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- Ancient Greek 5Course start date: Mon 15 Apr 2024 (and 11 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Doukissa KaminiOn this advanced level course, you will be reading Xenophon’s Anabasis (with plenty of help), and revising
grammar.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: introductionCourse start date: Wed 24 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Adam GurneyFind out about the skills involved in lipreading and build your confidence in understanding conversations. Suitable if you have little or no experience of lipreading.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £116.00 Concession £90.00 - Spanish 4: conversationCourse start date: Thu 12 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Ven a practicar y mejorar tu español en nuestro 'club español'. Trabajaremos con un corto del cine español, relatos, noticias televisivas, etc. Desarrollarás diferentes registros lingüísticos en función de las circunstancias y el contexto en el que te encuentres. Este curso es para estudiantes con nivel avanzado de español (si has estudiado español al menos durante 5 años) y tiene lugar en semanas alternativas.
Term 1: 12th Oct, 26th Oct, 9th Nov, 23th Nov, 7th Dec 2023
Term 2: 18th Jan, 1st Feb, 15th Feb, 29th Mar, 14th Mar 2024
Term 3: 25th Apr, 9th May, 23rd May, 6th Jun, 20th Jun 2024.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £71.00 - Freelance writing and blogging
Course start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Yvonne SinghGet inspired to write on this practical course for freelance journalists and bloggers. Learn to carry out research, interview people, pitch and publish stories, and build your presence on social media.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Autobiography into fiction Course start date: Thu 18 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nick BarlayThis course will help you develop techniques for transforming personal experience into fiction. You'll have the opportunity to improve your writing skills as well as your ability to give and use constructive criticism in a workshop environment.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00 - Understanding racism in BritainCourse start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gabriel Olumide ApataThe course examines the history and nature of racism in British society. It asks: how racist is Britain and how is that racism expressed in different areas of life? Join us to engage these difficult but important questions.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Costume and fashion in art Course start date: Mon 22 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie BarlowCostume from the past rarely survives, except in the depiction of it in paintings. Explore 500 years of costume in European art across a range of subject matter and decode the socio-political contexts and cultural identities contained within the choice of dress. - Voiceovers: improversCourse start date: Tue 23 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John EastmanDevelop your microphone skills and knowledge of the Voiceovers sector. Open to those who have completed a beginners' course or have previous industry experience. This course will be delivered in our media studio.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £97.00 - The merry monarch: Charles II & the Restoration eraCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ellen CarpenterJoin us for a six-week course to explore politics, society, religion and culture during the Stuart Restoration era, with reference to the reign of the ‘Merry Monarch’ Charles II (1660 – 1685) and the succession crisis that followed his death in 1685.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Italian 2: practise and consolidate: module 3 Course start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anna GiuffriaConsolidate your elementary or lower intermediate level of Italian in this interactive class. Further practise the main topics and grammar points learned at level 2 through some speaking and listening activities. Suitable if you are attending a level 2 lower or 2 upper class or have an equivalent level of the language. Please note that this course takes place every other week. - Communication skills: developing your writing, speaking and digital skills through creating a radio programme (ESOL level 1-2)Course start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you want to develop your writing and speaking skills? Would you also like to improve your digital skills? On this course you will work on writing, enacting and recording short radio programmes about news items, arts, hobbies, and other areas of interest. By doing this, you will improve your communication skills including emphasising meaning, choosing the right words, speaking and writing concisely with the right tone and creating emotions. You will also focus on your pronunciation and fluency. You will work on how to edit and put together a programme. We hope we can distribute your programme to friendly listeners!
You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click hereFull fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 - Musical analysis for audiences 1Course start date: Fri 26 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pauline GreeneExploring beneath the surface of a musical work can help us decipher programme notes, understand the work’s context and a composer’s intentions, and greatly enhance our enjoyment of a performance.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £90.00 - Ancient Greek drama: an introductionCourse start date: Tue 30 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria ContosHave a taste of exploring the ancient Athenian stage, and how they still speak to us about the challenges we face today.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £71.00 - The occult on screenCourse start date: Tue 30 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gillian McIverSurprisingly, not every film that features the occult is a horror film. Certainly, many of them are; we will consider classics such as Haxan from 1922, Rosemary’s Baby, The Craft, Angel Heart, The Witch and Hereditary. Other films, such as Kenneth Anger's Lucifer Rising and A Dark Song, attempt to treat the occult seriously as secret or hidden knowledge. We'll examine the cultural backdrop of occult films and questions of representation, gender relations, and spirituality.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Islamic art in 25 objects
Course start date: Wed 1 May 2024Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Anita ChowdryDiscover important objects of Islamic Art dating across a more than a millennium in London galleries. We will study world-famous objects, discover lesser known gems, study their context and understand how they relate to one another and the wider world.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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