Courses (F – I) in outline

FRENCH CONVERSATION AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Thursdays 12.00 - 13.45

A practical language course - useful for visiting France.

FRENCH - BELLES-LETTRES Tuesdays 11.30 - 12.35

Reading and discussion in FRENCH of a classic work.

FRENCH INTERMEDIATE Mondays 14.45 - 16.15

Intermediate course. Emphasis on vocabulary building and practical grammar.

FRENCH ADVANCED A Wednesdays 13.50 - 14.55

Ici on ne parle que français. Communication in French.

FRENCH - ADVANCED B Thursdays 15.00 - 16.05

Ici on peut perfectionner nos connaissances de la belle langue française. For fluent French speakers

GERMAN ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Wednesdays 12.40 - 13.45

For those with little or no knowledge of the language.

GERMAN POST BEGINNERS Wednesdays 15.00 - 16.05

For people with a year or more's experience of learning German.

GERMAN - ADVANCED Wednesdays 13.50 - 14,55

For advanced students - for those with skills of basic conversation who want to improve fluency. Reading short stories.

GREEK ART AND LITERATURE Fridays 10.45 - 12.00

We shall continue with three books of the Iliad and the Odyssey and then a tragedy or two.

GREEK, CLASSICAL, FOR BEGINNERS Mondays 15.10 - 16.15

For absolute beginners. We use Teach Yourself Greek, price £12.

HEBREW FOR NOT QUITE BEGINNERS Tuesdays 11.30 - 12.35

Maybe the rabbi expelled you from Hebrew classes many years ago. Now's the time to put it right

HEBREW (MODERN) INTERMEDIATE Thursdays 12.40 - 14.25

Shalom! Our group is open to men who were barmitzvah long ago - and women who never were - and you don't even have to be Jewish!

HISTORY OF EUROPE Mondays 11.40 - 12.40

From the Renaissance to the 18th century.

HISTORY OF THE JEWS Thursdays 15.00 - 16.00

From the 6th to the 17th century.

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Tuesdays 15.00 - 16.00

From Locke to Kant.

HISTORY OF THE USA Wednesdays 12.20 - 13.45

The development in myth and reality of a lowly colony to a large modern democracy. How well does it fulfil the promise of its founders?

HISTORY OF WRITING AND READING Tuesdays, fortnightly 10.20 - 11.25

Early scripts, alphabetic and ideographic What people read and how this has changed through time. The future of reading and writing: page or screen/

ISLAMIC WORLD Mondays 15.10 - 16.15

This course will cover the Histoey of Islam, its religious practices, the major sects - Sunni and Shia - and political expression.

ITALIAN - BEGINNERS Tuesdays 11.30 - 12.35

For beginners and almost beginners of Italian.

ITALIAN - MORE ADVANCED CONVERSATION Tuesdays 10.00 - 11.25

In questo corso si parla solo italiano per cui è richiesto un livello upper intermediate & advanced della lingua

ITALIAN-INTERMEDIATE A Tuesdays 13.50 - 14.55

A practical course for those with a good basic knowledge of Italian. We do grammar revision and look at items from the Italian press.