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French
To book, please get in touch with Florence at florencetourne@yahoo.co.uk
Beginners
Tuesdays 6.30-8.30pm | 13 Jan – 24 Mar | No class 17 Feb | 10 weeks | £140 | Kendal location to be confirmed.
Wednesdays 9.30am-11.30am | 14 Jan – 25 Mar | No class 18 Feb | 10 weeks | £140 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal.
For complete beginners or those with a little knowledge, this course will enable you to communicate in French at a basic level in a range of everyday situations.
Intermediate
Fridays 1.30 – 3.30pm | 16 Jan – 27 Mar | No class 20 Feb | 10 weeks | £140 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal
For those with at least three years’ experience learning French, this course will be conversation-led through a wide range of activities in a friendly atmosphere. Some grammar points will be covered to help you understand the structure of the language. Topics will include everyday situations, and suggestions will be welcome.
Upper-Intermediate
Fridays 10.30am – 12.30pm | 16 Jan – 27 Mar | No class 20 Feb | 10 weeks | £140 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal
For those with at least five years’ experience of learning French in a formal setting or a French-speaking country, this course will emphasise the importance of using your French freely and creatively to discuss relevant topics, as well as helping consolidate your grammar in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
French
French Upper-Intermediate
These courses are for students who can express themselves in the present, past and future with some fluency. The main emphasis is on speaking, but we also read, write and study grammar. The classes are run almost all in Frenc,h and students work in pairs, in small groups and all together.
Wednesdays 1-3pm | 14 Jan – 25 Mar | No classes 18 – 25 Feb | 9 weeks | £126 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal
Thursdays 1-3pm | 15 Jan – 26 Mar | No classes 19 – 26 Feb | 9 weeks | £117 | Cartmel Village Hall, Cartmel
French Advanced
These courses are for advanced students with a very good knowledge of spoken French who wish to develop their confidence in a fun and friendly environment. We read, listen to and discuss authentic documents from varied media sources. The main emphasis is on speaking, but the revision of aspects of grammar and vocabulary is included.
Mondays 1.30-3.30pm | 12 Jan – 23 Mar | No classes 16 – 23 Feb | 9 weeks | £126 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal
Wednesdays 10am-12pm | 14 Jan – 25 Mar | No classes 18 – 25 Feb | 9 weeks | £126 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal
Thursdays 10am-12pm | 15 Jan – 26 Mar | No classes 19 – 26 Feb | 9 weeks | £117 | Cartmel Village Hall, Cartmel
Italian
11 2-hour sessions from week commencing either 15th or 22nd Sept (tbc later)
Price: £ 154
Castle Street Centre, Kendal
To book a place, please get in touch with the tutor, Cath Bond:
email: cathsanpol@hotmail.com or text/call: 07913 446 957
Italian Beginners
Tuesday 2-3.30pm, Castle Street Centre £66
For complete beginners or those with a little knowledge. You will learn to get by in everyday holiday situations, so lots of practical language, underpinned by a grounding in basic grammar, so that you can start to put sentences together independently. The atmosphere will be fun and encouraging.
Italian Lower Intermediate
Tuesday 4-6pm
This course is a continuation of Beginners Plus. We will start building fuller sentences and expressing ourselves more fully, in a wider variety of contexts. There will be plenty of opportunity to practise speaking and listening skills.
Italian Intermediate 1
Wednesday 10am-12pm
This class has more experience than Lower Intermediate. If you are at the stage where you feel you have a grasp of the basics, but really want to build your confidence in your communicative skills and get a sense of more idiomatic language, this course should suit you. Language will be presented in a variety of topics and the emphasis will be on putting new language into spoken practice, whilst also giving you the opportunity to improve your listening, reading and writing skills. There will be lots of interaction with your classmates in a friendly atmosphere, with lots of good humour, so you need not to be afraid to try your Italian out!
Italian Beginners Plus
Wednesday 12.30-2.30pm
If you have completed a first year in Adult education or have an elementary knowledge of Italian, which you would like to build upon, this is the course for you, You will revise and widen the range of everyday situations in which you are able to get by, and continue to improve your knowledge of basic grammar and vocabulary. The emphasis will be on communication, so please be prepared to have a go!
Italian Improvers
Thursday 10.30am-12.30pm and Thursday 1.30–3.30pm
These 2 classes have been running for some time; the morning class for a year longer than the afternoon one. In both classes, we will continue to develop confidence in expressing ourselves in Italian, using a variety of topics and activities, which include discussion, presentations, group work, pair work and games. We will consolidate work on verb forms, pronouns, prepositions etc. and also continue to build upon our knowledge of idiom and vocabulary. The courses take place in a relaxed and light-hearted atmosphere with lots of mutual support and interactive tasks, so you can be confident that you will get lots of speaking and listening practice. You will also have the opportunity to practise your reading and writing skills
Beginners Venue, times, date and prices to be announced later on. For complete beginners or those with a little knowledge. You will learn to get by in everyday holiday situations, so lots of practical language, underpinned with a grounding in basic grammar so that you can start to put sentences together independently. The atmosphere will be fun and encouraging.
German
To book, please email the tutor Dorothea Williamson on dorotheawilliamson@hotmail.com
German Advanced
Tuesday 12 – 2 pm | Starting Tuesday 23 September | Castle Street Community Centre, Kendal | 10 sessions (no class on Oct 21 & 28) | Price: £140
A course to develop your confidence in speaking, which revises and expands aspects of German grammar and vocabulary. We include all basic language skills, including reading, speaking, writing, and listening. Suitable for those with an A-Level in German or an equivalent level of knowledge and experience. We use a course book from the Hueber Verlag : Sicher B2.1
German Conversation
Tuesday 2.15 – 4.15 pm | Starting Tuesday 23 September | Castle Street Community Centre, Kendal | 10 sessions | Price: £140
A course to encourage you to read and discuss texts from varied media sources. We look at current affairs in German-speaking countries and also include looking at aspects of culture and topics of your own choice. The main emphasis is on speaking, but revision of aspects of grammar and vocabulary is included.
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Spanish
To book, please email office@bankfieldlanguages.co.uk
New Beginners 2026
Monday 12 January-18 May (15 weeks. No classes on 16 February, 30 March, 6 April & 4 May) | 7-9pm | Price £210 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal | Tutor Jaime Stanley
This is an introduction to Spanish for learners with no prior knowledge of the language, or those who have picked up a few Spanish phrases and want to expand on their knowledge. This course will enable you to communicate in Spanish at a basic level in a range of everyday situations before your holidays in a Spanish-speaking country.
Spanish Beginners Term 2
Monday 12 January– Monday 23 March (10 weeks, no classes on 16 February) | 6.30-8.30 pm | Price £140 |Castle Street Centre, Kendal | Tutor Neil Stanley
This is an introduction to Spanish for learners with no prior knowledge of the language, or those who have picked up a few Spanish phrases and want to expand on their knowledge. This course will enable you to communicate in Spanish at a basic level in various everyday situations.
Year 2 Term 2
Wednesday 14 January– Wednesday 25 March (10 weeks, no classes on 18 February) | 1 -3 pm | Price £140 |Castle Street Centre, Kendal | Tutor Neil Stanley
Thursday 15 January– Thursday 26 March (10 weeks, no classes on 19 February) | 6.30-8.30 pm | Price £140 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal | Tutor Neil Stanley
For those who have an elementary knowledge and wish to revise and widen the range of everyday situations in which they can get by, while improving their grasp of basic grammar and vocabulary. There will be plenty of speaking and listening practice in a fun and supportive atmosphere.
Year 3 Term 2
Tuesday 13 January– Tuesday 24 March (10 weeks, no lessons on 17 February) | 1-3 pm | Price £140 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal | Tutor Pilar Valera
Wednesday 14 January– Wednesday 25 March (10 weeks, no lessons on 18 February) | 6.30-8.30 pm | Price £140 | Shakespeare Centre, Highgate, LA9 4HE, Kendal | Tutor Pilar Valera
This course is for those people who are familiar with the past & future tenses, but more practice is needed. We will start to do more listening and reading exercises to widen your vocabulary and to enable you to express your own ideas and opinions. We will split the teaching time into listening exercises, conversation & games activities to develop your oral skills, and there will be some grammar explanations. We will work with grammar, reading & writing exercises at home.
Lower Intermediate Term 2
Thursday 15 January– Thursday 26 March (10 weeks, no classes on 19 February) | 4-6pm | Price £140 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal | Tutor Pilar Valera
This course is suitable for participants who have completed Year 3. We will revise and consolidate grammar, but the main thing is speaking practice. We will read adapted Spanish newspaper articles to learn new vocabulary. The topics are varied and related to Spanish and international affairs. We will express and justify our own ideas regarding these topics covered in the articles. We will gradually listen to normal-speed conversations.
Upper Intermediate Term 2
Thursday 15 January– Thursday 26 March (10 weeks, no classes on 19 February) | 6.30-8.30pm | Price £140 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal | Tutor Pilar Valera
This course is for those who can hold conversations in Spanish but want to feel more confident in their own abilities. You can give and justify your opinions and own ideas, and you can manipulate the language to express yourself.
We will look into the history, social events, cultural events, economic issues and politics of Spain & Latin America today.
This course is suitable for those who have either studied Spanish for more than 5/6 years, lived in Spain, or have GCSE or equivalent qualifications.
We are moving upwards to an A-level or B1 in the European language ladder.
Advanced B2 Term 2
Tuesday 13 January– Tuesday 24 March (10 weeks, no lessons on 17 February) | 10am-12 pm | Price £140 | 2 Bankfield, LA9 5DR Kendal | Tutor Pilar Valera
Thursday 15 January– Thursday 26 March (10 weeks, no classes on 19 February) | 10am-12pm | Price £140 | Castle Street Centre, Kendal | Tutor Pilar Valera
Este curso es para aquellos que quieran concentrarse en temas de conversación, para aprender más sobre los aspectos históricos, culturales, políticos, sociales y económicos de la España de hoy. En clase haremos ejercicios de escuchar, hablar, leer textos y noticias actuales. En muchas ocasiones tendrás que dar tu opinión y justificarla.
Un aspecto importante es la gramática, al comienzo del curso los estudiantes y yo decidiremos aquellos puntos que pueden ser más interesantes o importantes. Intentaremos desarrollar tus competencias escritas con los deberes.
C1/C2 Spanish Term 2
Tuesday 13 January– Tuesday 24 March (10 weeks, no lessons on 17 February) | 7-8.30 pm | Price £105.50 | 2 Bankfield LA9 5DR, Kendal | Tutor Pilar Valera
Este curso está dirigido a aquellos que han vivido en España o Latinoamérica y desean mantener su español.
Trabajaremos temas de actualidad y se pondrá el énfasis en el trabajo oral y aural. Se leerán textos periodísticos en casa para poder comentarlos en clase.
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