Friends who came later did a semester at DEFLE and also some sessions in a well-known French school in Bordeaux? They said the quality was similar but the cost was MUCH lower at DEFLE.

I liked it because we learnt French by studying history, literature and culture and by doing extreme word games (compte rendu – don't ask).

Seven years later I speak quickly and lots but I am still capable of fouling up my conjugation and speaking of le physique when I mean la physique.

Bof !