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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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Spanish 3: jump into year 3 lowerThis intensive course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 3 years in the past and would like to join our Spanish 3 lower courses. You will review any language points necessary to join the level 3 lower in this one-week revision course and feel ready for Spanish 3 lower: module 1 starting the following term.
Keeley Street
Mon 14 Sep 2026Natalia Fajardo IlajaFull fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00- Modern Greek beginners tasterCome and discover Modern Greek in this lively taster.
Choose an in-person session in Covent Garden or a live online taster.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Brazilian Portuguese 4/5: taster
Come and discover what an advanced Brazilian Portuguese class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Brazilian Portuguese for about 5 years recently.Online
Mon 14 Sep 2026Christina BaumFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Russian beginners tasterCome and discover Russian in this lively taster.
Keeley Street
Tue 15 Sep 2026Altannavch MurrayFull 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 - 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 - 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 15 Sep 2026Isabel Dos SantosFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - 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 - Spanish DELE B1 taster
Are you looking into taking an Exam course in Spanish but want to try it before you commit?
Get a taste of what it would be like to prepare for the 'Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera B1'. The course will explain how the actual Preparation to DELE B1 will work and will offer snippets of activities that will be carried out during the course.
Please note that you should have studied Spanish for about three years or have an equivalent level.Online
Wed 16 Sep 2026Amaia IbargüenFull 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.
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Wed 16 Sep 2026Florendia YiannoullouFull fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - Brazilian Portuguese 2 upper: taster
Come and discover what an elementary Brazilian Portuguese class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Portuguese for about 2 years recently.Keeley Street
Wed 16 Sep 2026Isabel Dos SantosFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Spanish DELE B2 taster
Are you looking into taking an Exam course in Spanish but want to try it before you commit?
Get a taste of what it would be like to prepare for the 'Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera B2'. The course will explain how the actual Preparation to the DELE B2 will work and will offer snippets of activities that will be carried out during the course.
Please note that you should have studied Spanish for about five years or have an equivalent level.Online
Thu 17 Sep 2026Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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