Language Skills - Languages For All

LFA stands for Languages for All, and offers a range of foreign language courses to help you communicate with people from other countries, gain an insight into different cultures and acquire a skill which will be valuable in the employment world. Courses are open to all students in the university.

LFA offers you the opportunity to:

• Start a new language
• Improve fluency in speaking
• Brush up rusty language skills
• Complete an assessed course covering speaking, listening, reading and writing
• Gain 'survival skills' before going on a trip abroad
• Prepare for studying, researching or working abroad
• Develop skills to help you do business in a foreign language
• Learn to read and translate foreign literature and other foreign language texts.

The languages we offer are: Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Latin (Classical and Medieval), Mandarin Chinese, Modern Greek, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Courses are available, subject to demand, at a range of levels from beginners to degree standard and in a variety of formats: short (4-week), medium (8-week) and long (17-week; 20-week) courses. It is possible to combine an LFA course with your studies or research in any subject, as you can choose to take classes at lunchtime, during the day or in the evening. We offer assessed courses which lead to the award of the LFA certificate, and also some non-assessed courses. A fee is payable for LFA courses.

Further information may be obtained from our website at www.york.ac.uk/lfa or by email at lfa@york.ac.uk