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- Dutch beginners: module 2/3Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francine van den BergSuitable if you have completed Dutch beginners: an introduction or equivalent. Continue learning Dutch and develop your listening and speaking skills.This communicative class emphasises the practical use of the language.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - English for deaf people: Word classes (entry 2 - entry 3)
Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025Location on this date: Online
The aim of the course is to help you to develop your language awareness and knowledge of English grammar in terms of word classes and their functions. You will learn about nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, determiners, prepositions and connectives. You will be signposted to online sources of information and practical exercises which can be used to refine and revise your knowledge throughout the course and after the course has concluded. This course has no exams.
This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here
- Dutch 2: module 3Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francine van den BergSuitable if you have completed Dutch 2: module 2 or equivalent. Develop your communication skills in Dutch in everyday situations at home and in your social life.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. - Italian 2 lower: module 3Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stefano D’EgidioSuitable if you have completed Italian 2 lower: module 2. Improve your Italian on this communicative course for year 2 learners, or those who have an equivalent level. The emphasis is on developing your oral skills. Suitable if you have completed module 2 or equivalent. Based on Nuovo Espresso 2 (Alma Edizioni - Italian version).Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Argonautica: reading group (in translation) module 3Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nikoletta ManiotiA reading group focusing on the Argonautica by the Greek poet Apollonius of Rhodes (in English translation).Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Homeric Greek 2: module 2 Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vaughan PilikianThis is a course in the reading and writing of Homeric Greek - the language of the Iliad and Odyssey.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - America in the 40s: culture and society Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Zoe Crombie, Pauline Greene, Mark Malcomson, Dale Mineshima-Lowe, Patricia Sweeney, Ian TucknottThe bombing of Pearl Harbor brought Americans into WW2, while the European need for goods pulled the USA out of the Depression of the 30s, providing new opportunities for women, African Americans and other people of colour.
Post-War America saw a new energy, of hope but also despair. This online intertextual course explores the political, social and cultural context of 1940s America through a study of the literature, history, music, film and art of the period.
With different tutors for each specialism, the course provides a 'taster' in each subject as a gateway to further study in understanding this fascinating period in American culture and society.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - German 3: Deutschland 1945-1989: Außenpolitik und Kultur auf beiden Seiten der Berliner MauerCourse start date: Wed 7 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anna RiolandLearn and speak about the history of Germany 1945-1989 in this interactive intermediate German course.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Brazilian Portuguese rapidamente: module 3Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Denise DelfThis course is suitable if you already speak a Romance language such as French, Italian, Romanian or Spanish. It might also be suitable if you would like to learn at a much faster pace.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Norwegian 2 Upper: module 3Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eva MorkesetA fun course for learners who have studied for 2-to-3 years recently and wish to continue learning.
This course is a conintuation of Norwegian 2 upper, Module 2 (offered in Term 2).Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Preparation for A-level Italian part 3Course start date: Thu 8 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto MinardiThis course follows the A Level syllabus and is suitable for those who would like to progress in Italian in a structured way. The course does not lead to the exam but you will be able to join the A Level exam course next year. Ideally you should have taken GCSE Italian (A*-B 9 - 6) or equivalent upper intermediate knowledge. This is the last part of the course. - Korean 2 upper: module 3Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jaeran WonContinue to improve your Korean on this lively communicative online course. Improve your speaking and listening skills while further developing your understanding of Korean grammar.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Italian 3 upper: module 3 Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Paola NorthQuesti corsi ti daranno la possibilitá di migliorare le tue capacitá di comprensione ed espressione scritta ed orale e sono basati sull' uso di materiale audiovisivo, lettura, discussione e pratica grammaticale. É necessario aver completato il 'module 2' o equivalente. Il corso si basa sul libro Nuovo Espresso 3 (Alma Edizioni). - Chinese 2 lower: module 3Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ting PoonContinue improving your Chinese Mandarin in the heart of London on this lively classroom-based course with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have been studying Chinese 2 lower: module 2 for a year and a half or have an equivalent level.
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