Ok, I'm more than halfway through my course, so I suppose it's time to write a Yelp review on the…read moreschool... I'm currently enrolled in "Abendkurse 217, Mittlere Kenntnisse 1, A2", which is considered an advanced beginners course in German. Class is once a week on Monday evenings at 6 pm. CHF 364 for 20 lessons at 75 minutes each. I wouldn't call it extremely intensive, but it's perfect for me so I don't get discouraged by too much learning. Plus, I only have to run out of work early once a week. My instructor is Joel Duss, and he's quite a pleasant guy who tries to explain everything using German instead of English. As a result, I sometimes don't have a clue what he is talking about, but I guess that's part of the whole learning process. We have anywhere from 8 to 11 people that show up to class, and Joel is pretty good at giving everyone the opportunity to speak and read aloud in every class. What I do like about this course is that they focus on German in Switzerland (AKA "Deutsch in der Schweiz"). This is directly applicable to life in Zürich, although Joel does teach us both the Swiss word and High-German equivalent whenever there is a discrepancy. Book fees are on top of course fees. You can buy the books directly from the school, but they were out, so I just got them from the bookstore. I got the Kursbuch, Arbeitsbuch, and Vokabelheft for about CHF 70, although the last one was unnecessary and could have saved me CHF 8.50. Oh well. We got 2 weeks off for winter break and now another 2 weeks off for February ski break, so progress is going kind of slowly. But I think if I take another course after this one, then I should (hopefully) be ready for the A2 exam at the end of this year.