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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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275 courses available
- Danish beginners taster
Curious about Danish? Try out a fun Danish lesson at City Lit!
Online
Mon 14 Sep 2026Hanne Christensen-BakerFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 
Spanish 2 lower tasterCome and discover what an elementary Spanish class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for 1 year recently.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00- Swedish beginners taster
Come and discover Swedish on this lively taster for beginners.
Online
Mon 14 Sep 2026Yohanna JacobssonFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Brazilian Portuguese beginners: tasterGet 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 fascinating introduction for complete beginners.Full 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 - Italian tasterGet a flavour of this beautiful language and begin to discover how it works. Learn some useful phrases and pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and a chance to decide if learning Italian is something you might like to take further.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
- Spanish 3 taster
Come and discover what an Intermediate Spanish class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 3-4 years recently.Online
Mon 14 Sep 2026Amaia IbargüenFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - French DALF C1
Ce cours de niveau avancé vous prépare pour les examens en juin 2026 au 'Diplôme approfondi en langue française' (DALF), niveau C1.
Les frais d'examens ne sont pas inclus dans le prix. Possibilité de paiement en plusieurs versements.
Voici les dates des trimestres:
Term 1: 15/09/2026 - 01/12/2026
Term 2: 12/01/2027 - 20/03/2027
Term 3: 13/04/2027 - 08/06/2027Online
Tue 15 Sep 2026Pierre PorcheronFull fee £999.00 Senior fee £999.00 Concession £649.00 - French 3 upper: tasterCome and discover what an upper intermediate French class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied French for 4-5 years recently or have done an A-level some time ago.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Modern Greek 3 upper: module 1
Improve your intermediate Greek on this practical course and choose either in-person classes in central London or live online classes. The emphasis is on listening and speaking, and on extending your reading and writing skills. Suitable if you have completed Modern Greek 3 lower or equivalent (4 years of Greek).
Please note, there will be no lesson on 28 October 2026.
Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - French 2 upper: tasterCome and discover what a lower intermediate French class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied French for 2-3 years recently or have done a GCSE some time ago.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Norwegian beginners tasterCome and discover Norwegian on this lively online taster.
Online
Wed 16 Sep 2026Dan AldrinFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Modern Greek 4/5: module 1
For advanced learners of Modern Greek. Suitable if you have studied Modern Greek for 4-5 years or equivalent.
Please note, there will be no lesson on 28 October 2026.
.Online
Wed 16 Sep 2026Florendia YiannoullouFull fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - Swedish 2 lower: module 1Come to join this lively course to practise and develop your elementary Swedish. Suitable if you have actively studied Swedish for a year recently.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00
- Spanish 2 upper tasterCome and discover what a Spanish 2 upper class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 2-3 years recently.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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