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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  1. French 2 upper: focus on listening
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 14 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Valerie Jézéquel
    Learn French in the heart of London.This skills-based course is for lower intermediate learners of French and aims to train you on strategies you can apply to listen more effectively to spoken French in a variety of different contexts. You will also look at elements of French pronunciation to give you a better idea of how French is spoken.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00
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  2. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00
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  3. Napoli: passato, presente e futuro
    Course start date:  Mon 23 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Veronica De Felice

    Venite a scoprire questa magnifica città attraverso un viaggio multimediale alla scoperta delle sue secolari tradizioni, delle sue bellezze “nascoste”, della sua musica e delle sue specialità gastronomiche. Verranno inoltre fatti cenni alla storia della citta e riferimenti a personaggi napoletani famosi nel mondo e non.

    This seminar is designed for upper intermediate/advanced Italian learners but is also open to native speakers of Italian, who may find it informative.

    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  4. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  5. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
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  6. Christopher and his Kind: Christopher Isherwood in Berlin
    Course start date:  Fri 27 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jake Poller
    The experience of living in Berlin in the early 1930s had a transformative effect on the life and work of Christopher Isherwood. In this course, we will discuss Isherwood’s masterpiece, Goodbye to Berlin (1939), and his autobiography Christopher and His Kind (1976), which reveals the real people behind the characters of Sally Bowles and Otto Nowak, and shines a light on the queer culture of Berlin Isherwood was unable to write about in the 1930s.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  7. Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  8. Italian: Goliarda Sapienza: Vita e opere di una scrittrice controcorrente
    Course start date:  Fri 4 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Ottavia Castellina

    This seminar will cover the life story and work of one of the most versatile and unconventional 20th century Italian writers, Goliarda Sapienza, recently rediscovered through cinema and TV series. Born in Sicily, daughter of well-known socialist Giuseppe Sapienza and feminist organiser Maria Giudice, Goliarda Sapienza is best known for her posthumously published novel ‘L’arte della gioia’, she is the author of several books, including ‘L’Università di Rebibbia’ recalling her experience of living in prison.

    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £25.00
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  9. Spanish 3: Diferencias culturales de España: islas Baleares/islas Canarias
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 5 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vanesa Guzman
    Añade a tus estudios de español con este interesante curso que examina las diferencias culturales de España.







    Este curso se enfocará en las diferencias entre 2 grandes regiones: la islas Baleares y las islas Canarias, y te hará descubrir elementos importantes como las Comunidades Autónomas, la ubicación, la geografía, el clima y los paisajes, las costumbres, los monumentos históricos, las lenguas y la gastronomía tradicional.















    Ideal for students who have done 3 or 4 years of Spanish, have studied present and past tenses (B1 level), and are looking to practise more talking and listening skills.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  10. Japanese: Kobanashi storytelling
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 5 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Hisaka Bunting

    Discover the richness of the Japanese language and culture by enrolling in our in-person kobanshi course! 

    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00
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  11. German for Switzerland lovers (intermediate and advanced)
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Barbara Pöllet
    This is a mixed ability intermediate to advanced German language workshop for lovers of Switzerland.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  12. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  13. Global Literatures: Han Kang & Elif Shafak
    Course start date:  Wed 16 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lizzy Attree
    Join us for an exploration of the ways we experience global literatures of our time. Inter-generational memory is the focus of two prize-winning novels, The Vegetarian (2007) by Han Kang and The Island of Missing Trees (2021) by Elif Shafak. Unearthing the painful truths of history in the context of culturally/politically divided Korea and Cyprus, the authors deal delicately, and brutally, with love, the environment, patriarchy, resistance and the metamorphosis of the female body.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  14. Ear training
    Course start date:  Wed 16 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Della Rhodes
    Enhance your aural awareness of the mechanics of music and improve your recognition of, and response to, music in practice. Sing intervals, scales and harmonies on this short practical course.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
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  15. German 3/4: Eine Deutschlandreise
    Course start date:  Thu 17 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Barbara Pöllet
    Do you really know Germany? Yes, you might have seen the ‘Brandenburger Tor’ or taken a picture in front of ‘Neuschwanstein’ , tucked into some ‘Käsespätzle’ and even followed the ‘Romantische Strasse’ in your BMW, but there is more to Germany than the obvious. Your tutor will take you on a journey through Germany to discover some more suprising aspects of Germany.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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