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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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  4. Return to Spanish (advanced)
    Course start date:  Mon 30 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Roser Martínez-Sánchez

    If you have learned Spanish in the past, but it has been a while, then come and join this lively course to refresh your advanced Spanish. You will review, revise and practice in a course that is tailored to your needs. After attending this course, you will be able join a level 4 or 5 course. 

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  5. Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00
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  6. Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  7. Spanish beginners module 1+2: revision
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Analía Tolone
    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar and the topics studied in Spanish beginners: modules 1 & 2. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish beginners: module 2' or have an equivalent knowledge of the language (2 terms of study).
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00
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  9. Brush up your lower intermediate Latin
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 22 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Judith Rice
    Refresh your forgotten intermediate Latin and enhance your pleasure in understanding the language.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00
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  10. Brush up your upper intermediate Latin
    Course start date:  Tue 22 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Judith Rice
    Refresh your forgotten intermediate Latin and enhance your pleasure in understanding the language.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  11. Brush up your advanced Latin
    Course start date:  Tue 22 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Judith Rice

    Brush up your advanced Latin by translating a selection from Juvenal's Satires.

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  13. Spanish beginners: module 1B
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    Course start date:  Tue 29 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Learn to speak Spanish on this short course for near beginners. Suitable if you have completed Spanish beginners: module 1A or if you have a very basic knowledge of the language (please check course outline for Spanish beginners: module 1A to see what you should know already).

    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00
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  14. History reading group: political biographies
    Course start date:  Tue 7 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Zoe Quinn
    Through discussion of selected biographies we will explore in depth key individuals in world history , their legacy and the era in which they lived.The first class will discuss The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft by Claire Tomalin. Winner of the Whitbread First Book Prize As this was published a few years ago there are cheap 2nd had copies available.



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    7/10/25, 25/11/25, 13/1/26, 10/3/26.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  15. Self-compassion for people who stammer
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 11 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Carolyn Cheasman
    This is an experiential course for people who stammer that will introduce you to key elements of self-compassion through some theory and practice. Research on the general population has consistently found that cultivating self-compassion contributes to greater well-being, reduced self-criticism and greater self-acceptance.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £62.00 Concession £18.00
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