Start learning this spring

Enrol by midnight on April 13th to join lessons in the Spring term.

Upcoming trip?

Our destination weekends help you prepare with just 10 hours of lessons.

Enrol for the summer term

Join us in July and learn over five weeks or one intensive week.

Language lessons for everyone

Our courses are open to everyone, not just King's students. We welcome anyone who wants to learn a language at one of our central London campuses, or online.

We teach over 20 different languages in our evenings classes, or over weekends with our destination courses. Most evening language courses take place over 10 weeks, but some languages are offered as five-week or one-week intensive courses.

Lessons in-person or online

Unless otherwise stated, we teach our language lessons at either our Strand or Waterloo Campuses. We are following our COVID-19 guidelines for teaching on campus.

Some courses will be offered online, and you can find out more about how we teach here.

Discover our different courses

Our standard language courses are:

Designed to help you learn a language in a sustainable way, with plenty of time to complete homework in between lessons.
Delivered on campus or online (please check timetable).
Taught once a week on weeknights.
Each course is split into parts, and one part can be completed in 10 weeks (15 hours of teaching).
Each language is divided into levels, and there are three parts to each level. You'll complete a level after 30 weeks of lessons (45 hours of teaching).

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Our intensive language courses are:

Designed to help you learn a language with longer lessons that are taught over fewer weeks.
Delivered on campus or online (please check timetable).
Choose from weekly lessons or a one-week intensive course for beginners (summer term only).
Each class lasts for three hours.
Each course is split into parts, and one part can be completed with 15 hours of teaching.
Each language is divided into levels, with three parts in each level. You'll complete a level after 45 hours of teaching.

Discover all the languages we teach here

Our weekend destination courses are:

Designed for total beginners - to prepare you for an upcoming holiday with just one weekend of intensive lessons.
Available in French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Delivered online or on campus (Spring term only - please check timetable).
Each course consists of ten hours of teaching split over a Saturday and Sunday.

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Language course details

Enrol now to secure your space

You can browse or search our courses to find the best option for you. When you click apply, you'll need to use King's Apply to enrol before the deadline.

Key dates
Spring term courses: enrol by midnight April 13. Teaching starts w/c April 24.
Spring destination weekend courses: enrol by midnight April 27. Teaching will be held May 13 and 14.
Summer term five-week intensive course for beginners: enrol by midnight June 1. Teaching begins w/c June 12.
Summer term one-week intensive course for beginners: enrol by June 29. Course held between July 10 and 14.

Language events at the Modern Language Centre

Why students choose to study a language with us

Native speaker teachers

3 central London campuses

4 seasonal enrolment windows

26+ languages available to study

Access a heap of additional learning resources

All students get access to the Language Resources Centre, which offers free speaking practice with a native speaker. You can also make use of our wide variety of resources, workshops, and events. Plus, our multilingual learning advisors are always on hand to help you make the most of the facilities.

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Enjoy high quality language tuition

We employ over 100 teaching staff who are native speakers of the language 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, business, international affairs, and the health sector.