Languages
City Lit's highly popular range of language courses offers the widest choice in London. Most languages are taught at seven different levels, with flexible entry points and progression from beginner to advanced levels. Tutors are experienced and friendly, and you can choose whether to study in the daytime, evening or at weekends. In many languages you can choose to take an accredited course, with national and international qualifications selected for their relevance to adult learners.Advice times
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- Arabic 1: module 1
- Arabic 1: module 2
- Arabic 1: module 3
- Arabic 2 lower: module 1
- Arabic 2 lower: module 2
- Arabic 2 lower: module 3
- Arabic 2 upper: module 1
- Arabic 2 upper: module 2
- Arabic 2 upper: module 3
- Arabic 3: module 1
- Arabic 3: module 2
- Arabic 3: module 3
- Arabic etiquette
- Arabic writing
- Early-bird Arabic 1: module 1
- Early-bird Arabic 1: module 2
- Cornish: module 1
- Cornish: module 2
- Cornish: module 3
- Discover Breton in a day
- Discover Welsh in a day
- Gaelic 1: module 1
- Gaelic 1: module 2
- Gaelic 1: module 3
- Gaelic 2: module 1
- Gaelic 2: module 2
- Gaelic 2: module 3
- Gaelic song
- Welsh 1: module 1
- Welsh 1: module 2
- Welsh 1: module 3
- Welsh 2: module 1
- Welsh 2: module 2
- Welsh 2: module 3
- Welsh 3: module 1
- Welsh 3: module 2
- Welsh 3: module 3
- Welsh 4: module 1
- Welsh 4: module 2
- Welsh 4: module 3
- Chinese 1: module 1
- Chinese 1: module 2
- Chinese 1: module 3
- Chinese 2 lower: module 1
- Chinese 2 lower: module 2
- Chinese 2 lower: module 3
- Chinese 2 upper: module 1
- Chinese 2 upper: module 2
- Chinese 2 upper: module 3
- Mandarin for Cantonese speakers 1: mod 1
- Mandarin for Cantonese speakers 1: mod 2
- Mandarin for Cantonese speakers 1: mod 3
- Classical Greek 1: module 1
- Classical Greek 1: module 2
- Classical Greek 1: module 3
- Classical Greek 2: module 1
- Classical Greek 2: module 2
- Classical Greek 2: module 3
- Classical Greek 3: module 1
- Classical Greek 3: module 2
- Classical Greek 3: module 3
- Classical Greek 4: lower
- Classical Greek 4: upper
- Classical Greek 5
- Classics day
- Foundation Classical Greek: module 1
- Foundation Classical Greek: module 2
- Foundation Classical Greek: module 3
- Foundation Latin: module 1
- Foundation Latin: module 2
- Foundation Latin: module 3
- Latin 1: module 1
- Latin 1: module 2
- Latin 1: module 3
- Latin 2: module 1
- Latin 2: module 2
- Latin 2: module 3
- Latin 3 lower: module 1
- Latin 3 lower: module 2
- Latin 3 lower: module 3
- Latin 3 upper: module 1
- Latin 3 upper: module 2
- Latin 3 upper: module 3
- Latin 4 lower
- Latin 4 upper
- Latin 5
- New Testament Greek 3: module 1
- New Testament Greek 3: module 2
- New Testament Greek 3: module 3
- Chanson française
- Cinéma: du realisme poetique àl'esthetique publicitaire
- French 1 at a gentle pace: module 1
- French 1 at a gentle pace: module 2
- French 1 at a gentle pace: module 3
- French 1: module 1
- French 1: module 2
- French 1: module 3
- French 2 lower: module 1
- French 2 lower: module 2
- French 2 lower: module 3
- French 2 upper at a gentle pace: module 1
- French 2 upper at a gentle pace: module 2
- French 2 upper at a gentle pace: module 3
- French 2 upper: module 1
- French 2 upper: module 2
- French 2 upper: module 3
- French 2: grammar workshop: present tense
- French 2: grammar workshop: pronouns
- French 2: grammar workshop: subjunctives
- French 2: listening
- French 2: passé composé et imparfait
- French 2: pronunciation
- French 3 grammar workshop: verbs and tenses
- French 3 lower: infos et discussion
- French 3 lower: module 1
- French 3 lower: module 2
- French 3 lower: module 3
- French 3 perfectionnement: module 1
- French 3 perfectionnement: module 2
- French 3 perfectionnement: module 3
- French 3 upper: module 1
- French 3 upper: module 2
- French 3 upper: module 3
- French 3: improve your written French
- French 3: listening
- French 3: pronunciation
- French 4: lunchtime conversation
- French 4: pratique et perfectionnement: mod 1
- French 4: pratique et perfectionnement: mod 2
- French 4: pratique et perfectionnement: mod 3
- French 5: faits d'actualité
- French 5: introduction to the DALF certificate
- French 5: langue et culture
- French 5: le français professionnel
- French 5: les plus belles pages de la littérature française
- French 5: mosaiques
- French 5: pour parler
- French 5: translation (IoL diploma)
- French 5: translation course
- French A level
- French A level workshop 1
- French A level workshop 2
- French DALF C1
- French DALF C2
- French DELF A2
- French DELF B1
- French DELF B2
- French fast-track: module 1
- French fast-track: module 2
- French fast-track: module 3
- French fast-track: module 4
- French fast-track: module 5
- French fast-track: module 6
- French rusty O-level: module 1
- French rusty O-level: module 2
- Le cinéma africain francophone
- Le cinéma français colonial et postcolonial
- Le film policier des années 40 ànos jours
- German 1: module 1
- German 1: module 2
- German 1: module 3
- German 1: rapid introduction
- German 2 lower: module 1
- German 2 lower: module 2
- German 2 lower: module 3
- German 2 upper: module 1
- German 2 upper: module 2
- German 2 upper: module 3
- German 3 lower: module 1
- German 3 lower: module 2
- German 3 lower: module 3
- German 3 upper: module 1
- German 3 upper: module 2
- German 3 upper: module 3
- German 4: Vorsprung durch Deutsch
- German 4: Vorsprung durch Deutsch:
- German 5: Aktuelles aus den Medien
- German 5: Hinschauen, Hinhoren, Mitreden
- German 5: Praktisches Deutsch
- German fast-track: module 1
- German fast-track: module 2
- German fast-track: module 3
- Advanced Italian grammar workshop
- Early-bird Italian 1: module 1
- Early-bird Italian 1: module 2
- Get by in Italian
- Introduzione al Purgatorio di Dante
- Italian 1: module 1
- Italian 1: module 2
- Italian 1: module 3
- Italian 2 lower: module 1
- Italian 2 lower: module 2
- Italian 2 lower: module 3
- Italian 2 upper: module 1
- Italian 2 upper: module 2
- Italian 2 upper: module 3
- Italian 3 lower: module 1
- Italian 3 lower: module 2
- Italian 3 lower: module 3
- Italian 3 upper: module 1
- Italian 3 upper: module 2
- Italian 3 upper: module 3
- Italian 4: module 1
- Italian 4: module 2
- Italian 4: module 3
- Italian 5: conversazione avanzata
- Italian 5: Italia oggi
- Italian 5: lingua e letteratura
- Italian A level
- Italian A level workshop 1
- Italian A level workshop 2
- Italian express 1: module 1
- Italian express 1: module 2
- Italian fast-track: module 1
- Italian fast-track: module 2
- Italian fast-track: module 3
- Italian GCSE
- Italian speaking and listening workshop
- L'Italiano in cucina
- Japanese 1: module 1
- Japanese 1: module 2
- Japanese 1: module 3
- Japanese 2 lower: module 1
- Japanese 2 lower: module 2
- Japanese 2 lower: module 3
- Japanese culture and etiquette
- Japanese fast track: module 1
- Japanese fast track: module 2
- Japanese writing for beginners: part 1
- Japanese writing for beginners: part 2
- Modern Greek 1: module 1
- Modern Greek 1: module 2
- Modern Greek 1: module 3
- Modern Greek 2 lower: module 1
- Modern Greek 2 lower: module 2
- Modern Greek 2 lower: module 3
- Modern Greek 2 upper: module 1
- Modern Greek 2 upper: module 2
- Modern Greek 2 upper: module 3
- Modern Greek 3: module 1
- Modern Greek 3: module 2
- Modern Greek 3: module 3
- Modern Greek 4: module 1
- Modern Greek 4: module 2
- Modern Greek 4: module 3
- Early-bird express Portuguese beginners
- Portuguese 1: module 1
- Portuguese 1: module 2
- Portuguese 1: module 3
- Portuguese 2 lower: module 1
- Portuguese 2 lower: module 2
- Portuguese 2 lower: module 3
- Portuguese 2 upper: module 1
- Portuguese 2 upper: module 2
- Portuguese 2 upper: module 3
- Portuguese holiday survival
- Colloquial Spanish
- Cultural impact of Al-Andalus in today's Spain
- Dealing with problems in Spanish
- Early-bird Spanish 1: module 1
- Early-bird Spanish 1: module 2
- Intermediate Latin American Spanish
- Spanish 1: an introduction to Latin American Spanish
- Spanish 1: module 1
- Spanish 1: module 2
- Spanish 1: module 3
- Spanish 2 lower: module 1
- Spanish 2 lower: module 2
- Spanish 2 lower: module 3
- Spanish 2 upper: module 1
- Spanish 2 upper: module 2
- Spanish 2 upper: module 3
- Spanish 3 lower: module 1
- Spanish 3 lower: module 2
- Spanish 3 lower: module 3
- Spanish 3 upper: module 1
- Spanish 3 upper: module 2
- Spanish 3 upper: module 3
- Spanish 3: grammar workshop: imperative
- Spanish 3: grammar workshop: past tense
- Spanish 3: grammar workshop: pronouns
- Spanish 3: grammar workshop: subjunctive
- Spanish 3: listening
- Spanish 3: pronunciation
- Spanish 4: grammar: impersonal passives
- Spanish 4: grammar: por/para & ser/estar
- Spanish 4: listening
- Spanish 4: module 1
- Spanish 4: module 2
- Spanish 4: module 3
- Spanish 4: pronunciation
- Spanish 5: actualidad y debate
- Spanish 5: actualidad y tertulia
- Spanish 5: an introduction to DELE (nivel superior)
- Spanish 5: estudios literarios hispánicos
- Spanish 5: tertulia y conversación
- Spanish A-level
- Spanish A-level workshop 1
- Spanish A-level workshop 2
- Spanish DELE (nivel inicial )
- Spanish DELE (nivel intermedio)
- Spanish DELE (nivel superior)
- Spanish express 1: module 1
- Spanish express 1: module 2
- Spanish express 1: module 3
- Spanish express 2 lower: module 1
- Spanish express 2 lower: module 2
- Spanish express 2 lower: module 3
- Spanish fast-track: module 1
- Spanish fast-track: module 2
- Spanish fast-track: module 3
- Spanish fast-track: module 4
- Spanish fast-track: module 5
- Spanish fast-track: module 6
- Spanish film: Almodóvar
- Spanish for your holiday: beginners
- Spanish GCSE
- Spanish: an introduction for beginners
- Spanish: talk, talk, talk...!
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French rusty O-level: module 1
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