Group Category: Languages
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French Conversation for Beginners
We are a new group (from Spring 2026) looking to work with beginners to learn French conversation. It is very much a group led learning experience with input from the group members on what we do and what we include. All leading towards talking in French. We emphasise 'having a go', gaining confidence and just… Read more
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Living with Hearing Loss
The purpose of the group is to share experiences in a relaxed and informal environment, and learn the basics of Lipreading to make the most of our hearing. This does not include sign language, which is a different skill. The group has been running since November 2025 The group leader has a lifetime’s experience of living… Read more
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Italian Speaking Practice
Questo gruppo: si tratta di un gruppo informale per quelli che vogliano parlare italiano e desidera esercitarsi regolarmente. An Italian informal conversation group for those CONFIDENT to talk Italian. We meet on 2nd Tuesday monthly (Except August/December).If you would like to join, please send an email to the group leader using the group email link below.Please… Read more
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Latin
Travel back almost 2000 years to a time when the Romans controlled most of Europe. Join us and have fun discovering this ancient world. In 2023, in Book I of the Cambridge Latin Course, we explored Pompeii, met some of its citizens and learnt about the Roman world and culture.This year in Book II we… Read more
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Spanish Conversation
Do you enjoy speaking in Spanish or want to improve your Spanish ,come and join us We are a conversation group and to join you do need to be able to speak some Spanish (you do not need to be fluent), it would not be suitable for beginners. We will spend most of the meeting… Read more
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French Conversation
Do you already enjoy speaking French and would like to improve? We spend our meetings mostly speaking French having chosen topics to generate conversation and discussions. We subscribe to a magazine which has CDs where French speakers read some of the articles. Two groups meet at the Palm House on Thursday mornings (nice coffee) Group… Read more
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German - Improvers ZOOM only
Zoom only sessions on a Friday weekly, we do 2 x 40 minute sessions with a short break We are an enthusiastic group learning German weekly on a Friday via zoom. We are a self-help group as we do not have a specific tutor to teach us, but we have some very good German speaking… Read more