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Curriculum manager
Valerie Jacques 020 8846 9090
val.jacques@lbhf.gov.uk

All courses are taught by highly qualified native speakers and will help you learn the language you need to cope with practical situations for travel, work, professional, cultural, social or leisure purposes. New courses, including absolute beginners, may start each term; these may not all be listed here, so check the website or call course information. After the start of a course, you may be able to try out a class before joining: please ask centre staff or the curriculum manager.

Small groups: if class numbers are low and students want to continue we may have to ask you to pay an additional fee.

Open days & interviews: A chance to discuss your level and talk through your requirements. Drop in sessions are at Macbeth Centre on Thursday 13 Sept or Wednesday 19 Sept from 10:00 to 16:00 and 18:00 to 20:00 (other times by arrangement).

For GCSE & Advanced level Spanish: all students new to this service should book an interview for one of those dates in the evenings. Call 020 8846 9090 to book a time.

Exam fees, which are included in course fees, may be subject to change.

Read the Course Information Sheet, available from the website or any centre, for full details of what you will learn.

For students entitled to concessions, on courses marked £R, there is no charge for tuition, just a single registration fee of £18. This is only paid once each academic year, however many courses you enrol on, although you may still have to pay for materials. All certificated courses have an exam fee which has been included in the course fees.

£H Where you see this sign you may be entitled to help with exam and registration fees
please ask at interview.

Please note some courses need an interview before enrolment.
enrol by phone

Levels

CHOOSING YOUR COURSE

Use the checklist below to help you decide which level is right for you. These lists of skills are meant as a rough guide and may vary a little from language to language.

Choose level 1.1 if:

you have no knowledge of the language or can use only a few isolated words.

Choose level 1.2 if you can do the following just well enough to be understood:

say your name, where you are from, where you live, what you do
cope with some numbers and money
order drinks and snacks
use singular and plural articles and nouns, simple forms of essential verbs.

Choose level 1.3 if you can do the above
fairly well, plus:

talk about your family and friends
ask for things in shops or the market
order a simple meal
ask for places in a town; understand directions
use simple present tenses, articles, adjectives, personal pronouns.

Choose level 2.1 if you can do the above fairly easily, plus:

talk about home and domestic life including your daily routine
book accommodation
make arrangements for going out, travel, holidays, using transport
express your likes and dislikes
use irregular verbs; express the past and future simply.

Choose level 2.2 (GCSE & equivalent) if you can do the above so that people usually know what you mean, plus:

say how you spend your free time
talk about future plans
say what you did in the past
cope with emergencies – illness, losing things, etc
manage a simple written letter or message.

Choose level 2.3 if you can do the above so that people usually know what you mean, using complex sentences, plus:

discuss food and eating habits
discuss where people live and amenities of a place
discuss books, films, TV programmes
discuss pros and cons of a range of occupations
discuss past and future holidays

Choose level 3.1 (AS Level & equivalent) if you can do the above without much difficulty, plus:

say what you did; what you used to do e.g. when younger
speak, read and (to some extent) write about family, friends and lifestyles
use the future, conditional and simple forms of the subjunctive
get and give information and instructions; make arrangements by telephone as well as face to face
write a letter, fax or email

Choose level 3.2 (Advanced level) if you are getting towards fluency and can:

read a newspaper, magazine or web page, with a dictionary for the odd word
understand most of a TV programme
discuss issues in the news; exchange opinions; argue
talk about films, music, theatre, sport, the media etc
choose the language structures you need to express what you want.

Subjects include:

Arabic
Brazilian Portuguese
British Sign Language
Chinese
French
GCSE
German
Intensive
Italian
Languages
Mandarin Chinese
Polish
Russian
Spanish



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	Languages Curriculum manager Valerie Jacques 020 8846 9090 val.jacques@lbhf.gov.uk All courses are taught by highly qualified native speakers and will help you learn the language you need to cope with practical situations for travel, work, professional, cultural, social or leisure purposes. New courses, including absolute beginners, may start each term; these may not all be listed here, so check the website or call course information. After the start of a course, you may be able to try out a class before joining: please ask centre staff or the curriculum manager. Small groups: if class numbers are low and students want to continue we may have to ask you to pay an additional fee. Open days & interviews: A chance to discuss your level and talk through your requirements. Drop in sessions are at Macbeth Centre on Thursday 13 Sept or Wednesday 19 Sept from 10:00 to 16:00 and 18:00 to 20:00 (other times by arrangement). For GCSE & Advanced level Spanish: all students new to this service should book an interview for one of those dates in the evenings. Call 020 8846 9090 to book a time. Exam fees, which are included in course fees, may be subject to change. Read the Course Information Sheet, available from the website or any centre, for full details of what you will learn. For students entitled to concessions, on courses marked £R, there is no charge for tuition, just a single registration fee of £18. This is only paid once each academic year, however many courses you enrol on, although you may still have to pay for materials. All certificated courses have an exam fee which has been included in the course fees. £H Where you see this sign you may be entitled to help with exam and registration fees please ask at interview. Please note some courses need an interview before enrolment. Levels CHOOSING YOUR COURSE Use the checklist below to help you decide which level is right for you. These lists of skills are meant as a rough guide and may vary a little from language to language. Choose level 1.1 if: you have no knowledge of the language or can use only a few isolated words. Choose level 1.2 if you can do the following just well enough to be understood: say your name, where you are from, where you live, what you do cope with some numbers and money order drinks and snacks use singular and plural articles and nouns, simple forms of essential verbs. Choose level 1.3 if you can do the above fairly well, plus: talk about your family and friends ask for things in shops or the market order a simple meal ask for places in a town; understand directions use simple present tenses, articles, adjectives, personal pronouns. Choose level 2.1 if you can do the above fairly easily, plus: talk about home and domestic life including your daily routine book accommodation make arrangements for going out, travel, holidays, using transport express your likes and dislikes use irregular verbs; express the past and future simply. Choose level 2.2 (GCSE & equivalent) if you can do the above so that people usually know what you mean, plus: say how you spend your free time talk about future plans say what you did in the past cope with emergencies – illness, losing things, etc manage a simple written letter or message. Choose level 2.3 if you can do the above so that people usually know what you mean, using complex sentences, plus: discuss food and eating habits discuss where people live and amenities of a place discuss books, films, TV programmes discuss pros and cons of a range of occupations discuss past and future holidays Choose level 3.1 (AS Level & equivalent) if you can do the above without much difficulty, plus: say what you did; what you used to do e.g. when younger speak, read and (to some extent) write about family, friends and lifestyles use the future, conditional and simple forms of the subjunctive get and give information and instructions; make arrangements by telephone as well as face to face write a letter, fax or email Choose level 3.2 (Advanced level) if you are getting towards fluency and can: read a newspaper, magazine or web page, with a dictionary for the odd word understand most of a TV programme discuss issues in the news; exchange opinions; argue talk about films, music, theatre, sport, the media etc choose the language structures you need to express what you want. Subjects include: Arabic Brazilian Portuguese British Sign Language Chinese French GCSE German Intensive Italian Languages Mandarin Chinese Polish Russian Spanish
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