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From French to Swedish, you can choose from evening, daytime or weekend language classes with our experienced and friendly tutors. We also offer early morning sessions and intensive courses to help you learn a language at a time and in a way that suits you best. In many languages you can take an accredited course, with national and international qualifications.
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Courses available both in-person and online
At City Lit, you can choose to study in-person or online. Our fantastic in-person courses are taught in our attractive campus, located in the heart of Covent Garden, central London. Here, our students can benefit from a variety of services and resources, including our café and state-of-the art equipment.
Our online courses are tailored to give you a social and interactive online learning experience, allowing you freedom to study from anywhere and with like-minded fellow classmates from all over the country without the need to travel. Use the Location filters on this page to choose your preferred learning method. See our guide to online learning for more information about accessing our live online courses.
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413 courses available
Return to French (elementary)Join this lively refresher course and boost your elementary French-perfect preparation for moving straight on to Level 2.
Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00- Modern Greek holiday kit
Make the most of your holidays in Greece or Cyprus with this short, intensive course. This holiday kit will provide you with all the language you need to communicate in the most common holiday situations & have a friendly chat with the locals!
Online
Mon 10 Aug 2026Maria ContosFull fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - French 5 DALF C1/C2 taster
This session offers an introduction into our preparatory courses for the DALF C1 and C2 exams. You will meet the tutor, learn about the structure of the exams, and find out what to expect from the full course. The tutor will also help you determine whether this level is right for you.
Online
Thu 27 Aug 2026Pierre PorcheronFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Spanish 5 tasterCome and discover what an advanced Spanish class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 5-6 years recently.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Hungarian beginners tasterCome and discover Hungarian in this lively taster.
Online
Mon 7 Sep 2026Eva PallaghyFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Return to French (lower intermediate)Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed completed 2-3 years of study in the past.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
- French 2 lower: tasterGet a flavour of what an elementary French class feels like. A fascinating taster course!Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
- French beginners: taster
Get a flavour of French and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and those who might like to take it further.
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Italian: jump into year 2 lowerThis intensive course is suitable if you have studied Italian for about a year in the past but are not sure whether you are ready to join our second-year course, Italian 2 lower. You will revise the grammar and vocabulary of year one in one week and will be ready for Italian 2 lower: module 1 later this September.
Keeley Street
Mon 7 Sep 2026Veronica De FeliceFull fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £159.00 - Italian: jump into year 2 upperThis intensive course is suitable if you have studied Italian for about two years in the past and would like some more practice before the start of our third-year course, Italian 2 upper. You will revise the main points of the second year in this one-week revision course and feel ready for Italian 2 upper: module 1 later this September.
Keeley Street
Mon 7 Sep 2026Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £239.00 - Spanish 4 taster
Come and discover what an advanced Spanish class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 4-5 years recently.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Polish beginners taster
Come and discover Polish in this lively taster.
Online
Mon 7 Sep 2026Agnieszka HerbaFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Dutch beginners tasterCome and discover Dutch in this lively taster.
Online
Tue 8 Sep 2026Jacqueline YoungFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Spanish beginners: taster
Get a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure in this lively taster course. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fun introduction for complete beginners.
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Brazilian Portuguese 2 lower: revision
This intensive course helps you get ready for your third year of Portuguese. It will help you revise the main content of the second year so that you get a confidence boost before beginning Brazilian Portuguese 2 upper.
Keeley Street
Tue 8 Sep 2026Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
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