French Evening Classes

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For any other questions and enquiries, please email ahsstudentrecruitment@chester.ac.uk.

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Course Summary

Our language evening classes are a great way to expand and develop your language skills if you have a passion for learning another language, are looking to learn or improve a language for business reasons, or simply want help with your holiday conversations! We are currently running courses in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Welsh.

Our tutors use fun and interactive teaching methods within their classes, which are suitable and tailored for the level you have enrolled in. We are proud to create an air of camaraderie and friendship in our groups, and we will motivate you to retain an ongoing interest in learning, encouraging all our students to support one another as they learn. Some classes will follow a particular course book, which the tutor will highlight in your first class.

If you are a member of the public (not a University of Chester student), the cost of one of our language evening classes is £389. These classes run for a total of 24 weeks.

If you are a University of Chester student, all our evening classes – and our language taster courses – are free. The language taster courses require a deposit of £100, but this will be refunded back to you after course completion (attending at least 80% of the sessions). University of Chester Staff are also entitled to a discount. Please contact ahsstudentrecruitment@chester.ac.uk to find out more.

Please note:

  • All courses run subject to minimum numbers.
  • This is not a credit bearing course.
  • Minimum Age: The minimum age is 18.
  • Refunds will not be granted after the courses have started.
  • All courses are taught in person, on our Exton Park campus.

Frequently Asked Questions

Teaching will run over a 20-week period split into two, 10-week blocks.

Current University of Chester students have the choice of studying the full 20 weeks or Block 1 (starting in October) or Block 2 (starting in New Year). The deposit of £100 remains the same whether students choose to study both blocks or one.  

Members of the public, staff, alumni, and returning Languages for All students can either do the full 20 weeks or they can wait to join on for the last 10 weeks (Block 2) in the New Year.  

You are eligible for a discount if you are a:

  • University of Chester Staff member
  • University of Chester alumni
  • Past student of Languages for All

University of Chester students- we require a deposit of £100, but this will be refunded back to you after course completion (attending at least 80% of the sessions).

Members of the public:

To enrol on the course, you must pay through our online store. Once that is done then you don’t need to do anything else!

You will receive a receipt of payment, and you can contact ahsstudentrecruitment@chester.ac.uk if you are unsure whether you’re enrolled. You will receive your timetable information the week before you start with us.

You cannot enrol on the course without paying so make sure that you have paid and not just registered your interest.

Staff/Alumni/Past Languages for All students/UoC students

Contact ahsstudentrecruitment@chester.ac.uk with your personal details so we can double check that you’re either a staff member, a UoC alum, a past languages student, or a UoC student and we can then issue you the relevant code to the storefront.

The course is delivered in person at our Exton Park campus, Mon-Thurs in the evening.

Once you have paid, you should receive a receipt of payment. This will mean that you are now enrolled onto the course. You will then receive your timetable information, along with your room number, and tutor from ahsstudentrecruitment@chester.ac.uk the week before you start.

Information on how to get to Exton Park can be found here.

Parking on campus is limited, and we encourage either parking in town or for you to access public transport as a means of getting to the University. 

University of Chester Students will receive a full refund of their £100 deposit if they have over 80% attendance after the courses are over.   

All other Languages for All students (members of the public, staff, and alumni) will not receive a refund once classes start unless the course does not run due to low interest.

Certificates are available at the end of the successful completion of the course and by request to ahsstudentrecruitment@chester.ac.uk only. Please note that this is not a credit bearing course.

How to get here

Exton Park is centrally located in Chester, and accessible via the M53, A483, A41, A56, and public transport from the city centre.

Find your way around Exton Park

Address

University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ

Cycling

The Greenway Gate, accessible between 7am – 9pm with your University pass, is located at the back of the overflow car park and is the nearest point of access to the Millennium Greenway cycle path that connects to routes throughout the city.

Public Transport

Bache train station is a 15-minute walk from Exton Park and Chester railway station is a 20-minute walk. Arriva 1A and Arriva 1 run frequent services that stop with a short walk to Exton Park. All three Park and Ride routes, PR1, PR2 and PR3 have connections within walking distance to Exton Park.

Parking

Parking on campus is limited, so we recommend using public transport and/or walking if possible. 

What level am I?

Check which is the correct course for you by using our simple level descriptor below.

Year

Level Description

1

Beginners

Ideal for absolute beginners who have little knowledge of the language

2

Beginners+

Follow on course from beginners, expanding vocabulary and basic communication

3

Intermediate

Ideal for students who have studied the language in the past and want to refresh or have completed Year 2, Beginners+ previously.

4

Intermediate+

Ideal for students who have done O levels / GCSE in the past and want to refresh and build upon their previous knowledge.

5

Upper Intermediate

Follow on course from Intermediate and build upon previous “O” Level / GCSE qualifications

6

Upper Intermediate+

Ideal for students who have studied the language for a while or who have an A level and want to build upon that.

7

Advanced

Ideal for students who want to build upon previous qualifications such as “A” level or a degree.

8

Proficiency

Ideal for students who consider themselves quite fluent but want to “top up”.

Fees and Funding

£389(2025/26)

Our language evening classes costs £389 for home students.

£389(2025/26)

This language evening class course costs £389 for international students.