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Booktown Languages

Spring term · 11 January – 19 March 2027

Twelve groups, four languages, one timetable

New groups start every January, April and September.

Every group runs for ten weeks and costs £150. Six chairs each — when they are taken, the group closes and the next one opens in April.

Find your level Timetable Weekends One-to-one Café

Six questions, one minute

Find out which group you belong in

Answer honestly about the language you want to learn — not the one you were best at in school. Nothing is sent anywhere; the answer appears on this page.

01Someone asks who you are and where you live.
02You are ordering at a café counter.
03Yesterday and tomorrow.
04Someone speaks to you at their normal speed.
05What can you read?
06A disagreement about something you care about.

Answer all six questions.

The five rungs

A1 You can greet people and order a coffee.
A2 You can book a room and explain a problem.
B1 You can hold a conversation about your week.
B2 You can argue a point and follow the radio.
C1 You read novels and rarely reach for English.

B1

Intermediate

You can hold your own.

See the groups at this level

Evening group classes

The spring timetable

Ten weeks from 11 January. Two rooms run at once — Elena in the chapel room, Rhiannon in the vestry — so two groups can share an evening.

Spanish

Elena Moretti-Sanz · chapel room

A1 Spanish from scratch Mondays 18:30–20:00 · 10 weeks £150
A2 Spanish improvers Tuesdays 18:30–20:00 · 10 weeks £150
B1 Spanish intermediate Tuesdays 20:15–21:45 · 10 weeks £150
B2–C1 Spanish conversation Wednesdays 20:15–21:45 · 10 weeks £150

French

Rhiannon Lefèvre · vestry

A1 French from scratch Mondays 18:30–20:00 · 10 weeks £150
A2 French improvers Tuesdays 18:30–20:00 · 10 weeks £150
B1 French intermediate Thursdays 18:30–20:00 · 10 weeks £150
B2–C1 French conversation Thursdays 20:15–21:45 · 10 weeks £150

Italian

Elena Moretti-Sanz · chapel room

A1 Italian from scratch Mondays 20:15–21:45 · 10 weeks £150
A2 Italian improvers Wednesdays 18:30–20:00 · 10 weeks £150

Welsh

Rhiannon Lefèvre · vestry

A1 Welsh from scratch Mondays 20:15–21:45 · 10 weeks £150
A2 Welsh improvers Tuesdays 20:15–21:45 · 10 weeks £150

Intensive weekends

Four weekends a year, two days each

Ten hours of speaking across a Saturday and a Sunday, 10:00 to 16:00 both days, with lunch from the Thursday market. Eight places, £120, and a reading list you will actually finish.

14–15 Nov 2026 Spanish & French · A2 and above
20–21 Feb 2027 Italian & Welsh · all levels
15–16 May 2027 Spanish & Italian · B1 and above
7–8 Aug 2027 French & Welsh · all levels
Ask for a weekend place

One-to-one online

An hour, with nobody else in the room

The same two teachers, over a video call, at a time you choose. People book these for shift patterns, for a job interview in Madrid, for the fortnight before moving to Brittany — and some simply prefer to be the only one talking.

Ask about a time
Length One hour, or two half-hours a week
Price £34 an hour, paid four lessons at a time
Languages Spanish, French, Italian, Welsh
When Weekdays 09:00–17:00, year round
Notice Move a lesson free of charge up to 24 hours before

Saturday conversation café

Free, every Saturday, 10:00 to 11:30

Four tables, one language each, and the rule that you speak only that one. Bring whatever you have — a week of Welsh or thirty years of French. Students and strangers both welcome; you buy your own coffee.

Where The Old Chapel, Lion Street
Booking None. Walk in and sit down
Cost Free, in and out of term time

Not sure which line is yours?

Send us two sentences about where you are and which evenings are free, and we will tell you which of the twelve groups still has a chair.

Send an enquiry Back to the level check

The Old Chapel, Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AD · +447700900215