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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 French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, and Welsh.

Our tutors use fun and interactive teaching methods within their classes, which are suitable and tailored to 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 Block 2 is £199.50. These classes run for a total of 10 weeks, starting the week of January 12th until the week of March 16th 2026. 

Please note that if you sign up, you’ll be joining the course where other students in the class, who enrolled for the full course in October, are already up to. If you would like to enrol as a beginner, a sufficient level of knowledge is required to be able to join halfway through the course. 

If you are a University of Chester student, all our evening classes are free (with a deposit). The language evening courses require a deposit of £100, but this will be refunded to you after course completion (attending at least 80% of the sessions). University of Chester Staff are also entitled to a discount.

Enrolment for Block 2 will be paused over the Christmas period, from 4pm on 23rd December until 9am on 5th January. 

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.

Enrolment for Block 2 is now open!

Book your place

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).

ENROLMENT FOR THE BLOCK IS NOW OPEN 

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

The course is delivered in person at our Exton Park campus, in the evenings, 6.30-8.30pm. The day your course will be delivered on will depend on the language and level you choose to study. 

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. 

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.

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.

Language Courses Timetable

Timetable 2025-2026

Please see the timetable below for all of the part-time evening classes, including the languages and levels with spaces available in Block 2.

Chinese-Mandarin

  • Year 1 Beginners: Thursday

French

  • Year 1 Beginners: Wednesday 
  • Year 2 Beginners+: Tuesday
  • Year 3 Intermediate: Tuesday
  • Year 4 Intermediate+: Tuesday
  • Year 5 Upper Intermediate: Monday
  • Proficiency: Wednesday

German

  • Year 1 Beginners: Wednesday
  • Year 2 Beginners+: Thursday
  • Year 4 Intermediate: Thursday
  • Year 7 Advanced: Monday

Italian

  • Year 1 Beginners: Thursday
  • Year 2 Beginners+: Monday
  • Year 2 Beginners+: Thursday 
  • Year 3 Intermediate: Monday
  • Year 5 Upper Intermediate: Wednesday

Japanese

  • Year 1 Beginners: Thursday
  • Year 2 Beginners+ Wednesday
  • Year 3 Intermediate: Thursday

Korean

  • Year 1 Beginners: Monday
  • Year 2 Beginners+: Tuesday

Portuguese

  • Year 1 Beginners: Monday

Spanish

  • Year 1 Beginners: Wednesday 
  • Year 1 Beginners: Thursday
  • Year 2 Beginners+: Thursday
  • Year 3 Intermediate: Tuesday
  • Year 4 Intermediate+: Wednesday
  • Year 5 Upper Intermediate: Thursday
  • Year 6 Upper Intermediate: Tuesday
  • Proficiency: Tuesday

Welsh

  • Year 1 Beginners: Thursday
  • Year 2 / 3 combined: Tuesday

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

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.

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 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.