COURSES OFFERED BY UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER

Arabic speakers are in greater demand than ever before. Both governmental and non-governmental organizations in the UK and all around the globe have declared Arabic as a key language for its relevant involvement in world affairs.

These courses are designed to start from an absolute beginner and will teach learners to communicate with deaf people on a range of general topics. You will be taught by a professional Deaf Tutor in a friendly and supportive environment.

China will play a major role in world affairs in the future. Chinese is the language most spoken in the world! One out of five people is Chinese. If you can speak Chinese, you can communicate with more people different from yourself than with any other language.

Danish is a North Germanic language. Danish is spoken by around six million people, mostly based in Denmark, but also in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Denmark is the happiest country on earth, for the second time in a row, according to the UN World Happiness Report

With similar Germanic origins to English, some Dutch phrases are easily understandable. There's no need for a phrasebook if someone in an Amsterdam nightclub asks you "Wil je met me dansen. Around 28 million people speak Dutch: outside of the Netherlands, it is most commonly encountered in Belgium.

With around 200 million speakers across the world, French is one of the commonest - and hence most useful - languages. The International Organization of Francophonie has 56 member states and governments, with a primary objective to promote its teaching.

This training in French for Business at B1 level (CEFR) is accredited by Chambre de commerce et d’Industrie de Paris Île-de-France. The course entails 10-week training plus internationally recognized accreditation.

German has around 100 million speakers worldwide. Outside of Germany itself, it is an official language in Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. In fact it has more native speakers within the EU than any other language.

Around 13 million people - mostly in Greece and Cyprus (where it is one of two official languages) - speak the modern form of Greek. However, Greek speakers are by far, more international than in South-eastern Europe and can be encountered in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

The Gujarati language is the second most spoken language in Leicester, after English. An astonishing 12% of Leicester inhabitants speak Gujarati. Moreover, it is also widely spoken in the United States, Canada, South Africa, and Pakistan.