I am looking for German classes. My schedule is bit tight,planning to manage with work.One tutor approached me she said 50CHF per hour . I am not sure if it's too much or reasonable . Does any one know any cheaper German classes here in Zurich or one to one video session private tutors..?? Migro school said 700CHF for every Saturday from Sept to Nov. I am looking for the cheapest as I jus started to earn in Swiss salary and still no clue how much I could save or how much should I spend etc
Hi,
For cheapest lessons look for lessons over skype with tutor based in other countries.
Also, if you can / want do some self learning you can check https://www.duolingo.com/ out.
I am already using Duo lingo
You can also try Babbel, a bit more interactive than Duolingo. I reached mid-A2 with that, then I switched to proper courses.
Being it online it will help a lot with a tight schedule, but for the same reason it may be easier to say “nah today I skip” more often than you should, and end up with small progress.
PS: just realized you also opened https://www.englishforum.ch/other-ge…man-class.html of course I was giving here the same opinion…
…maybe one thread is enough? 
If you want not expensive private lessons, try with verbling.com or other similar websites and look for a German (i.e. not Swiss) teacher
If you want something online Babbel is way better than Duolingo and they started offering online classes last year. There's usually some sort of deal if you sign up as a newbie.
Lingoda. They do online group or private lessons.
I love the app Busuu. It teaches not only vocabulary but also grammar (which I don't think Duolingo is awesome for).
I can't emphasize how much steeper my learning curve has become since I changed to Busuu.
Another option is to find an online teacher via the app italki. You find everything from native speakers wanting to make a few bucks by helping someone interested in their language, to highly educated language professors and everything in between. Price varies according to which teacher you choose.
It's a great option for practicing conversation, but also for receiving feedback on written pieces. You can of cause also find teachers who do traditional school book teaching there too. The point with italki is that you have it tailored to you, without being overly expensive.
Happy studying!
I only use the free version of Duolingo, OH tried a free trial of the subscription version and said it wasn't much better. When I've looked at some of the comments posted on it there have been a lot of complaints about vocabularly. It's also important to know Duolingo uses American English and this can be a problem for British English users as when you are asked to translate German or French into English it sometimes only accepts an American word (for instance in French when it says metro it translates as subway, but being British I would say underground and this isn't accepted).
First of all apologies for late reply, I just got the chance to read the replies remained busy throughout the week. The website you guys mentioned are new to me and very informative, can't wait to look through all and find what's best for me.
Thank you so much each one of you🥰