two-week course is meant to help you feel more confident in your use of Italian verbs in the present tense, since the grammar of Italian verbs is quite different from English. Please note that the first week consists of independent study with material posted online, while the second week is a face-to-face group session on Zoom.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £39.00Senior fee: £31.00Concession: £24.00 -
French 3: listening
Course Date: Wed 3 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineCome and practise your upper intermediate listening skills in this lively workshop.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £59.00Senior fee: £59.00Concession: £59.00 -
Discover Spanish Gastronomy
Course Date: Wed 3 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineCome and discover the exquisite and typical dishes of each area of Spain, from the famous miniature canapés known as 'pintxos' to the typical 'tapas', without forgetting some of the best wines in the world.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £49.00Concession: £30.00 -
Spanish Creative writing through plays
Course Date: Fri 5 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineAre you a creative person that speak or is learning Spanish? Do you like theatre? Would you like to expand your creativity and learn new way of expressing yourself in Spanish through writing? Come and join us in this creative writing short course for people who have already a good command of the language and would like to explore further the intrinsic ways of expressing this through writing in Spanish.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £89.00Senior fee: £71.00Concession: £54.00 -
Conversations in K-drama
Course Date: Sat 6 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineImprove your speaking and listening skills in Korean through the joy of watching popular K dramas.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £29.00Senior fee: £29.00Concession: £18.00 -
Explore Portugal
Course Date: Sat 6 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineWould you like to discover a lovely country blessed with a mild climate and a beautiful coastline? Come and explore Portugal’s history, culture and places of interest throughout the country.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £29.00Senior fee: £29.00Concession: £18.00
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