Short Courses: Conversation and Intercultural Understanding courses
Our short courses are a great opportunity to either familiarise yourself with a new language or to brush up on your skills if you have studied a language before.
Focus on improving conversation skills or as an introduction to a new language. They run for eight weeks in Semester 2, from the week commencing Monday 4 March to the week commencing Monday 6 May 2024.
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Department of Language and Linguistic Science
Course fees
- £108 University of York students*
- £145 Over 60s/students from other universities/schools
- £165 University of York staff/ members of the public
* Additional 10% discount for PG students
Register for an LfA short course
Semester 2 Course Dates
- Start Week 4 (beginning Monday 4 March 2024)
- End Week 11 (finishing Friday 15 May 2024)
- Consolidation Week/Vacation (no class): 25 March - 7 April 2024
Registration for the Semester 2 short courses is now closed.
Our short courses
Conversation and Culture courses
Courses for students with at least Lower Intermediate level in the chosen language and who are interested in improving their speaking skills through discussion of topics related to cultural and social aspects of the countries in which the language is spoken.
- French Intermediate Conversation and Culture
- German Intermediate Conversation and Culture
- Italian Intermediate Conversation and Culture
- Spanish Intermediate Conversation and Culture
Languages for Everyday Communication courses
Beginner and Post-Beginner level language courses. These courses will provide students an opportunity to familiarise with a new language or improve their Beginner-level skills through language use in everyday situations.
- French Everyday Communication beginner
- French Everyday Communication post-beginner
- German Everyday Communication beginner
- German Everyday Communication post-beginner
- Italian Everyday Communication beginner
- Italian Everyday Communication post-beginner
- Spanish Everyday Communication beginner
- Spanish Everyday Communication post-beginner
- Ukrainian Everyday Communication beginner
Specialist Language Courses
We offer selected specialist language courses with a focus on developing communication skills for languages for specific purposes.
Languages for Intercultural Understanding
Beginner-level courses to familiarise with languages with non-Roman scripts. These in-person courses are ideal if you are interested in learning a language that is very different from the language(s) you speak.
- Arabic for Intercultural Understanding
- Chinese for Intercultural Understanding
- Japanese for Intercultural Understanding
- Russian for Intercultural Understanding
Short Courses Timetable
Please see the LfA Short courses Timetable 2023/24 for an overview of our class times.
Contact us
Department of Language and Linguistic Science