Part-time recreational evening course held by the Language Centre.

Course Description

The Language Centre offers part-time courses to which all adults are welcome to attend. Courses are offered in the evenings.

The term 1 and term 2 courses run for 12 weeks, 2 hours once a week, classes are designed to develop and consolidate language skills, suitable for a range of learners from complete beginners to those looking for something more advanced. In the summer term, we offer 6-week courses, 2 hours once a week, classes are designed to strengthen your conversational skills which consists of six units with different discussion topics.

Please note that all our part-time courses are for recreational purposes only. They are not intended as preparation for any formal examinations that participants may wish to take in their own time (apart from the IELTS Preparation and the Japanaese level 5/6 courses.  This course is suitable for both recreational study and for JLPT N5 exam candidates). Our part-time courses do not include any assessments or tests.

Term dates for 2025/26:

Autumn: starting w/c 06/10/25 - ending w/c 19/01/26 (includes 3 week break).  Deadline has now passed. Thank you to all who applied.

Spring: starting w/c 02/02/2026 - ending w/c 04/05/2026 (includes 2 week break).  Booking open. 

Summer: starting w/c 25/05/26 - ending w/c 29/06/26 (6 weeks).  Booking will open Monday 2 February 2026

Term 2 dates:

Monday 2 February to Friday 27 March 2026 (8 weeks)
Break Monday 30 March to Friday 10 April 2026 (2-week break)
Classes resume Monday 13 April to Friday 8 May 2026 (4 weeks)

French Term 2 Timetable - booking open

 

Language	Level	Day	Start Date	End Date	Time	Fee
French	1	Wednesday	04/02/2026	06/05/2026	6-8PM	£192/£176
French	2	Monday	02/02/2026	04/05/2026	6-8PM	£192/£176
French	4	Wednesday	04/02/2026	06/05/2026	6-8PM	£192/£176
French	5	Tuesday	03/02/2026	05/05/2026	6-8PM	£192/£176
French	7	Thursday	05/02/2026	07/05/2026	6-8PM	£192/£176

12-week Course Fees:

Course Fee	General Public	£192.00
Course Fee	University of Aberdeen Student/Staff/NHS Staff receive one free class – you must use your UoA email/NHS email when booking.	£176.00

Evening Classes term 3 dates for 2025/26

TERM 3: 6-week conversational courses Booking will open for Term 3 of 2025-2026 on Monday 3 March 2026
Term Opens	Monday 25 May 2026
Term Closes	Friday 3 July 2026

Please note we will only advertise one term at a time. 

Course Content:

Before you book, you can check the course content and textbook details for each level on the Language Centre website. Please do not purchase the textbook until the course is confirmed to run. The status of each course (running or cancelled) will be emailed to participants approx. 1 week before the scheduled start date.

Important: Upon completion of booking, you will receive an email to confirm your place.   Approx. 1 week before the scheduled start date an email with details of class location, start date, time, and tutor will be sent out. Please look out for an email entitled "Course Details".

Terms and Conditions:

Your registration on an evening language course will be subject to the following terms and conditions:

• Terms and Conditions

FAQs:

Have a look through our frequently asked questions page for further information.

In-person teaching:

Our teaching will be done in-person in. Rather than allocate rooms at this stage, we will make decisions just before courses begin, based on the numbers enrolled.

To contact the Language Centre:

email:                lc-eveningclasses@abdn.ac.uk