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- Italian 2 upper: module 1Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paola NorthItalian 2 upper is our third-year Italian course, so this year you'll be progressing through lower intermediate Italian towards intermediate. You'll find yourself learning new ways to express yourself more accurately and confidently. The emphasis is on the development of your oral skills. Suitable if you have completed 'Italian 2 lower', or have studied Italian for about 2 years. Based on Nuovo Espresso 2 (Alma Edizioni, Italian version).Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Arabic 2 lower: module 1Course start date: Tue 14 Oct 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Taïssir K MahmoudSuitable if you have studied Arabic for two years or have an equivalent level.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Irish 2 upper: module 1Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: William BradyContinue building on your intermediate Irish language skills on this interective and lively class. Students will explore a variety of topics, using a variety of tenses, with a continuing emphasis on the spoken language. Choose either an in-person class in Covent Garden or a live online class.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Irish 2 lower: module 1Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: William BradyContinue learning Irish on this communicative and supportive class. Choose either an in-person class in central London or live online sessions.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - French 2 upper: module 3
Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michel WillameContinue to improve your lower intermediate French in the heart of London on this lively interactive course. The course will help you consolidate and further develop your speaking and listening skills. You will also discover more about the French speaking world .The course is suitable if you have recently completed a 'French 2 upper: module 2' course or equivalent. - Writing for children Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Neil ArkseyAlways wanted to write a children's book? This practical course will develop your ability to write for different age groups and genres of contemporary children's fiction.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00 - Modern Greek 2 upper: module 1Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria ContosContinue your Modern Greek learning journey on this lively course. Online and in-person classes available.
Suitable if you have completed Modern Greek 2 lower or equivalent i.e have studied Modern Greek for 2 years recently.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Exploring opera 1Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pauline GreeneJoin us to explore the history of opera over three enjoyable terms. In this first term we’ll explore the ideas that fuelled origins of opera and the wonderful world of Baroque opera seria. NB Break week: 29 Oct 2025. - Sing jazz: Fats WallerCourse start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Clare FosterFats Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, wrote many more, and this new course will guide you through several and prepare you to perform his memorable work. For singers with enthusiasm for and experience in the jazz idiom and newcomers to jazz are also welcome to join. no class on 15th October.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 - Victorian VisionsCourse start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julian Birkett“It was the best of times…it was the worst of times.”
How did the Victorians see the world? They lived through one of the most dramatic periods in our history – and their literature reflects that. Victorian Visions looks at a wide variety of themes in Victorian culture: from the city to the home, from dreams to nightmares, from faith to doubt, from moralism to decadence, from ideology to empire.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - French 2 upper: module 2 Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yolande Mallet De ChaunyImprove your lower intermediate French on this lively interactive course in the heart of London. The emphasis will be on developing your speaking and listening skills and on learning more about the French speaking world. The course is suitable if you have recently completed a 'French 2 upper: module 1' course or equivalent. - Medieval LondonCourse start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mike BerlinThis course explores the forces that shaped London between the coming of the Normans and the age of
the Tudors. - Spanish 3 lower at a gentle pace: module 1Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto GallegoFurther improve your Spanish in this lively class, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. You will also acquire a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 3 lower' or equivalent. Based on Aula Internacional 3 Plus, (Difusión Publishers).
Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Spanish 2 upper at a gentle pace: module 3Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elisabet RodriguezWant to continue learning Spanish but worried that you might not be able to keep up? Spanish 2 upper at a gentle pace is designed to cover the same material as our standard Spanish 2 upper course, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.
Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - City Lit animation Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie Griffiths, Litza JanszPassionate about animation? Fancy spending a year building skills in traditional and digital animation techniques and producing your own animation project? Taught by professional animators, this exciting fast-track practical course gives you the opportunity to explore both commercial and experimental approaches to animation using professional equipment and software. Whether you’re a complete beginner or have some animation experience you can join our award winning alumni. A fantastic start to a new career or simply a chance to pursue your passion with like-minded people.
To see a showreel of student work click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySgnN_DcJjA.Full fee £2,499.00 Senior fee £1,999.00 Concession £1,624.00
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