Lyceum Language Centre

I’ve studied at Lyceum from French 1 to French Lower Intermediate. That’s a lot of French classes and a lot of money. Lyceum utilises a communicative method of teaching, which forces people to converse in the language they’re learning through working together. I am a fan of this method over the teaching methods at universities, which focus more on books.
My biggest issue with the school is the administrative staff. A few of them weren’t very friendly. My other issue with the school is the teacher quality. One semester I would have an amazing teacher (Natalie… I definitely recommend her!), the next, just an average teacher. I also had to move out of my Fitzroy North course to the CBD course and move from my Thursday session to a Monday session because they could no longer accommodate me — as students drop off, they have to drop some of the sessions. Understandable, but still annoying.
Value for money? At Lyceum, a 10-​week course with 1.5 hours a week is $ 298. At Alliance Francaise, a 10-​week course with 2 hours a week is $ 340. That equals to about $ 2.86 less per hour at Alliance Francaise.
Some pros are that Lyceum does have multiple locations and offers multiple languages to study. Would I recommend it? Yes. However, I would consider doing the math first — the extra 5 hours at Alliance Francaise can be very fruitful. Also, definitely sit in on one of the sessions to see if you’d actually enjoy it.
With the specific CBD site, it is conveniently located on Queen Street for those who work in the city, and the sessions usually start at 6pm so you don’t have to wait long between the end of work and the start of class.