Institut de Touraine Reviews 

I took the course for 2 weeks in the latter half of the August, and I was very much satisfied with the days in the school.
The teacher was excellent and the location of the school was also very good. Mediatheque was well-equipped and easy to use; I was impressed and thought it was one of the best Mediatheques within the language schools where I have ever visited for a few languages in a few countries.
The class level was fine for me, although there were too many students in the first week, and then it became suddenly 1/3 of the size in the second week: I think, this could happen at some good schools and may not be avoided due to the big groups from a couple of countries, especially when the school has a connection with a nearby university.
Anyway, what I missed in my course at this school was coffee during the break. The only coffee machine was not working very well most of the time. "Cafeteria" served only tables and chairs/sofas, and a water server, even though I could bring my food and have lunch there.
The stay family, which was organised and introduced by the school, was also very nice, and I was satisfied with my stay, making me sure that I made a right decision to spend my holidays there in this school.
I'm already considering that I may go there and do the same course/holidays again.

Hated pretty much everything. My time in tours was the worst of my life. I could not recommend it less

It may be fine for lower levels, but I would not recommend the school for those at the C1+ level. I paid for 20 hours of instruction a week, an incredible number of which were wasted with writing assessments in silence, reading assessments that were of too low a level, silent preparation for the DALF/DELF exam (which did not take and was never planning to) and even an hour-long film that I had already seen. Time studying at home would have been more valuable than all of this. Over 4 weeks I had various instructors, who varied enormously in quality. One talked to students as though they were en ecole primaire. Even Brahim, a good teacher, was too forced to waste time because of mandatory assessments of no use to those not taking a course for a grade. There was a real lack of organisation, and student presentations that should have been limited to 10-20 minutes went on for over an hour on two occasions. If I had been spending my own money and had not received funding from my university, I might have pursued a partial-refund.

It was an excellent experience.

I came into week 2 of a 4 week course. The teacher was excellent. The students had to study for a certificate. I did it out of interest. But totally conversing totally in French was important. And I very quickly learnt.

My teachers, Brahim and Enora were great! Brahim helped to ensure the basics and with Enora we discussed different interesting topics!
The family with whom I lived were wonderful! They treated me like one of their children, trying to make my stay as comfortable as possible!
The excursions were very nice, unfortunately two had to be cancelled.
It was an incredible experience and I would definitely go there again!

This institute was a wonderfully structured place for me to learn while I was abroad, with a good program and teaching methodology that improved my understanding of the French language.

The teachers were so sweet and kind. The school was so cute and safe. The administrative staff was great.
Two of my host families were amazing. One was absolutely so mean that it made me take off a whole star.

Feedback was provided to the school principal. Most teachers made efforts in non-ideal circumstances. However, the frequent rate of teacher change, late start to class sessions, and disjointed or complete lack of class planning made this a wasteful experience for serious learners. Would not recommend except for university students on exchange looking for easy credit without serious learning goals. Was an unacceptable waste of my limited vacation time.