# Short Language Courses in 2025/2026
**Source**: https://www.york.ac.uk/language-linguistic-science/languages-for-all/short-courses/
**Parent**: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/international/english-language-support/
Our eight-week language courses are available for Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Spanish and Ukrainian. Course types include introductory-level courses that allow you to familiarise with a new language, practice-focused language courses to improve your everyday communication skills and specialist language courses for specific purposes.
### Course fees: 16 hours over 8 weeks
- £116 University of York students
- £150 University of York staff/Over 60s/Students from other HE institutions
- £160 University of York alums
- £175 Members of the public
## Contact us
**Languages for All**
- [languages@york.ac.uk](mailto:languages@york.ac.uk)
## Register for an LfA short course
**Semester 2 Course Dates**
- February to April 2026: w/c 16 February to w/e 24 April
Registration is now closed.
> ### Timetable and Course Descriptors
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> Please see the [LfA Short Courses Timetable, Dates and Fees 2025/26](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bFmj5r6DvncFYgvFca12RDMAuGBWjYclHHl23Sc1Mw0/view) for an overview of our courses and class times.
### Short courses per language (February to April 2026)
### **Arabic**
- **Introduction to Arabic:** ideal for absolute beginners who wish to familiarise themselves with the Arabic language and Arabic-speaking cultures.
### **Chinese**
- **Introduction to Chinese: ideal for absolute beginners who wish to familiarise themselves with the Chinese language and culture.**
### **English**
- [**General English Conversation**](https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/LFA00324L/2025-26?query=LFA00324L&department=&creditLevel=&teachingPeriod=&isAvailableAsElective=false&isAvailableToVisitingStudents=false&electiveTheme=&offset=0&max=15)**:** ideal for students with at least a B1 level or equivalent in English who wish to improve their speaking and listening skills and their overall ability and confidence to communicate in English.
### **French**
- **French Beginners Short Course:** ideal for absolute beginners who wish to familiarise with the language for use in everyday communication.
- **French Post-Beginners Short Course:** ideal for those with some prior knowledge of the language or those who have learnt some French through language learning apps or informally.
### **German**
- **German Beginners Short Course:** ideal for absolute beginners who wish to familiarise with the language for use in everyday communication.
- **German Post-Beginners Short Course:** ideal for those with some prior knowledge of the language or those who have learnt some German through language learning apps or informally.
### **Italian**
- **Italian Beginners Short Course:** ideal for absolute beginners who wish to familiarise with the language for use in everyday communication.
- **Italian Post-Beginners Short Course:** ideal for those with some prior knowledge of the language or those who have learnt some Italian through language learning apps or informally.
- **Italian Pre-Intermediate Short Course:** ideal for students who have completed an LfA course or York Language Elective module in Italian at Beginner level and wish to practise and improve their skills further.
### **Japanese**
- **Introduction to Japanese:** ideal for absolute beginners who wish to familiarise themselves with the Japanese language and culture.
### **Korean**
- **Introduction to Korean 1:** ideal for absolute beginners who have no knowledge of the Korean language or its alphabet.
- **Introduction to Korean 2:** ideal for beginner-level learners of Korean who already know the Korean alphabet.
### **Medieval Latin**
- **Medieval Documentary Latin:** for those interested in familiarising themselves with Medieval Latin through the analysis of Latin language as used in official records and documents from the Middle Ages.
### **Spanish**
- **Spanish Beginners Short Course:** ideal for absolute beginners who wish to familiarise themselves with the language for use in everyday communication.
- **Spanish Post-Beginners Short Course:** ideal for those with some prior knowledge of the language or those who have learnt some Spanish through language learning apps or informally.
- **Spanish Pre-Intermediate Short Course:** ideal for students who have completed an LfA course or York Language Elective module in Spanish at Beginner level and wish to practise and improve their skills further.
### **Ukrainian**
- **Introduction to Ukrainian:** ideal for absolute beginners who wish to familiarise themselves with the Ukrainian language and culture.
## Contact us
**Languages for All**
- [languages@york.ac.uk](mailto:languages@york.ac.uk)