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Films on Thursdays (70804/World Languages and Cinema)

The film group meets every Thursday from October to March. Champions Church is a comfortable venue close to the town centre. We show films from a variety of genres, foreign and English. They all have English subtitles. We welcome new members. Like the Tuesday film group, we are happy to see members who just want to come occasionally. If you cannot come every week, it is a good idea to enrol anyway so that you are on the mailing list. We break for refreshments halfway through the film. We find the films stimulate plenty of conversation. Details of the programme will be available at the Open Event in August. There is a venue surcharge of £5 per 10 week session and a weekly charge of £1, which covers refreshments and the purchase of DVDs.

Films on Tuesday international (70805/World Languages and Cinema)

Films from around the world as well as the UK. ALL films shown will have subtitles regardless of the language of the film.

French Advanced (70807/World Languages and Cinema)

An opportunity to practice and improve your french in a convivial atmosphere. A reasonably good grounding in french is advised as contemporary articles and videos will be used. Vas-y donc!

French Conversation (70808/World Languages and Cinema)

An informal course for those already able to speak some French who want to improve their ability and confidence in the spoken word. Members have frequent opportunities to talk in small groups and may also present topics to the class. Modern texts and articles are studied to practice reading, revise grammar and stimulate discussion.

German (70814/World Languages and Cinema)

If you have a knowledge of German, and wish to improve your spoken German fluency and read a variety of newspaper/ magazine articles from German speaking countries, this group is ideal for you

Italian Beginners (70822/World Languages and Cinema)

The class this year (Autumn 2025) will be for complete beginners although places will be reserved for those who persisted through last year and wish to re-enrol. They will help, as revision, with the beginners' classes, but otherwise will be working separately as a group. Beginners is for complete beginners - we do very little grammar in the first year, but through repetition and role-play, by the end of the year you will have acquired a basic 'get by' knowledge of the language to help you on a holiday in Italy. Anyone who is not a complete beginner may wish to join the smaller group who have a basic fluency. They will be revising the very basics, learning some areas of vocabulary, and covering a basic grammar: singulars, plurals gender, definite and indefinite articles, adjectives and how they change to 'agree' with the nouns they describe, and the very basics of how verbs work in Italian: a present, a past, and a future tense - the formation and usage thereof.

Italian continuers (70823/World Languages and Cinema)

For students with a reasonable level of fluency. We spend time chatting in Italian. We do listening and comprehension exercises that can be prepared at home. We cover a wide range of topics , focused on Italy and also some advanced grammar or translation

Spanish Conversation Advanced (70864/World Languages and Cinema)

An opportunity for those who already have a good level of spoken Spanish, to improve their knowledge and ability. We will use some videos and newspaper articles to learn useful Spanish colloquial expressions. The emphasis will be on spoken Spanish although some reading will be required to facilitate it. The course is not suitable for beginners.