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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  1. Chinese: The meaning of characters
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 12 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Joyce Lee
    Come and explore the essence of Chinese characters and their profound significance in this enlightening lively online workshop. Unlock the hidden meanings behind strokes and symbols, tracing the cultural, historical, and philosophical depths they hold.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  2. Swedish beginners: holiday kit
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 12 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Yohanna Jacobsson
    Make the most of your holidays in Sweden or Swedish-speaking Finland 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!
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00
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  3. Norwegian Holiday Kit
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 12 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Finn Bugge
    Make the most of your holidays in Norway 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!
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00
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  4. Swedish beginners: grammar revision session
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 12 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jack Pulman-Slater
    Revise beginner-level Swedish grammar on this supportive and informative online workshop.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  5. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  6. Mindfulness and Meditation: De-Stress and Rejuvenate
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sally Page
    Learn how to de-stress, rejuvenate and cultivate calm using a variety of Mindfulness and Meditation techniques. From understanding why we get stressed, to applying this understanding in everyday real life situations. Releasing stress to cultivate an experience of calm, a positive state of mind, and significantly reduce stress levels and tension held in the body.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  7. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  8. Japanese beginners: intensive
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Kiyomi Unten
    Learn Japanese with an emphasis on practical use and the development of your listening and speaking skills on this intensive course. You can also learn to read and write Japanese characters.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  9. Discover Dutch
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Francine van den Berg
    Get 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.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  10. Arabic beginners: revision course
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Nora Allali-Carling
    Consolidate your elementary knowledge of Arabic in this online lively course.. Suitable if you have studied Arabic for a year or have an equivalent level. Based on the tutor’s own materials.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  11. German for Switzerland lovers (intermediate and advanced)
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Barbara Pöllet
    This is a mixed ability intermediate to advanced German language workshop for lovers of Switzerland.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  12. From the Habsburgs to the EU: The History of Italy’s North-East
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Francesco Bucciol
    The cities of Trieste and Gorizia, on today's Italian North-Eastern border, had a very complicated history in the 19th and 20th century. In this session you will discover the key historical events that marked these lands. From the divisions caused by the two world wars to the choice of Gorizia/Nova Gorica as EU's Capital of Culture 2025.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  13. Chinese beginners: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Zhonghan Lin
    Continue learning Mandarin Chinese on this lively live online course. You should have completed Chinese beginners: module 2 or equivalent (about 30hrs hours of learning).
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  14. Spanish 2 lower module 1+2: revision
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pilar Villanueva Martinez
    Learn to speak Spanish from scratch, focusing on your listening and speaking skills.Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  15. Arabic 2 revision
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Nora Allali-Carling
    Consolidate your elementary knowledge of Arabic in this online lively course. Suitable if you have studied Arabic for two years or have an equivalent level.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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