Courses and languages

Languages for All offers a range of foreign language courses to help you communicate with people from other countries and gain an insight into other cultures.

It’s always worth having a language under your belt for employment because it’s a very competitive job market out there.

Samantha, Year 1 History

  • All levels. Courses are available at a variety of levels from beginners to degree standard.
  • Flexible study. We offer short (4 week), medium (8 week) and long (19 week) courses, with classes held at lunchtimes, daytimes and evenings.
  • Open to all. Our courses are open to students in all departments, staff and members of the public

Programmes

Languages offered

Employers look positively on the language skills our students have added to their CVs.

Undergraduate students are entitled to one 19-week LFA course free of charge during their undergraduate degree.

You can also take a General LFA programme as a degree module.


Course levels

Level 1 – beginners (A1/A2 of the CEFR*)

Level 1 PLUS – suitable if you have basic language skills or have completed a beginners course (A2 of the CEFR)

Level 2 – intermediate (suitable if you have GCSE or 2-3 years of previous study). (A2+ of the CEFR)

Level 2 PLUS – higher intermediate; suitable if you have AS-Level or equivalent (4-5 years of previous study) (A2/B1 of the CEFR)

Level 3 – advanced: for those with A-Level or equivalent (e.g. 6 years of previous study) (B1 of the CEFR)

Level 4 – for those with 7 years of previous study (B2 of the CEFR)

Level 5 – for those with 8 or more years of previous study (C1/C2 of CEFR)

*CEFR = Common European Framework of Reference for language levels.

Download a leaflet

LFA Leaflet 2012/13 (PDF , 188kb)

Register for a course

Our Registration page has an up-to-date list of which courses are available in 2012-13 (you can register online from early September 2012 until the start of courses in October).

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