LANGUAGE COURSES
Prince Henry’s Grammar School now offers one of the widest ranges of language courses in the Leeds area. This year, the programme includes some 27 classes covering 11 languages.
Course |
Level |
Day |
Time |
Tutor |
French |
Beginners |
Tuesday |
7 – 9pm |
Anne-Caroline Guillot |
Continuation |
Wednesday |
7 – 9pm |
Harry Scurfield |
|
Intermediate 1 |
Tuesday |
7 – 9pm |
Ruth Young |
|
Conversation/Advanced |
Thursday |
7 – 9pm |
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German |
Beginners |
Tuesday |
7 – 9pm |
Joanna Barber |
Continuation |
Tuesday |
7 – 9pm |
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Intermediate 1 |
Thursday |
7 – 9pm |
Imme Feist |
|
Conversation/Advanced |
Tuesday |
7 – 9pm |
Verena Graf |
|
Greek |
Beginners |
Tuesday |
7 – 9pm |
Mary Stylios |
Intermediate 1 |
Wednesday |
7 – 9pm |
Mary Stylios |
|
Italian |
Beginners |
Thursday |
7 – 9pm |
Emanuela Evangelista |
Intermediate 1 |
Wednesday |
7 – 9pm |
Emanuela Evangelista |
|
Intermediate 2 |
Tuesday |
7 – 9pm |
Emanuela Evangelista |
|
Mandarin Chinese |
Beginners |
Thursday |
7 – 9pm |
Kwan Bevan |
Other levels |
Please call Chris Lillington for details |
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Portuguese |
Beginners |
Wednesday |
7 – 9pm |
María Seijo Richart |
Russian |
Beginners |
Tuesday |
7 – 9pm |
Yulia Zarubinska |
Spanish |
Beginners |
Tuesday |
7 – 9pm |
Isabel Ruiz |
Beginners |
Wednesday |
7 – 9pm |
Ester Alanya |
|
Continuation |
Thursday |
7 – 9pm |
Isabel Ruiz |
|
Intermediate 1 |
Thursday |
7 – 9pm |
María Seijo Richart |
|
Intermediate 2 |
Tuesday |
7 – 9pm |
María Seijo Richart |
|
Turkish |
Beginners |
Thursday |
7 – 9pm |
Julia Taran |
Intermediate 1 |
Wednesday |
7 – 9pm |
Su Sirit |
|
Latin |
Beginners |
Wednesday |
7 – 9pm |
Andrew Kempster-Lyons |
British Sign Language |
CACDP Level 1 (Unitised) |
Thursday |
7 – 9pm |
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CACDP Level 2 (Unitised) |
Wednesday |
6 – 9pm |
Andrew Stanley |
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Details of the different levels are given below
REDUCED FEES FOR ALL LANGUAGE COURSES (excludes British Sign Language Level 2)
Full fee - £36; Concession - £22; School pupils - £12
When selecting a language course, you are welcome to call our Language College Director, Chris Lillington, to discuss which level may be most appropriate for you. The following provides a general guide (does not apply to Latin or Sign Language):
Beginners |
A basic course for those with little or no previous knowledge of the language. Particular focus on “holiday language”. |
Continuation |
A course which revises and builds on basic knowledge for those with at least one year of previous study. |
Intermediate 1 |
A course with a stronger focus on grammatical awareness and conversational language, for those with at least two years of previous study. |
Intermediate 2 |
A course for students who want to be able to converse using a range of tenses and topics, with at least three years of previous study. |
Conversation / Advanced |
For those with at least four years of previous study. This course explores a wider range of topics and has a strong focus on conversational language. |
All courses run initially for 10 weeks.
Many courses run for a further 10 weeks after Christmas, and a final 10 weeks after Easter, subject to interest and tutor availability.
Our Community Education language programme has received national acclaim for the unique learning opportunities which it has brought to the local area. Since 1998 numbers of students on language courses have increased ten-fold. This is because:
- We use our additional Language College funding to provide a direct subsidy of £10 for all students enrolling on language courses, as compared with other courses from our Community Education Programme.
- As we are an independent provider, we make up our own rules! This means that we are very flexible in accommodating individual requests to add new languages and levels to the programme. Likewise, we have no rigid policies in terms of minimum numbers. Instead, we consider the viability of each course individually.
- Our language tutors have access to state-of-the-art technology, including interactive whiteboards, satellite television and a PC-based language laboratory.
- We aim to establish a friendly, supportive environment for learning languages, in which students will develop their language skills, gain a greater insight into the culture and people of the relevant countries, and get to know other people with a similar interest.