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Thursday 17 October

12:30	JTC: 1-to-1 Language Learning Advice [Full] 12:30 - 13:00 John Trim Centre A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser to explore opportunities and resources to help you with your plans and aims for your language learning. We advise on learning strategies across a range of 180+ languages in our learning centre. Click here to view our current index of languages. These appointments are for advice on learning languages other than English. Should you want support for language skills in English, please do not book into one of these appointments but send your request to adtis@langcen.cam.ac.uk instead. (Please note that if you are seeking advice about our taught courses, you are encouraged to drop in to the Language Centre or book early in the term rather than wait for an appointment. See our website for details.) Advising appointments can be used to: Decide on your short term and longer term goals Discuss learning strategies for independent language study Formulate a personal learning plan Evaluate your progress so far and identify your next steps Tackle more challenging aspects of your language learning, e.g., strategies for developing listening Talk about ways of shaping a self-study session Explore resources in specialist areas Consider how taught course options in Cambridge can fit in to a longer term plan Find out more about intensive language courses abroad
14:00	CULP: German Intermediate 2 for Academic Purposes (LAP) - primarily for Classicists (1 of 15) [Places] 14:00 - 15:30 Faculty of Classics, Room 2.03 PLEASE NOTE: This course is PRIMARILY FOR CLASSICISTS. This weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading German documents they need to deal with in their research. Each session will be divided into two parts: The first part will consist of grammar, tasks to develop insight into the reading process, help with dealing with complex sentence structures, academic conventions, abbreviations, etc. The second part will be devoted to the translation of original German texts from different periods and covering a range of topics. Each week you will be asked to attempt a translation into English of a German passage. Students will be encouraged to bring along German texts from their own research to translate. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
15:00	CULP: Spanish Basic 1 (1 of 15) [Places] 15:00 - 17:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: French Basic 1 (1 of 15) [Full] 15:00 - 17:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. More detailed information is available on our website.
	CULP: French Intermediate 2 (1 of 15) [Full] 15:00 - 17:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 4 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 2 level, the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabus is more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course. More detailed information is available on our website.
	CULP: German Basic 2 (1 of 15) [Full] 15:00 - 17:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. More detailed information is available on our website.
	CULP: Turkish Basic 1 (1 of 15) [Places] 15:00 - 17:00 Faculty of History, Seminar Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please go to the Language Centre CULP page.
15:15	CULP: Portuguese Basic for Academic Purposes (LAP) (2 of 23) In progress 15:15 - 16:45 Centre of Latin American Studies, Alison Richard Building Room 204 These Portuguese reading courses are designed for researchers, graduate students and staff who have a particular interest in Latin American, Brazilian, Portuguese or Lusophone language, culture and heritage. They offer linguistic tools that will enable students to comprehend complex texts and produce critical readings and interpretations. The classes are going to be conducted primarily in English, even though there will be plenty of opportunity for oral and listening practice. The courses feature a listening and speaking component as to prepare student to conduct field work in Portuguese. The Basic course does not require any knowledge of the language while the prerequisite for the Intermediate course is a CEFR A2 level. The courses offer the possibility of progression and Basic students are strongly encouraged to continue with the Intermediate course. Please note that these courses are attended by a number of very able, Spanish speaking students of Latin American studies and that the class dynamics are likely to be fast paced. For the rest of the students this might be challenging but also very rewarding and conducive to sound progress. The courses will start from a Basic level and will aim at: Solidifying strategies of reading of academic texts; Recognition of the compositional structures of the texts; Recognition of basic use of Portuguese grammar units The students will be asked to perform weekly readings of a wide variety of texts. Alongside that, they will be requested to do grammar exercises related to the basic structures of the language, such as verbs and their complements. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
16:00	JTC: 1-to-1 Language Learning Advice [Full] 16:00 - 16:30 John Trim Centre A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser to explore opportunities and resources to help you with your plans and aims for your language learning. We advise on learning strategies across a range of 180+ languages in our learning centre. Click here to view our current index of languages. These appointments are for advice on learning languages other than English. Should you want support for language skills in English, please do not book into one of these appointments but send your request to adtis@langcen.cam.ac.uk instead. (Please note that if you are seeking advice about our taught courses, you are encouraged to drop in to the Language Centre or book early in the term rather than wait for an appointment. See our website for details.) Advising appointments can be used to: Decide on your short term and longer term goals Discuss learning strategies for independent language study Formulate a personal learning plan Evaluate your progress so far and identify your next steps Tackle more challenging aspects of your language learning, e.g., strategies for developing listening Talk about ways of shaping a self-study session Explore resources in specialist areas Consider how taught course options in Cambridge can fit in to a longer term plan Find out more about intensive language courses abroad
17:00	CULP: Portuguese Intermediate 1 for Academic Purposes (LAP) (2 of 23) In progress 17:00 - 18:30 Centre of Latin American Studies, Alison Richard Building Room 204 These Portuguese reading courses are designed for researchers, graduate students and staff who have a particular interest in Latin American, Brazilian, Portuguese or Lusophone language, culture and heritage. They offer linguistic tools that will enable students to comprehend complex texts and produce critical readings and interpretations. The classes are going to be conducted primarily in English, even though there will be plenty of opportunity for oral and listening practice. The courses feature a listening and speaking component as to prepare student to conduct field work in Portuguese. The Basic course does not require any knowledge of the language while the prerequisite for the Intermediate course is a CEFR A2 level. The courses offer the possibility of progression and Basic students are strongly encouraged to continue with the Intermediate course. Please note that these courses are attended by a number of very able, Spanish speaking students of Latin American studies and that the class dynamics are likely to be fast paced. For the rest of the students this might be challenging but also very rewarding and conducive to sound progress. The courses will start from a Basic level and will aim at: Solidifying strategies of reading of academic texts; Recognition of the compositional structures of the texts; Recognition of basic use of Portuguese grammar units The students will be asked to perform weekly readings of a wide variety of texts. Alongside that, they will be requested to do grammar exercises related to the basic structures of the language, such as verbs and their complements. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Turkish Basic 2 (1 of 15) [Places] 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of History, Seminar Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please go to the Language Centre CULP page.
	CULP: Arabic Basic 1 (1 of 15) [Full] 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of English, GR05 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Japanese Basic 2 (1 of 15) [Places] 17:00 - 19:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 The courses are delivered in a blended-learning mode, face-to-face and online through CamTools (the Cambridge University virtual learning environment). The focus is on spoken, oral/aural communicative competence. Students are required to attend to online multimedia materials and read the proscribed texts in their own time so that the classroom time is dedicated to face-to-face communication/discussion. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Spanish Basic 2 (1 of 15) [Places] 17:00 - 19:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 4 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
18:30	CULP: Languages for Medics (SSC), French Intermediate 1 2019 - BLOCK A (10 of 10) In progress 18:30 - 20:30 Clinical School, Seminar Room 11 Language courses for Y4 students of the School of Clinical Medicine.
	CULP: Languages for Medics (SSC), Spanish Intermediate 1 2019 - BLOCK A (8 of 10) Not bookable 18:30 - 20:30 Clinical School, Seminar Room 10 Language courses for Y4 students of the School of Clinical Medicine.
19:00	CULP: French Advanced (1 of 15) [Full] 19:00 - 21:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 4 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At advanced level the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabus is more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course. One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater to the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students. More detailed information is available on our website. NB: Advanced courses are official, award-bearing University qualifications. Please also note that the certificates and transcripts are usually issued in July.
	CULP: Japanese Basic 1 (1 of 15) [Full] 19:00 - 21:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 The courses are delivered in a blended-learning mode, face-to-face and online through CamTools (the Cambridge University virtual learning environment). The focus is on spoken, oral/aural communicative competence. Students are required to attend to online multimedia materials and read the proscribed texts in their own time so that the classroom time is dedicated to face-to-face communication/discussion. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Chinese (Mandarin) Elementary 2 (1 of 15) [Places] 19:00 - 21:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. More detailed information is available from the Language Centre.

Friday 18 October

09:30	CULP: Italian Basic 1 (1 of 15) [Places] 09:30 - 11:30 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
11:30	CULP: French Basic 2 (1 of 15) [Places] 11:30 - 13:30 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. More detailed information is available on our website.
13:00	CULP: German Intermediate 1 (1 of 15) [Full] 13:00 - 15:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 1 level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please go to the Language Centre CULP page.
	JTC: 1-to-1 Language Learning Advice [Full] 13:00 - 13:30 John Trim Centre A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser to explore opportunities and resources to help you with your plans and aims for your language learning. We advise on learning strategies across a range of 180+ languages in our learning centre. Click here to view our current index of languages. These appointments are for advice on learning languages other than English. Should you want support for language skills in English, please do not book into one of these appointments but send your request to adtis@langcen.cam.ac.uk instead. (Please note that if you are seeking advice about our taught courses, you are encouraged to drop in to the Language Centre or book early in the term rather than wait for an appointment. See our website for details.) Advising appointments can be used to: Decide on your short term and longer term goals Discuss learning strategies for independent language study Formulate a personal learning plan Evaluate your progress so far and identify your next steps Tackle more challenging aspects of your language learning, e.g., strategies for developing listening Talk about ways of shaping a self-study session Explore resources in specialist areas Consider how taught course options in Cambridge can fit in to a longer term plan Find out more about intensive language courses abroad
13:30	CULP: French Intermediate 1 (1 of 15) [Full] 13:30 - 15:30 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 1 level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. More detailed information is available on our webiste.
14:00	CULP: German Basic (total beginners) for Academic Purposes (LAP) - PRIMARILY FOR CLASSICISTS (1 of 15) [Places] 14:00 - 15:30 Faculty of Classics, Room 2.03 PLEASE NOTE: This course is PRIMARILY FOR CLASSICISTS. This weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading German documents they need to deal with in their research. Each session will be divided into two parts: The first part will consist of grammar, tasks to develop insight into the reading process, help with dealing with complex sentence structures, academic conventions, abbreviations, etc. The second part will be devoted to the translation of original German texts from different periods and covering a range of topics. Each week you will be asked to attempt a translation into English of a German passage. Students will be encouraged to bring along German texts from their own research to translate. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
15:00	CULP: Japanese Basic 2 (1 of 15) CANCELLED 15:00 - 17:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Spanish Basic 1 (1 of 15) [Places] 15:00 - 17:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
15:30	JTC: 1-to-1 Language Learning Advice [Full] 15:30 - 16:00 John Trim Centre A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser to explore opportunities and resources to help you with your plans and aims for your language learning. We advise on learning strategies across a range of 180+ languages in our learning centre. Click here to view our current index of languages. These appointments are for advice on learning languages other than English. Should you want support for language skills in English, please do not book into one of these appointments but send your request to adtis@langcen.cam.ac.uk instead. (Please note that if you are seeking advice about our taught courses, you are encouraged to drop in to the Language Centre or book early in the term rather than wait for an appointment. See our website for details.) Advising appointments can be used to: Decide on your short term and longer term goals Discuss learning strategies for independent language study Formulate a personal learning plan Evaluate your progress so far and identify your next steps Tackle more challenging aspects of your language learning, e.g., strategies for developing listening Talk about ways of shaping a self-study session Explore resources in specialist areas Consider how taught course options in Cambridge can fit in to a longer term plan Find out more about intensive language courses abroad
16:00	CULP: Portuguese Basic 2 (1 of 15) CANCELLED 16:00 - 18:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 4 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. More detailed information is available from the Language Centre.
17:00	CULP: Spanish Intermediate 1 (1 of 15) [Full] 17:00 - 19:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 1 level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Spanish Basic 1 - SEMI-INTENSIVE (1 of 15) [Places] 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of History, Seminar Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Japanese Basic 1 (1 of 15) [Places] 17:00 - 19:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Korean Basic 2 (1 of 15) [Places] 17:00 - 19:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
18:00	CULP: Portuguese Advanced (1 of 15) [Places] 18:00 - 20:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 4 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At advanced level the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabus is more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course. One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater for the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students. More detailed information is available on our website. NB: Advanced courses are official, award-bearing University qualifications. Please also note that the certificates and transcripts are usually issued in July.
18:30	CULP: Languages for Medics (SSC), French Intermediate 2 2019 - BLOCK A (8 of 10) Not bookable 18:30 - 20:30 Clinical School, Seminar Room 12 Language courses for Y4 students of the School of Clinical Medicine.
19:00	CULP: Languages for Medics (SSC), Spanish Basic 2019 - BLOCK A (8 of 10) Not bookable 19:00 - 21:00 Faculty of History, Seminar Room 1 Language courses for Y4 students of the School of Clinical Medicine.
	CULP: Chinese (Mandarin) Elementary 1 (1 of 15) [Places] 19:00 - 21:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. More detailed information is available from the Language Centre webiste.