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University Wide Language Programme Staff Timetable

Provisional Timetable for staff

To help you decide which language class to apply to we've included provisional dates and times below. Your exact class time will be confirmed once your place is allocated.

You can also find extra guidance about what level to choose.

If you have any questions please email uwlp@ncl.ac.uk

 

Course fee

£99 per semester for one language course

Arabic

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Wednesday 13:00

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday  13:00 - 15:00 Old Library Building 3.12 T Hwaidi

Module code and further information: LPA1001 Arabic Beginners Part 1

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British Sign Language

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Monday 17:30 | Wednesday 15:00 | Wednesday 17:30

Choose any one of these session times:

Day Time Location Teacher
Monday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 2.22 R Herdman
Wednesday  15:00 - 17:00 Old Library Building 2.22 R Herdman
Wednesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 2.22 R Herdman

Module code and further information: LPL1001 British Sign Language Part 1

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Chinese

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Wednesday 15:00 | Thursday 17:30

Choose any one of these session times:

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday  15:00 - 17:00 Old Library Building 2.01 L Zhu
Thursday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 2.03 L Zhu

Module code and further information: LPC1001 Chinese Beginners Part 1

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Elementary, some language knowledge, maybe a rusty GCSE | Tuesday 17:30

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Tuesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 3.12 L Lanjin

Module code and further information: LPC1101 Chinese Elementary Part 1

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Dutch

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Wednesday 13:00

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday  13:00 - 15:00 Old Library Building 4.13 Lab R Schuitevoerder

Module code and further information: LPD1001 Dutch Beginners Part 1

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French

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Wednesday 13:00, 15:00 and 17:30 | Friday 17:00

Choose any one of these session times:

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday  13:00 - 15:00 Old Library Building 5.21 E Simon
Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00 Old Library Building 3.12 E Simon
Wednesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 2.03 E Simon
Friday 17:00 - 19:00 Old Library Building 3.12 E Simon

Module code and further information: LPF1001 French Beginners Part 1

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Elementary, some language knowledge maybe a rusty GCSE | Wednesday 13:00 | Friday 17:00

Choose any one of these session times:

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday  13:00 - 15:00 Old Library Building 4.23 Lab C Vicente
Friday 17:00 - 19:00 Old Library Building 4.02 Lab C Vicente

Module code and further information: LPF1101 French Elementary Part 1

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Lower Intermediate, a good GCSE or similar | Friday 15:00 | Friday 17:30

Choose any one of these session times:

Day Time Location Teacher
Friday 15:00 -17:00  Old Library Building 3.12 B Calvert
Friday 17:30-19:30 Old Library Building 2.01 B Calvert

Module code and further information: LPF1201 French Lower Intermediate Part 1

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Upper Intermediate, a rusty A Level or similar | Wednesday 15:00

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00 Old Library Building 3.18 Lab B Calvert

Module code and further information: LPF1301 French Upper Intermediate Part 1

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Advanced, a good A Level or similar | Wednesday 17:30

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 3.12 B Calvert

Module code and further information: LPF1401 French Advanced Part 1

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German

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Wednesday 13:00 and 15:30

Choose any one of these session times:

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday  13:00 - 15:00 Old Library Building 5.16 E Bogomolova
Wednesday 15:30 - 17:30 Old Library Building 5.16 E Bogomolova

Module code and further information: LPG1001 German Beginners Part 1

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Elementary, some language knowledge, maybe a rusty GCSE | Thursday 17:30

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Thursday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 4.19 E Bogomolova

Module code and further information: LPG1101 German Elementary Part  1

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Lower Intermediate, a good GCSE or similar | Tuesday 17:30

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Tuesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 5.16 E Bogomolova

Module code and further information: LPG1201 German Lower Intermediate Part1

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Upper Intermediate, a rusty A Level or similar | Thursday 17:30

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Thursday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 5.21 J Sowden

Module code and further information: LPG1301 German Upper Intermediate Part 1

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Italian

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Wednesday 14:00 and 17:30

Choose any one of these session times

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday  14:00 - 16:00 Old Library Building 2.20 B Guidarelli
Wednesday  17:30 -19:30 Old Library Building 5.21 B Guidarelli

Module code and further information: LPI1001 Italian Beginners Part 1

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Japanese

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Tuesday 17:30 | Wednesday 17:30

Choose any one of these session times

Day Time Location Teacher
Tuesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 4.19 Y Bai
Wednesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 5.16 Y Bai

Module code and further information:  LPJ1001 Japanese Beginners Part 1

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Elementary, some language knowledge, maybe a rusty GCSE | Wednesday 15:00

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00 Old Library Building 4.10 Lab S Naruse

Module code and further information:  LPJ1101 Japanese Elementary Part 1

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Lower Intermediate, a good GCSE or similar | Wednesday 17:30

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 4.10 Lab S Naruse

Module code and further information: LPJ1201 Japanese Lower Intermediate Part 1

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Korean

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Wednesday 15:00

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday  15:00-17:00 Old Library Building 5.21 JH Lee

Module code and further information: LPK1001 Korean Beginners Part 1

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Elementary, some language knowledge, maybe a rusty GCSE | Wednesday 17:30

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 5.21 JH Lee

Module code and further information: LPK1101 Korean Elementary Part 1

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Portuguese

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Monday 17:30

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Monday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 5.16 B Carvalho de Mello

Module code and further information: LPP1001 Portuguese Beginners Part 1

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Russian

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Wednesday 15:00

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday  15:00 - 17:00 Old Library Building 2.03 S Leonenko

Module code and further information: LPR1001 Russian Beginners Part 1

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Elementary, some language knowledge, maybe a rusty GCSE | Wednesday 17:30

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday

17:30-19:30

Old Library Building 4.19 S Leonenko

Module code and further information: LPR1101 Russian Elementary Part 1

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Spanish

Beginners, you've never studied this language before | Tuesday 17:00 | Wednesday 15:00, 17:30 | Friday 13:00

Choose any one of these session times:

Day Time Location Teacher
Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00 Old Library Building 2.20 M Zubelzu de Brown
Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00 Old Library Building 4.19 M Zubelzu de Brown
Wednesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 2.20 M Zubelzu de Brown
Friday 13:00 - 15:00 Old Library Building 2.03 M Zubelzu de Brown

Module code and further information: LPS1001 Spanish Beginners Level 1

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Elementary, some language knowledge, maybe a rusty GCSE | Thursday 17:30 | Friday 15:30

Choose any one of these session times:

Day Time Location Teacher
Thursday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 2.01 M Zubelzu de Brown
Friday 15:30 - 17:30 Old Library Building 5.16 M Zubelzu de Brown

Module code and further information: LPS1101 Spanish Elementary Part 1

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Lower Intermediate, a good GCSE or similar | Monday 17:30 | Wednesday 17:30

Choose any one of these session times:

Day Time Location Teacher
Monday 17:30 - 19:30  Old Library Building 3.18 Lab GE Alvarez
Wednesday 17:30 - 19:30 Old Library Building 3.18 Lab GE Alvarez

Module code and further information: LPS1201 Spanish Lower Intermediate Part 1

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Upper Intermediate, a rusty A Level or similar | Tuesday 17:00

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Tuesday 17:00-19:00 Old Library Building 2.03 L Arbones-Martinez

Module code and further informationLPS1301 Spanish Upper Intermediate Part 1

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Advanced, a good A Level or similar | Wednesday 15:00

 

Day Time Location Teacher
Wednesday 15:00 -17:00 Old Library Building 4.13 Lab GE Alvarez

Module code and further information: LPS1401 Spanish Advanced Part 1

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What level should I choose?

Beginners

  • If you have never studied this language at all before, whether at school or by yourself

Elementary

You might have either of these:

  • a GCSE at a lower grade or maybe you're feeling rusty
  • pass/completion of a beginners course with us
  • level A1 on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

Lower Intermediate 

You might have: 

  • level A2 on the CEFR
  • pass-completion of relevant Elementary module, or
  • a good GCSE (grade B/6), or similar

Upper Intermediate

You might have:

  • level A2/B1 on the CEFR
  • pass/completion of relevant Lower Intermediate module, or
  • an AS or poor/rusty A-Level or similar

Advanced

You might have:

  • level B1/B2 on the CEFR
  • pass/completion of relevant Upper Intermediate module, or
  • a good A-Level or similar