Specialist Learning Courses
From vocational courses and qualifications in care work, Access to Higher Education, British Sign Language (BSL) and teacher training to specialist courses in speech therapy and courses for students with learning difficulties.
Many of our courses are delivered online. For more information about our live online courses, please see our guide to online learning.
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BSL level 2
Course Date: Tue 23 Feb 2021 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetHave you passed your BSL level 1 and are you ready for a level 2 course? Build your skills and knowledge and achieve a level 2 qualification, accredited by Signature.
The assessments could take place either online or face to face. If the assessment takes place online, it will be via Zoom. If the face to face process is used, it will be on a one to one basis with your course tutor.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City Lit
Full fee: £799.00Senior fee: £673.00Concession: £597.00 -
English and digital skills for deaf people: have clear communication via texts (entry 1 - entry 2)
Course Date: Mon 1 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineOn this course you will learn to improve your communication skills via texts. By the end of this course you will be able to read, send and receive text messages.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £0.00Senior fee: £0.00Concession: £0.00 -
Living well with hearing loss
Course Date: Tue 2 Mar 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineThis course will give you practical strategies for coping with your hearing loss and will help improve your confidence and well-being.
It will be taught in spoken English, not sign language.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £59.00Senior fee: £36.00Concession: £26.00 -
Information, advice or guidance: level 2 certificate
Course Date: Fri 5 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineAre you interested in developing your knowledge and understanding in the key principles of information, advice and guidance? This course is suitable for those working in and those looking to work in a range of roles or careers such as housing support, employment advice, counselling and peer mentoring. The course is for those who want to support others to make informed choices and enables the sharing of good practice. You will be required to find and carry out a work placement or voluntary role where you are providing clients with information, advice or guidance.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £779.00Senior fee: £779.00Concession: £0.00 -
Manage your tinnitus
Course Date: Fri 5 Mar 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineThis four-week practical course is aimed at those with tinnitus who would like to understand it better and learn about techniques to be able to manage it.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £42.00Concession: £30.00 -
Debating skills for people who stammer
Course Date: Fri 5 Mar 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineDebating involves generating persuasive arguments and communicating these effectively with your audience. Practising this skill will help you to develop your confidence in both delivering planned content and thinking on your feet, skills that are applicable to a range of situations such as presentations, meetings and interviews. This course is specifically for people who stammer and will provide a supportive environment for you to work on your speech and communication.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £48.00Concession: £14.00 -
Assertiveness and hearing loss
Course Date: Tue 9 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineDo you sometimes find it hard to tell people you have a hearing loss and to ask them for the support you need? This short course will help you to develop your assertiveness skills.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £79.00Senior fee: £48.00Concession: £35.00 -
Working with adults who stammer: a course for speech and language therapists
Course Date: Wed 24 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineDesigned for speech and language therapists, this four-day interactive workshop will cover assessment and selection, stammering modification, interiorised stammering, cluttering, acquired stammering and an introduction to mindfulness. Opportunity to practise teaching techniques to clients included.
This course runs for three days (24-26 March), plus a follow-up day on 4 October 2021.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £499.00Senior fee: £499.00Concession: £499.00 -
Refresher workshop for people who stammer
Course Date: Mon 29 Mar 2021
Location on this date: OnlineFeeling a bit rusty when it comes to working on your stammering? If you have already completed some therapy either at City Lit or elsewhere, this workshop offers you the ideal opportunity to revise what you’ve learnt so far, practise your speech techniques and to become more open about, and desensitised to, stammering.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £59.00Senior fee: £41.00Concession: £12.00 -
English entry 3 for deaf people
Course Date: Mon 12 Apr 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineThis course will help you get become confident in your everyday communication including reading and writing. We will focus on topics that interest you and use these to help you improve the key elements of reading and writing as well as communication skills to enable you to express your thoughts and feelings including in difficult situations. You will learn to how write whole sentences and paragraphs, use adjectives effectively, organise your writing, make notes and complete drafts, spell important common words, use punctuation correctly and develop reading and writing strategies most suited to you. And you will learn some digital skills including reading and finding information from websites.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £0.00Senior fee: £0.00Concession: £0.00 -
English level 1 for deaf people
Course Date: Mon 12 Apr 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineThis course will help you improve your communication skills including reading and writing. It will enable you to become confident in writing longer texts and reading more complex articles, information, descriptions and stories. You will also become more confident at formal and informal conversations. We will look at how English sentences are put together and how you can write more complex sentences confidently. We will see how formal English differs from informal English, which will help you with both your reading and writing. Along the way, you will work on your spelling strategies to improve the accuracy of your written work. And you will learn some useful digital skills including reading and finding information from websites.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £0.00Senior fee: £0.00Concession: £0.00 -
English grammar for deaf people (entry 1)
Course Date: Mon 12 Apr 2021 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: OnlineThis course is suitable if you have enough vocabulary to be able to read and write basic sentences. During this course, you will learn more vocabulary and grammar to help you talk, read and write about yourself, your family and friends and complete forms, short sms and e-mails. This course has no exams.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £0.00Senior fee: £0.00Concession: £0.00 -
Basic skills for deaf people: Getting started with English, Maths and Digital skills (pre-entry - Entry 1)
Course Date: Mon 12 Apr 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineThis course is suitable if you have arrived in the UK from abroad and need to acquire basic Maths skills or if you missed out on education at school here in UK due to communication barriers. During this course you will work with basic numbers, measures, shapes and use of data. It is a very practical course and the skills you learn can be applied to your every day life contexts. This course has no exams.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £0.00Senior fee: £0.00Concession: £0.00 -
English for deaf people: reading and writing (entry 1)
Course Date: Tue 13 Apr 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineThis course is suitable if you have enough vocabulary to be able to read and write basic sentences. During this course, you will learn more vocabulary and grammar to help you talk, read and write about yourself, your family and friends and complete forms, short sms and e-mails. This course has no exams.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £0.00Senior fee: £0.00Concession: £0.00 -
English for deaf people: develop your reading skills (entry 3 - level 1)
Course Date: Tue 13 Apr 2021
Location on this date: OnlineThis course will help you develop your reading skills. On the course you will learn about the different types of texts and the main points of a text and develop your comprehension skills.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £0.00Senior fee: £0.00Concession: £0.00
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