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- Spanish beginners: tasterCourse start date: Mon 11 Nov 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Keylor Murillo MoyaGet a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Spanish 3/4: la Guinea Ecuatorial española: colonialismo, explotación y segregación racialCourse start date: Wed 20 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanesa GuzmanEste fascinante curso explora la historia de la Guinea equatorial española, en dos siglos de colonialismo español (1778-1968).
Este curso es para estudiantes con nivel intermedio/avanzado de español (si has estudiado español al menos durante 4/5 años).
This course will be delivered in Spanish.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - Spanish 2 lower tasterCourse start date: Wed 4 Dec 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Roberto GallegoCome and discover what an elementary Spanish class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for 1-2 years recently.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Spanish 4/5: focus on accents - ArgentinaCourse start date: Wed 4 Dec 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Analía ToloneHow do you cope with different Spanish accents? Do you find some easier to understand than others? This series of short courses will help you understand the specificities and intricacies of a variety of Spanish and South American accents, so you can spot their speakers more easily and understand them better to keep the conversation going.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Una stagione con Dante: introduzioneCourse start date: Wed 4 Dec 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francesco BucciolThis session - conducted entirely in Italian - is the first part of an introduction to the Divine Comedy. The first session introduces you to Dante's life, his political and philosophical views and gives an overview of the structure of the poem. We will devote the following three sessions (from January onwards) to reading, analysing and commenting on a selection of cantos. Please note that the selection of the cantos read in the following sessions will be different from that of previous years, so you are welcome to re-enrol even if you have attended before.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Creative writing: a tasterCourse start date: Mon 2 Dec 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Suzannah V. EvansGive creative writing a try in this fun and supportive one-off taster session. Ideal if you want to unlock your imagination and express yourself, but need a bit of encouragement to get started.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Art history tasterCourse start date: Fri 6 Dec 2024 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayCurious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories, from the ancient to the contemporary.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Spanish Quiz/game night: level A1-A2Course start date: Wed 11 Dec 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Adriana Itriago GavidiaCome and join us in this fun Spanish night! Do you like pub quizzes? Do you want to put into practice your knowledge of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, culture, and music while having fun in the process? Then you are in the right place!
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Spanish Quiz/game night: level B1-B2Course start date: Wed 11 Dec 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amaia IbargüenCome and join us in this fun Spanish night! Do you like pub quizzes? Do you want to put into practice your knowledge of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, culture, and music while having fun in the process? Then you are in the right place!
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Return to German (intermediate)Course start date: Wed 8 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anna RiolandThis course is suitable if you are studying 2 upper or 3 lower courses at City Lit or have done GCSE, O Level or A level German some time 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 £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Japanese beginners tasterCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Junko FuseCome and discover Japanese in this lively taster.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Norwegian beginners tasterCourse start date: Wed 15 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eva MorkesetCome and discover Norwegian on this lively online taster.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Maths for life and work (level 1)Course start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Do you want to prepare for Functional Skills Level 2 maths? Do you need to improve your maths to become more confident in problem-solving, analysing and making decisions at work and in your personal life? This course will help you with all of the above and make maths come alive. You will see how mathematics is everywhere and you will develop the maths you need to participate, make progress and express yourself in today's society. You will work on tasks which require you to use whole numbers and decimals, fractions and percentages and recognise the relationships between them. You will work on solving problem involving time, money and measurements, as well learn how to measure confidently and convert between units of measurement. You will be able to state properties of shapes, both 2D and 3D and be better able to interpret, discuss and comment on the graphs, charts and tables you see in newspapers, on the internet and at work.
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).
Free course: This is a Multiply course. Multiply is a new government programme to help adults improve their numeracy skills. This course is free for Londoners aged 19 or over. For more information Click here
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £15.00 - Spanish 4/5: Chile, de Allende a la insurrección de octubre 2019Course start date: Wed 12 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pilar Villanueva MartinezEste curso explora el impacto profundo que tuvo la insurrección de octubre en el 2019, los elementos históricos, políticos y sociales que llevaron el pueblo chileno a sublevarse para conseguir un nuevo futuro, y la expresión cultural diversa que resultó de este movimiento.
Este curso es para estudiantes con nivel avanzado de español (si has estudiado español al menos durante 5 años).
This course will be delivered online in Spanish. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in the course details for more information.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - Spanish 3/4: Ceuta y Melilla, un viaje de descubrimientoCourse start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanesa GuzmanEste curso explora las ciudades de Ceuta y Melilla, situadas en la costa noroeste de Africa. En estas dos sesiones se analizará como su ubicación influenzó su historia, su cultura, sus tradiciones, sus comunidades y sus expresiones artísticas para llegar a un mejor entendimiento de esta fascinante región y de su evolución.
Este curso es para estudiantes con nivel intermedio/avanzado de español (si has estudiado español al menos durante 4/5 años).
This course will be delivered online in Spanish. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in the course details for more information.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00
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