I started an Italian course at CAE Flinders Street and we had a couple of different tutors. The first was so-so and the second was great so I do think it's hit and miss. But it's also horses for courses - DP had the tutor that I thought was so-so at a different language school and thought he was great! Neither of us finished our courses because we'd just met and suddenly spending three hours doing a class instead of seeing each other didn't seem that appealing

I must say that I think the lack of assessments and being graded meant that I wasn't motivated to do my homework so if I was to do another course I might look into one that gives me a qualification at the end. That's just me though - I need teacher checking up on me and the possible shame of a low mark to keep me on the straight and narrow.

BTW Bath, if you're on freecycle you can probably get the textbooks free from someone.

There's also Alliance Francaise here Alliance Fran?aise de Melbourne but I know St Kilda is trickier to get to than Flinders Street. I DO like the fact that they specifically have French for travellers though - not sure that CAE does. DP and I would love to go back to France so that would be the perfect course for us.