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In addition to our French, Spanish and German programmes, we offer single courses for beginners in several other languages.

Italian – spoken by around 70 million people worldwide, Italian is the fifth most taught non-native language in the world, after English, French, German and Spanish. Italy’s long heritage in fine arts, literature and music is behind its modern-day reputation for innovation in design, fashion and technology – areas where it plays a significant and influential role in international commerce. Learning Italian is the key to understanding more about and enjoying Italy’s culture.

Welsh is a Celtic language with a long literary tradition, spoken today by almost 600,000 people in Wales, and by significant numbers of speakers beyond Wales, particularly in England, but also in a long-established Welsh colony in Argentina. The Welsh Assembly Government has committed itself to promoting Wales as a bilingual nation, and you need Welsh in an increasing number of jobs. Welsh-medium education is proving extremely popular, many books and magazines are published in Welsh, and it is used extensively on radio and television. It is also the medium of a flourishing and varied musical tradition extending in style from choral to pop.

The Chinese language is spoken in China, Taiwan, Singapore and by many overseas Chinese communities in other areas of the world. It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations. The Chinese language is rooted in its 5000-year cultural heritage. In the past, the Chinese culture and language heavily influenced its neighbouring countries such as Japan and Korea. Nowadays, China is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and few would doubt the importance of its global power in the twenty-first century.

Latin and Greek – for lovers of classical civilisations, Reading Classical Latin (A297) concentrates on early Roman drama and the legal speeches of Cicero, while Reading classical Greek: language and literature (A275) introduces classical Greek language through the study of classical Greek culture and literature in translation, teaching basic vocabulary and grammar, and focussing on Euripides’ Medea, Aristophanes’ Clouds and Plato’s Defence of Socrates from literary, cultural and performance angles.