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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. Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00
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  2. Tokyo: an insider's guide
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 16 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Kiyomi Unten
    Join this lively course and learn about this bustling capital that mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers and anime shops to cherry trees and temples. Open to all levels.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  3. Japanese beginners: short introduction
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Jun 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Hisaka Bunting
    Get a short introduction to the Japanese language and discover aspects of Japanese language culture in these online communicative classes. Suitable for complete beginners.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00
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  4. Clocks, countdowns, chronology: how do we experience time?
    Course start date:  Mon 9 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anita Kasabova
    Do we perceive time or the passage of events? Einstein famously considered time – or the distinction between past, present, and future – as an illusion. We examine subjective time or how we experience time, discussing the roles of memory, emotion, and narrative.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  5. The Socratic philosophers: Aristotle
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 19 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  John Goff
    This is a basic introduction to the philosophy of Aristotle, of which his ‘Ethics’ & ‘Politics’ will form the core.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  6. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  7. 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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  8. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  9. Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  10. Japanese beginners taster
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 20 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Hisaka Bunting
    Come and discover Japanese in this lively taster.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £19.00
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  11. Introduction to political philosophy
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Christopher Horner
    What are the ends and means of politics? Interweaving modern history and politics with key philosophical texts, study and debate the ideas, ideologies and concepts underpinning our thinking about the organisation of society.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  12. Japanese 2 lower: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Hisaka Bunting
    Join this lively course to build on your basic Japanese skills. Suitable if you've studied Japanese for 1 year recently.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £239.00
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  13. Japanese beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Chikako Nakagawa
    Learn to speak Japanese, with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills. Suitable for complete beginners. Choose either an in-person course in Covent Garden or live online sessions.



    We offer in-person (LJT1) and online Japanese tasters sessions (LJT2).
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  14. Japanese 2 upper: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Chikako Nakagawa
    On this course you will learn to communicate more fully and fluently in a wider range of everyday situations and conversations. Suitable if you have completed 'Japanese 2 lower' or have studied Japanese for at least 2 years. Choose either an in-person class in central London or live online sessions.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  15. Japanese 5: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Junko Fuse
    Join this lively class for experienced learners of Japanese. You will be able to understand, speak and listen to more complex expressions in Japanese in various everyday situations.Suitable if you have studied Japanese for 6/7 years.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £239.00
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