Private Tuition & Corporate Training

The King's Language Centre provides bespoke and flexible language training to private groups and businesses. Courses are tailored to our clients' specific requirements.

The King's Language Centre is part of the world-renowned King's College London and our expert tutors are highly-skilled professionals experienced in identifying and responding to students' needs at all levels. We can provide bespoke consultancy services to understand your needs and build language programmes for you or your business.

What we offer

Corporate Language Tuition

We can work with you to create bespoke language tuition for your business. We have taught clients from many sectors including: the City, the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, Media, Education and Fashion.

Private Language Tuition

We have a wealth of experience providing language tuition tailored to small groups of private individuals. We work with you to understand your needs and design courses to help you achieve your language goals.

Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Awareness Training

Our experienced team of language teaching experts can provide bespoke solutions for your company to help you communicate effectively with global partners, clients and colleagues.

Masterclass - 06 May 2026 - The Woman Question for a Media Mogul - Sex, Power and Scandal in 19th Century Russia

The Woman Question for a Media Mogul – Sex, Power, and Scandal in 19th Century Russia invites the audience to meet Alexei Suvorin, the Russian Rupert Murdoch of the 19th century and to explore how his newspapers shaped public opinion and how his entanglements with early feminists sparked scandal and debate, revealing the drama behind the "Woman Question" in Imperial Russia. The talk will be followed by a lively, hands-on introduction to Russian word formation, showing how meaning is built from prefixes, roots, and suffixes. The masterclass will be delivered in English. Masterclass convenor: Dr Olga Makarova

Masterclass - 14 May 2026 - Imperial Arts of the Ming and Qing

From painting and ceramics to architecture and garden design, the masterclass 'Imperial Arts of the Ming and Qing' offers an overview of imperial Chinese art during the Ming and Qing dynasties, accompanied by an exploration of relevant Chinese language vocabulary oriented around historical events, artistic production, and philosophical concepts. Journeying through the rise and fall of two dynasties, we will consider how material culture responded to the shifting conditions of society, politics, and religion. We will also consider the interactions between Chinese and European artistic traditions through the export market and the Chinoiserie movement. The masterclass will be delivered in English. Masterclass convenor: Meitao Qu

Contact Us

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'As a fan of Italian opera and culture, taking this course rapidly improved my language development. I had a short period of time to learn but the teacher and I developed an intense learning programme to ensure my needs were met'.
Sean, Italian Tailor-Made Course student

Why learn a language with us?

High quality language learning with tutors who are fluent speaker teachers of 24 languages

Specialised business, medical and legal courses built to your specific requirements

Access to additional support services including our Language Resources Centre

Tuition offered online, on our central London campuses or in-company

Course information

What you will receive

A tailored language learning plan designed specifically to your needs
Certificate of attendance
Access to the Language Resources Centre, including use of Pressreader (online access to 1000s of current news and culture publications in 50+ languages)
Free online speaking practice sessions; talk to a native speaker for free, once a week on a topic of your choosing to support your language learning (offered during term-time)
Support from a dedicated account manager to assist with any questions you may have

Course schedule and location

Courses can start at any time of the year and be of any duration (minimum 15 hours).
Teaching is primarily available from 8.00 to 20.00 Monday to Friday but please contact us for lessons outside of these hours or over the weekend.
Tuition can be delivered online, on any of the King's College London campuses or in-company.

Our teaching approach

We use the immersion method of language teaching. This means the majority of the course will be conducted in the language of study.
Our tutors use a communicative approach in class and will address the four communicative skills (speaking, reading, writing and listening) as standard.

Pricing

Table showing course fees for private tuition
Course type / number of students	Total fee per hour
Individual 1:1	£100 Preferential rates may be available for current King’s students and members of staff
2 - 3 students	From £135.00
4 - 5 students	From £155.00
Larger groups (6+ students)	Contact us for a quote
Specialised course 1:1	From £120.00
Specialised group course	Contact us for a quote
In-company tuition	As above. Teacher travel costs covered by company

Taster sessions
1 hour taster sessions are available, charged at the appropriate hourly rate (see table above)

Submit an enquiry

Please use our short application form to request a quote for tuition, training or consultancy services.

Our team will get back to you as soon as possible with further details.

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Available languages

Arabic
Bengali
Dutch
English - new!
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Mandarin
Persian (Farsi)
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Urdu

Terms and conditions

Download our full terms and conditions in PDF format

Tailor-Made Tuition Terms and Conditions (6.28 MB PDF)

Learn more about King’s Language Centre

KLC employs over 100 teaching staff who are native speakers of the language(s) they teach and have in-depth knowledge of language teaching methodology. Many of our teachers also have expertise in other areas such as journalism, politics, law, business, international affairs and the health sector.

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