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- Swedish 3 lower: module 3Course start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lisa StridContinue to develop your intermediate Swedish on this online course, with a focus on improving your speaking and listening skills. For contining students, this is the continuation of our Swedish 3 lower: module 2 course (in Term 2).Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - French 3 upper: module 3Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronContinue to improve your upper intermediate French on this communicative course. The emphasis will be on developing your speaking and listening skills and on acquiring a greater understanding of French grammar and fluency.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - German 3 upper: module 3Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Tatjana PisarskiCome and improve your upper-intermediate German. Suitable if you have studied the language for four years (1.5 hours per week) or 2 years (3 hours per week). Based on Aspekte NEU B1+, 1. Teil. Choose either an in-person course in the heart of London or live online sessions. - The art of Byzantium
Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anita ChowdryA study of the unique visual flavour of Byzantine art and architecture, the development of a range of craft industries, and the impact of Byzantium on other cultures.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - 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. - Russian 4: module 3Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alla YoungDiscuss cultural issues, aspects of Russian literature and other cultural matters and learn some advanced grammar. Suitable if you have completed Russian 4: module 2 or have equivalent exeperience.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - French 4 at a gentle pace: module 3Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Estelle HélouinWant 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.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Piano/keyboards 4CCourse start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David FrankelFor pianists with around three years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music
reading, and your confidence.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Japanese 3 lower: module 3Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaImprove your level of Japanese on this communicative course where you will have the opportunity to develop your oral and listening skills as well as consolidate your reading and writing skills. Suitable if you have completed Japanese 3 lower: module 2 or 4 years recently. - Welsh 3 lower: module 3Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare WhiteheadJoin this lively online course to further develop your upper-intermediate Welsh. - 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. - 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 - 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 - 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 - Latin 3: module 2 Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Elena VaccaSuitable if you have completed Latin 3: module 1 or have an equivalent knowledge. Further your knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary. Improve your skills at reading and translating Latin while exploring Roman culture and history.
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