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- Swedish 2 upper: module 1Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Yohanna JacobssonContinue for Swedish learning journey and build on your intermediate level language skills on this lively course.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £239.00 - French 3 lower: module 1Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Daniel FernandezContinue improving your lower intermediate French on this online 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 £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Short story writingCourse start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vicky GrutA hands-on introduction to the art of writing short stories. You will receive technical advice, creative exercises to generate ideas, and feedback to develop your writing skills.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00 - Writing fantasy storiesCourse start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Victoria M. AdamsBuild fantastical worlds, fill them with compelling characters and learn how to structure innovative plotlines in this perfect introduction for those with a passion for fantasy.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00 - Norwegian beginners: module 3Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eva MorkesetA fun course for learners who are near-beginners and wish to continue learning. You need to have studied Norwegian for about 6 months recently.
For continuing students, this is a contination of Norwegian beginners: module 2.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - Return to Spanish (elementary)Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Adriana Itriago GavidiaIf you have learned Spanish in the past, but it has been a while, then come and join this lively course to refresh your elementary Spanish. You wil review, revise and practice in a course that is tailored to your needs. After attending this course you will be able join a level 2 lower course starting in January.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Brazilian Portuguese 2 upper: module 1Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
This course aims to help you continue to develop your Portuguese. It is taught by a native Brazilian, though you'll cover other varieties of Portuguese as well. You'll learn how to introduce yourself, talk about yourself and your family, and begin building your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills so that you can build a solid base for future study.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Norwegian 3 lower: module 1Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eva MorkesetA fun course for learners who have studied for 3 years recently and wish to continue learning.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - T'ai Chi Chuan: intermediateCourse start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kamal ThapenCarry on discovering the gentle, graceful movements of Yang style Short Form T'ai Chi in classes designed to introduce you to the T'ai Chi and Qi Gong basics. Learn and develop clear, powerful and effective practice designed to give you a solid grounding in T'ai Chi and Qi Gong and an insight into their wonderful possibilities. This is a follow on to the beginner’s course and will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00 - Italian GCSECourse start date: Thu 26 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francesco BucciolGain a GCSE qualification and develop your practical language and exam skills. Suitable if you have studied Italian for about two years. The course fee includes non-refundable exam costs, payable in advance. Course fees are payable in instalments.
This course will be delivered online. However, a mock exam will take place in February 2025 at our central London college. You will therefore need to make sure that you make the necessary arrangements so that you can attend. The date will be posted when the mock exam has been set up.
The official exams will also take place at our Covent Garden college during the months of May and June (exact dates to be confirmed). Please note that the end date of the course may change depending on when the official exams are scheduled.
* Please note that, subject to government guidance, we might need to implement a contingency plan to be followed in the event of exam cancellations.
**City Lit is an adult education college, so we are only able to accept candidates who are aged 19 or over.Full fee £884.00 Senior fee £884.00 Concession £55.00 - Japanese 3 upper: module 1Course start date: Thu 25 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaDevelop your intermediate Japanese. Suitable if you have completed 'Japanese 3 lower module 3' or studied Japanese for at least 4 years recently. Improve your level of intermediate Japanese on this communicative course which will give you 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' or equivalent.. - Preparation for A-level Italian part 1Course start date: Thu 25 Sep 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 aims to prepare you to join the Italian A Level course next year. Ideally you should have taken GCSE Italian (having achieved a grade 7, 8 or 9) or have equivalent upper intermediate knowledge. The course is divided into three parts (parts 2 and 3 will take place in term 2 and 3). - Getting away with murder: how to write crime fictionCourse start date: Thu 25 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Want to write a murder mystery that will knock readers dead? On this course you'll learn how to plot a murder most horrid and develop your writing to create maximum suspense.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00 - Dutch 2: module 1Course start date: Thu 25 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francine van den BergDevelop your communication skills in Dutch for everyday situations.Suitable if you have completed Dutch beginners:module 3 or equivalent or have been learning Dutch for one year.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - Italian 2 lower: module 2Course start date: Thu 25 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Silvana VistolaSuitable if you have completed Italian 2 lower: module 1. Improve your elementary Italian on this communicative course. The emphasis is on developing your oral skills. Suitable if you have completed 2 Lower: module 1 or equivalent. Based on Nuovo Espresso 2 (Alma Edizioni - Italian version).Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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