Part-time recreational evening course held by the Language Centre

Booking open for our term 1 October 12-week evening courses

Enrolment deadline is 12:00 on Friday 9 October

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 term 3, we offer 6-week conversational 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 Japanese 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 2026/27

Term 1:

Course duration:  12 weeks  

Term commences 12 October 2026 

Winter break 21 December 2026 to 4 January 2027

Term recommences Tuesday 5 January 2027 - please see below term 1 timetable for individual course end dates

Enrolment deadline is 12:00 on Friday 9 October 2026

Please note we will only advertise one term at a time

Term 2: 

Course duration:  12 weeks  

Term commences 8 February 

Spring break 29 March to 9 April 2027

Term recommences 12 April 2027 

Enrolment opens November 2026

Term 3: 

Course duration:  6 week conversational courses

Term commences 31 May

Enrolment opens February 2027

Term 1 dates:

Booking open - French term 1 timetable 

Language	Level	Day	Start Date	End Date	Time	Fee
French	1	Wednesday	14/10/2026	13/01/2027	6-8PM	£192/£176
French	3	Monday	12/10/2026	18/01/2027	6-8PM	£192/£176
French	6	Tuesday	13/10/2026	12/01/2027	6-8PM	£192/£176
French	7	Thursday	15/10/2026	14/01/2027	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

6 Week course fees:

Course Fee	General Public	£120
Course Fee	University of Aberdeen Student/Staff/NHS Staff – you must use your UoA email/NHS email when booking.	£100

 

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