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- German 4: consolidation
Course start date: Mon 28 Apr 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Barbara PölletVertiefen Sie Ihre Deutschkenntnisse durch eine vielseitige Auswahl an aktuellen Materialien, Texten, Videos und Hörverständnissen. In diesem Kurs können Sie auch Ihre Diskussionfähigkeit, Ihre Grammatik und Ihren Wortschatz erweitern. This is an advanced German course. - Italian 4: module 3 Course start date: Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Evi CampetellaQuesti corsi ti daranno la possibilitá di analizzare e discutere articoli giornalistici, testi letterari e programmi televisi. Praticherai continuamente tutte le abilitá linguistiche di ascolto, comprensione ed espressione scritta ed orale. É necessario un livello avanzato di Italiano ('Italian 4: module 1' o equivalente).Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Japanese beginners: module 2 Course start date: Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaContinue learning to speak Japanese, with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills,
Suitable if you have completed Japanese beginners: module 1 or learn Japanese in a complete beginners course for a term.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Dutch upper intermediate Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francine van den BergPractise and improve your advanced Dutch on this communicative course, with the emphasis on listening and speaking skills. Suitable if you have been learning Dutch for at least 3 years. - Welsh 4: module 3Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Macsen BrownThe aim of this course is to give students the opportunity to practise using Welsh in a wider range of contexts and for a wider range of purposes; to expand their grammatical and communicative abilities in the language; and to promote interest in and awareness of the language and its culture today.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Italian 3: practise and consolidate: module 3Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto MinardiQuesta classe di conversazione ti offre la possibilità di consolidare il tuo livello intermedio di italiano praticando e perfezionando i punti grammaticali studiati al livello 3. Adatto a chi frequenta un corso al livello 3 lower or 3 upper oppure a chi ha una conoscenza equivalente della lingua.
Please note that this course takes place every other week. - Exploring film directors Course start date: Fri 2 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jon WisbeySeen as the unifying and creative force in a film, directors have become important for both an audience's engagement and a film's marketing and 'positioning'. This course explores the work of a range of directors, or 'auteurs', their approach to filmmaking and their thematic interests, while assessing the concept of authorship and the contexts in which a director's work is produced and consumed.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - Cornish advanced: module 3Course start date: Fri 2 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jo P'RhysDevelop your advanced Cornish conversation and discussion.Suitable for anyone who has studied Cornish for several years and wants to improve their oral skills.
The course prepares you for the 4th grade (final grade) of the Cornish Language Board examinations. - Village LondonCourse start date: Fri 2 May 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Hazel BakerLondon is made up of a series of villages, each with its own individual characteristics. Explore Spitalfields
Shoreditch, Finsbury, Clerkenwell, Islington, Soho, Fitzrovia and Mayfair on these 8 guided walks. - French 4 at a gentle pace: module 3Course start date: Fri 2 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronWant to learn (continue learning) French but worried that you might not be able to keep up? French 4 at a gentle pace: module 2 is designed to cover the same material as our standard French 4: module 3 course, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in. - Art in medieval Italy: the Kingdom of Lombardy and its impactCourse start date: Fri 2 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Simone ChisenaDiscover the rich artistic heritage of the first Kings of Italy, the tenacious warriors who first rule the country.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Piano/keyboards 4CCourse start date: Fri 2 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jonathan WilsonFor pianists with around three years' experience. Improve your technique, coordination, phrasing, music
reading, and your confidence.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - German advanced intensive Course start date: Sat 3 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Tim MatschakVertiefen Sie Ihre Deutschkenntnisse durch eine vielseitige Auswahl an aktuellen Materialien, Texten, Videos und Hörverständnissen. In diesem Kurs können Sie auch Ihre Diskussionfähigkeit, Ihre Grammatik und Ihren Wortschatz erweitern. This is an intensive advanced German course.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - Life in Anglo-Saxon England Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Stephen Pollington. - New Testament Greek 2: module 3Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jordan Dyck.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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