Name: The TEFL Org
Address: Suite Number 4, 8 Church Street, Inverness, Highland
Rating: 4.58

“The course was just "okay" in my opinion. I'm a seasoned veteran teacher but I've never taught English language learners. I'm in the USA and the immigrants I'm seeing (and trying to help) need conversational English to navigate job searches, dealing with their children's schools, learning to navigate the bus system, etc. I thought there was WAY too much emphasis on all the grammar and too little on where to start with these learners.”

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Posted 6 days ago

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We truly value your feedback, especially since you come with such a wealth of teaching experience. We understand that teaching English language learners requires a different focus, and we regret that you found the course content to be overly centered on grammar rather than practical conversational skills. Your insights are helpful, and we will certainly take them into account as we look to improve our training for future teachers. If you have any more suggestions or if there’s anything else we can assist you with, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Wishing you all the best in your teaching efforts! Best wishes, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 5 days ago

“The courses they offer do cover a lot of great material. However, that's not enough for me to warrant a higher review. Let me break down why. First, there a tremendous amount of grammar mistakes like: misspelled words, run on sentences, improper use of punctuation (using the wrong punctuation, too much punctuation, or not enough), awkwardly phrased sentences (sentences that don't make sense), sentences that improperly use single and plural forms (some sentences were completely singular and had a random plural word or would be completely plural with a random singular word, and more. Second, the amount of duplicated material in courses between units that don't add any additional information or point than what was previously given. Third, on multiple choice exams there were many questions that either: A) had more than one actual answer in the answer key. B) the question being asked and the answer needed did not align (meaning the question asked about one thing, but the answer had to do with something totally different). C) were poorly/ confusingly written in a way that even when you went to look back at any note you made and the material they gave throughout the course you still couldn't make any sense of it and had to randomly guess. Fourth, the written exams are extremely poorly put together. 1. There is clearly a misunderstanding about how word count works. You can't ask someone to answer a 3/4 part question in 150 words if you're asking someone to (using tenses for example): A) explain/ list all of the tenses (past, past simple, past simple perfect, past continuous, past perfect continuous, present, present perfect simple, present simple, present continuous, present perfect continuous, future, future simple, future perfect simple, future continuous, future perfect continuous) B) explain how they form and as used C) compare and contrast them D) explain why tense is important and what would occur if we didn't have it. Word count by definition is the minimum required amount of words needed to accurately convey the material information to someone who "does not" know anything about the material. The questions being asked and the material needed to answer questions do not align with the word count most of not all of the time. 2. There were a few times where the question being asked was not the question they wanted answered. There were at least 2-3 times where I was told that no one else had pointed out this problem. I would get feedback back saying I answered the question wrong that "this" was the information they were looking for but the question was not asking for that information. If this were an actual educational institution (primary or secondary) the teacher would've gotten into trouble. I will give an example not related to the ones from the exams. Ex: If the teacher showed you a picture of a dog and a cat and asked you to talk about the dog. Then fail your answer because they wanted to know about the cat. If you want an answer or explanation about something specific then you need to ask that. You don't ask about something else, and then fail students for giving an answer that answers the question you asked. 3. If you ask students to come up with their own lesson plan. You can't fail them for it, because it doesn't look like the lesson plan you would design. Everyone will have their own unique style of teaching and how they write their lesson plans. Additionally, it makes no sense to me as to why a tutor would share the information written in the lesson plans with students. As lesson plans are meant to be the guide for the teacher during the lesson. Students may get an overview in a syllabus, but beyond that they aren't going to need to know how and why you structured the lesson. What is important is that the students are being taught the material, that they can practice the material, and that they begin to understand or understand the material presented. The example plans shown at times left me with more questions. For example: activity on the board practicing past continuous tense. P/W 1. This is awkwardly worded. 2. What kind of activity (as this doesn't specify)? 3. How is the activity going to work? 4. Does P/W mean pair work? Does it mean pair work and whole class? It's much simpler to just write out pair work. Also, standard writing dictates that before be abbreviate a word we must spell the word/ words out in their entirety. This is to prevent confusion and allow readers to go back in the text to see what the abbreviation meant if they forget. This rule doesn't apply for commonly used abbreviations (etc, ex/eg, cont). Most abbreviations also don't use a backslash there are exceptions like N/A, but most of the time people would just write PW for pair work if they are abbreviating it unnecessarily. 4. Shorthand should not be used when writing a lesson plans as you may forget while teaching what your shorthand meant. Fifth, practice quizzes that don't count are a good idea. However, the point of practice tests or quizzes are that they contain questions that may be on the graded test. It is extremely rare to have dozens or more practice quizzes and not have a single question from those ever appear on a graded test. Now, I am not saying every question from a practice quiz or test should be on the graded test. There should at least be one or two though. Especially, if prior to taking the graded test one of the recommendations is to review the practice quizzes. Lastly, in the forum where students ask questions and can respond to each other there is an astronomical amount of students saying the say things. They mention the same issues and problems that don't seem to get resolved or fixed. Which creates the following questions: 1. Why haven't any of the problems been fixed? 2. Why haven't any of the grammatical errors been fixed? 3. Why haven't any of the questions/ answers in both multiple choice and written exams been fixed? 4. Is there even an editor or someone who reviews the material before it was published? Or a team dedicated to updating and fixing the current errors to prevent future issues? This is why I gave the rating I did. To me it's mind boggling that a program geared towards helping create future English language teachers has this many issues. That even with multiple years of students who have paid to learn have said the same things and nothing has changed.”

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Posted 1 month ago

Dear Reviewer, Thank you for sharing your detailed feedback with us. We sincerely appreciate your insights and we are sorry that your experience at TEFL Org didn’t match your expectations. As you will see from over 6000 five-star reviews it is an uncommon instance for us, so we are happy you have brought this to our attention. We train thousands of students a year who go on to work overseas or online successfully with their TEFL.Org certificate, and as the most accredited TEFL course provider in the world it means that schools know a TEFL Org qualified teacher will be a great asset to them. So please be assured that your TEFL Org certificate will certainly help you towards a career in teaching English as a foreign language. Thank you again for your feedback, this has been passed to management to look into further. If you have any more suggestions or wish to discuss further, please don't hesitate to reach back out. Best regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 1 month ago

“This course is great, but I have some concerns about the payment structure. It seems unfair to pay so much and then have the course expire if you don't complete it within a certain time frame. This could be really difficult for people with busy schedules, like those juggling work, school, and family. It's disappointing that such a good course has this limitation.”

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Posted 5 months ago

Dear Joshua, Thank you so much for taking the time to provide us with your feedback on The TEFL Org. We truly appreciate your honesty and value your experience with our course. We appreciate your concerns about the course expiring within a certain timeframe. On average our courses are completed within 12 weeks, so the 5 to 7 month timeframe we provide certainly takes into consideration our student's busy life. We appreciate other life situations outside jobs, family and study can get in the way though, which is why we provide the option to extend. Once again, thank you for your feedback and for choosing The TEFL Org. Best regards, The TEFL Org team.

Posted 5 months ago

“Sadly, I didn't have a great experience with this course. There were good points and I certainly learned many things, but there were some glaring flaws that I found unnecessarily obstructive or outright irritating. For a course that teaches teaching, I didn't find the teaching to be particularly helpful and the course's own advice wasn't really followed (at least by my tutor). The real sad truth is that by the end of this course I wanted to do anything but teach English... It sucked out all the enthusiasm I had for this subject. There were 4 major issues I had with this course: 1) Certain subjects were either over-taught or under-taught. The information relating to Gerunds was very brief for example and I never fully grasped it from the course. The course also speaks about the 'Schwa phonetic' and even tests you on it, but never actually explains what it is. This is in contrast to the overly lengthy information about how the throat pronounces different phonetics which was overkill and far too detailed. 2) Exam questions are often written poorly and often contradictory. I found myself too often having to try and work out what the question was actually asking even when I knew the subject or answer. I failed a test because although I knew the subject and the answer, the answers listed were so obtuse, I couldn't determine which one to choose. I failed an exam 3 times not due to poor subject knowledge, but the questions being worded poorly. 3) The process to redo an exam if failed is TERRIBLE. This is one of the most backwards processes I've ever seen for a course. If you fail, you're told to contact 'Thomas' (I still have no idea who this Thomas guy even is...), where you confess your sins and ask for redemption for another try. It was like being sent to a headteacher. After failing ONCE this entire course, Thomas told me he'll reset the course 'ONE LAST TIME'. What do you mean 'one last time'? What then? Thankfully I never had to find out, but a bizarre threat after a single failure isn't a great way to encourage learning. In fact, I just felt like an inconvenience for him and their IT department. Thomas then told me to contact him before a final attempt, which I did on another exam but he never responded. I chased him for help and still no reply. My tutor also said she couldn't help. In the end, I did it myself and thankfully passed as I still never got a reply. This process is incredibly dumb and discouraging. 4) Tutors are not tutors, they're nothing more than assessors. Sadly, I found my tutor Denise (Dee) to be unhelpful and at times even rude. I don't to be unkind in my review, but I found her to be unnecessarily critical over minor details and failing me over tiny things. It simply killed any creativity and joy I had towards the course and teaching as a whole and found myself adding things awkwardly to assessments just to tick certain boxes. I didn't find her responses useful. On one occasion after a failed attempt she sent her feedback which wasn't very clear. After then failing the second attempt, SHE COPIED AND POSTED THE SAME UNHELPFUL FEEDBACK. At this point, I emailed her for extra help and said I couldn't understand the feedback. She then copied and pasted the same feedback A THIRD TIME. I'm not an idiot. If it didn't help last time, it won't help the 3rd time you send it. I felt she wasn't there to teach, she was just there to assess and did so very critically. It was just demoralising. Getting any real help felt like getting blood out of a stone. I found myself relying on external sources and other websites more than my tutor. This was in complete contrast to what the course says a good tutor should be. I'm thankful for the things I did learn, but I felt the support was poor, the process to reset an exam was very poor, and the fact that it's put me off teaching to be very sad.”

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Posted 5 months ago

Dear Daniel, Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback on our course. We truly appreciate your honesty and insight into your experience with the course. Your feedback is invaluable to us, as we like to know how we can make things even better for future learners. We are committed to improving our processes, ensuring clearer explanations, providing helpful and constructive feedback, and fostering a supportive learning environment. Thank you once again for your feedback. If there is anything else you would like to share or any suggestions you have, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 5 months ago

“I have reverted back to using i-to-i for further education purposes because their instructors/assessors are less neurotic and the course content is much more proffessional.”

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Posted 6 months ago

Dear Lee, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us. We apologise for any negative experiences you may have had with our tutors and course content. We always strive to provide a high level of professionalism, and it is disheartening to hear that you felt we fell short on this occasion. We can see that you have now passed your course with us, and have received your TEFL Org certificate. We are certain that, as the highest accredited TEFL course provider in the world, your TEFL Org certificate will open many new doors for you around the world and online. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if there is anything else we can do to rectify the situation or address your concerns. Best regards, The TEFL Org team

Posted 6 months ago

“This may not have been the right course for me, as I already had experience as a teacher. I feel like I haven't learnt anything that I didn't know before, which is extremely unusual for such a wide course. Also, the concepts taught in the grammar section are too simple, those are all things everyone should know already, the course should teach some more complex grammar. In general, it has felt a bit weak for a teaching course which was not cheap at all. Lastly, the videos are terribly slow, the staff tries to make them fun but it just comes across as childish sometimes and I had a hard time watching them without cringing most of the time, perhaps find younger and more dynamic teachers?”

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Posted 7 months ago

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback on your experience with The TEFL Org. We truly appreciate your input and apologise for any disappointment or frustration caused. We genuinely value your thoughts and opinions. We will take on board your suggestions and try to implement changes in our future course updates and creations. Once again, thank you for bringing these matters to our attention. Please do not hesitate to reach out again if you need ant help moving forward with your TEFL journey. Best regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 7 months ago

“Good courses. Site issues.”

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Posted 7 months ago

Thank you so much for your review. To address the issues you mentioned, we would like to ask for your assistance in providing further details. Could you please specify any specific problems you encountered with our website? Your insights will greatly help us in identifying areas that require improvement. Once again, we sincerely appreciate your feedback and your willingness to bring these matters to our attention. Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to hearing from you. All the best, The TEFL Org team

Posted 7 months ago

“Overall, I have had a very pathetic and lifeless experience with this program and I think it could use improvement. As someone who has taken online courses before, I found this one to be lacking in personal value and I should have none by the front page of the website looking too good to be true. I felt lost and out of the loop once I started. There were spelling errors everywhere. My first tutor was so terrible, I didn't even know I had one until halfway through my first course. She was not helpful and very laconic. I got switched to another tutor who could at least be patient enough to explain some things to me about the program that was not otherwise disclose. I felt lost and forgotten about. I have supicion this program is understaffed or alot smaller than it appears to be. The program is just mostly watching videos and doing multiple-choice questions on subjects that are redundant. I didn't learn many new things or anything interesting to apply. Classes ranked from most useful and engaging to the least: Grammar (straightforward but lacks intuitive ways of teaching), Methodology (the work is engaging but not balanced properly), Teaching large audiences (has some methods other professional teachers I talked to disagreed with), but hands down the worst one was telephone teaching. I was hoping that telephone teaching class would be relevant, but I found it extremely lackluster, and the final exam was unusually difficult for having an entire section on different outdated video streaming software. I would NOT reccomend TEFL.org.uk at all to non native english speakers as a native speaker myself, I struggled to understand the sentence formatting and termonology. It was distracting and very ironic....being a class that was supposed to teach me how to teach english. Also a majority of the videos is them just reading the course meterial to you allowed, I cant imagine a more boring way to learn anything, ever. I dealt with numerous technical errors such as being logged out over and over, not being able to log in, being accused of using AI when there wasn't any, and classes constantly saying they were incomplete when I had already completed them. I would have to re-watch things over and over to get the video to say complete. You pay for what you get. But the technical difficulties were what made the class go from mediocre to nightmarish. I told everyone I knew how I couldn't wait to be done and just get the certificate so I could spend my precious time learning in another class. The external resources and information is very shallow and way to optmistic where as other tefl courses actually give you cold hard facts and legit links or refferences. 2 stars. Originally 1 for being a bad experience overall but I will give one for their demonstration videos being authentic and for the course being affordable. This course has really affected my mental health worse than any class I have ever taken and everyone around me was shocked at truly how bad it was. Its dry and robotic experience has demotivated me from being excited to become a TEFL teacher. I wouldnt be so harsh if I wasnt being honest or if I was young and naive but I have taken online courses that were way better. Needs improvment. I strongly suggest a community hub that isnt a forum. A live chat is needed to understand some of these things otherwise it will take you months to pass this course to get all your questions and concerns answered so I just saught out support and community elsewere. At least please hire someone to fix the technical errors and typos. Update some of the course work. I got a grammar book from the thrift store for 50 cents that was more fun and engaging. Was not life changing. All the non lesson related issues was a huge waste of my valuable learning time and gave me a feeling of distrust. I wanted to look into teaching through the internship program through them but I think I will take my chances elseware. I have no idea why people would rank this 5 stars. I think those people are naive, or fake reviews. Also Live chat and Telephone was a option? I am online seeing this now in the review options. Further proving my point the tutors and assistance with this program were next to nothing. As a student I felt dismissed. How quick did they respond? I only get the option of 6-12 hours or over a week but the average is 1-3 days. Further proving my point their system avoids accountability. Whoever is running this program is definatly selling a product, not working for a school lol.”

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Posted 8 months ago

Dear Sheamus, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback and experiences with us. We take all feedback seriously as we are continually trying to improve our services. We are sorry that you have found the training course unsuitable for your goals, but we will take your comments into consideration for any future course updates. Should you have any further comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out. Best Regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 8 months ago

“Horrendous. 6 months learning solitary online with only 2 days in person has not helped me at all. I have spent 3+ hours most days struggling alone. Not good for confidence at all. Very frustrating. I have now submitted all my work and have 7 days left. I am going to fail. My question - why would I pay a further £69 to sit for another month on my own struggling with work I don't understand?”

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Posted 9 months ago

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide us with your feedback on your experience with The TEFL Org. We truly appreciate your honesty and value your opinion. We're sorry to hear about the difficulties you felt during your 6-month solitary online learning journey with 2 days of in-person training. We certainly do not advertise that we offer full in-person courses. As an online TEFL course provider we have always offered self-paced online courses where tutors are assigned to help students if needed. Your tutor will have emailed you with their contact details when you first signed up. Please don't hesitate to contact them if you are struggling with your course, they are there to help whenever you need. We also try to ensure that the time frame of each course is made clear on our website, and also each student's dashboard. So they can keep track of this time and avoid buying an extension. Once again, thank you for your feedback. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Best regards, The TEFL Org team

Posted 8 months ago

“Overall I believe the TAs were very difficult when marking assignments. After the course I showed my colleagues who work in a school their feedback and they also believed that the feedback was very harsh. Because of their harsh feedback I had to do an extension which put me over budget.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Dear Anthony, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with The TEFL Org. We greatly appreciate your feedback and apologise for any issues you encountered during the course. Our tutors do certainly follow a strict structure which ensures that our courses continue to meet the accreditation criteria, and we recognise the importance of ensuring a fair and constructive evaluation process. Thank you once again for your feedback, and we will take this into consideration. Should you have any further comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out. Best regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 8 months ago

“The course was okay. I passed easily enough. My main frustrations with the course: 1. The website is glitchy. Takes ages to load regardless of browser and internet connection. Page constantly redirects to other part so site. 2. Course content generic and not very interesting. Same with tutor feedback on assignments - they give vague stock answers. 3. Really expensive product. What I liked about the course: 1. Easy to pass 2. Tutors mark assignments promptly.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback on The TEFL Org. We truly appreciate your input and want to apologise for any frustrations you experienced during the course. We are sorry to hear about the glitchy website experience you had. We understand that this can be a frustrating issue, so we will look into this further as we have not received any other feedback regarding this. We appreciate your positive notes about the course, specifically that it was easy to pass and that the tutors were prompt in their assignment marking. Your feedback helps us understand what we are doing well, and we will continue to prioritise these aspects. Thank you again for your time and your feedback. We hope you will give us another opportunity to serve you in the future and showcase our improvement. Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 9 months ago

“Overall I wasn't really happy with my experience of the course. I felt the grammar explanations were insufficient, the layout of the course was poor (large number of pages to click through without any real purpose), the video demonstrations of classes had terrible audio, and the questions for many of the assessments were extremely vague and open-ended. The sales pitch regarding work opportunities is also a bit misleading. If you don't have a bachelor's degree and/or experience, you're pretty much excluded from teaching in 99% of the locations they have listed, which makes this a pointless qualification unless you want to teach online or over the phone.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Dear Alexandria, Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback on your experience with The TEFL Org. We truly value your openness and honesty in sharing your thoughts and concerns. We’re sorry your experience didn’t match your expectations. It is an uncommen instance, as we usually receive great feedback for these elements of the course, but I really appreciate you bringing this to our attention. We're also sorry to hear that you feel our sales pitch regarding work opportunities came across as misleading. Please be assured that we have extensive experience in the TEFL industry and there are certainly opportunities for teachers who do not hold a degree. Our team are always happy to offer advice should a teacher struggle to find work. We also have some great articles, webinars and a podcasts on this subject. Your insights are invaluable to us in our ongoing efforts to enhance our courses and address any areas of improvement. If you have any specific recommendations or ideas on how we can enhance the grammar explanations, course layout, audio quality or assessment questions please feel free to share them with us. Thank you once again for sharing your thoughts with us. Warmest regards, The TEFL Org team

Posted 11 months ago

“Lackluster, needs improvement and I feel more like a customer than a student. I am halfway through the course and I don't see why the reviews are so high and it was misleading for me to choose the program based on the high reviews. TEFL has de-motivated me from being a teacher. The so called "live chat" isnt what you think it is. Get ready for just an email saying you are in the program- and then, nothing. You wont even hear a peep from your tutor not even a friendly "Hello my name is __ and I will be your tutor" in your email. It took me forever to figure out how to contact them and once I did took days to get back to me. I felt like pulling my hair out whenever the lessons would talk about good styles of teaching in the methodology course, yet we as students are confined to the most passive and boring videos and multiple choice quizzes that had technical errors. I am struggling to learn in this repetitive and boring style of teaching its hilariously ironic. The teaching for not using the correct grammar was simply "Dont say this." Why is there not written assignments for Grammar? That part baffles me. I had more fun learning Grammar from a fifty cent thrift store book that was dated 1992 more than this! I thought there would be more engagement from the tutor and more feedback but all they do is provide the bare minimum and grade me with a pass or fail and I don't feel like i'm actually learning. Lacking rapport: I dont know who they are, I dont feel excited or engaged, therefor I dont feel comfortable. The class on the pros and cons of Skype? Really? Why so early in the lesson and part of the main course? Can we please focus on how to teach online not what to use to teach online that is so silly. I didn't go to massage school to have the teachers run an entire lesson on "What massage tables to buy." Sure its useful but I dont need to know name brand companies to pass the MBLEX. I kept getting booted off my classes and yes I tried 5 different devices, multiple browsers and all that but nothing helped. My units getting flagged for AI writing so I had to go in and manually misspell things and add grammar errors and re work sentences to sound more "human". Being a native English speaking person and experienced online teacher, it shouldn't be that hard to figure out what they are saying and asking for, but sometimes the questions in the quizzes were so confusing, not so bad I couldn't figure it out, but enough to feel like there was absolutely no consideration for non native English speaking people. What I liked: Affordable, downloading content for offline study (Whoever thought of that, very nice touch/option) the videos transcribed so I could have at least SOME interactive learning by reading along (I dont count the exercises, you might as well just replace them with flashcards). The videos ran fine and the video demonstrations were good quality. Able to re-take stuff, questions you failed were re-worded, so at least they have some mindfulness there, also a very thoughtful touch. Hate everything else. You get what you paid for. SUPER BORING. Cheap, factory lined and I feel like a product instead of a student. I ended up learning WAY MORE actual useful TEFL information talking to other TEFL teachers, interviewing students learning english, reading grammar books in my local library, and having real life practice with teaching classes. Talking to other teachers in school they were shocked at the way I was learning in this program. Time consuming and took out time from actually learning. There course organization is dinky and could use improvement. At least a more personable email guiding you through the experience would be helpful. A introduction course instead of it padding out the main courses would make it more straightforward and organized. Overall my experience with this has been isolating and lonely and this course is embarrassingly awkward. The forums are the only method and are bare bones. It could improve greatly with a online group chat or server for students to discuss with each other at least. An interactive something. One live meeting? Something. All we get is emails if that. I see my purchase for these classes as just as way to get my certificate and nothing more. Most cold and robotic online course I have ever taken. This is so boring and I am losing interest. I just keep pressing on and tell myself "I pray to never teach my students this way." TEFL.org has taught me what to NOT do by their own example. Two stars because its not a scam, it has some capacity and understanding and I have some idea of now what to expect from being a teacher. But its just going to be a shallow, dinky, unimpressive experience. It feels like its being way overrated. A 5 star experience would be with more more personable engagement and I know its possible and a realistic criticism, because I have taken other classes that have done so.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Dear Sheamus, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback on your experience with The TEFL Org. We truly appreciate your honesty and the valuable insights you provided, and we're sorry to hear you had a disappointing experience during the course. We are grateful that you found certain aspects of the course enjoyable, such as the affordability, the option to download content for offline study, and the transcribed videos. We appreciate your positive feedback and will continue to build on these features to enhance the learning experience for all our students. If you have any further suggestions or if there is anything else we can do to make things better for you, please do not hesitate to let us know. We value your input and are committed to continuously improving our courses and services. Thank you again for taking the time to leave your feedback and we wish you all the best for the future. Kind regards, The TEFL Org team

Posted 11 months ago

“Doesn't prepare you to manage a real class, doesn't teach/verify that you have enough English to be an ESL teacher, paying money to do blanket assignments in order to get a certificate that will lend you credibility as a teacher - that seems to be it. I worry for the 'tutors' who are obliged to correct everything in 48 hours.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback on your experience with The TEFL Org. We truly appreciate your honesty and value your input. We understand your concerns about not feeling fully prepared to manage a real class, but please be assured that our classes have provided the right skills and tools to thousands of students who have gone on to teach successfully around the world and online. We also advise our students who are a non-native English speakers, to have an English level of at least C1 (CEFR). We would greatly appreciate any further suggestions or ideas you may have on how we can enhance our program and better meet the needs of our students. Your feedback is invaluable to us in making these improvements. Once again, thank you for taking the time to share your experience and concerns. We truly value your input and will use it to make necessary changes for the benefit of future students. Best regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 11 months ago

“Content is dated/ sometimes unclear. Tutor was patronising/ feedback was provided late.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide us with your valuable feedback on your experience with The TEFL Org. We genuinely appreciate your thoughts, as they help us improve our services and ensure a better experience for all our students. We understand the importance of having up-to-date and comprehensive materials, and we are constantly working to enhance and refine our course content to meet the evolving needs of our students. Our aim is also to create a supportive and respectful learning environment, and we regret that this was not the experience you had. We will be sure to address this issue internally. Timely feedback is crucial for our students' progress, and we can see that you received this within the 48-hours we advise. We will certainly review our processes though, to ensure that feedback is provided promptly and efficiently, allowing you to make the most of your learning experience with us. Kind regards, The TEFL Org team

Posted 11 months ago

“The course was informative and interesting. But honestly the organisation and communication is abysmal. From giving assignments way before fully teaching topics, to conflicting feedback on assigment which lead to me nearly failing out, and being told because of this it would be escalated to senior course management, only to then hear nothing from anyone. When after 2 weeks of silence I asked what was going on, and was told to reread the email as it wasn't going to be escalated and I needed to recomplete the assignment, even though the email outright said "this will now have to be escalated to senior course management" Near the end of my course i got an email accusing me of using AI to cheat, only to then get to the end of the email and seeing that the email wasn't actually meant for me whatsoever. Overall, it really makes me nervous to even apply for jobs with you. Moreover, even though I have finished the course, I don't actually have any personal confidence I can write lesson plans, not only from my own anxiety but also from mixed messaged I have received about my own assignments as mentioned above. I do not regret taking this course as it helps me move forward and opens new employment opportunities. But I am left wondering if it was worth it all, or will even pay off at all.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback on your experience with The TEFL Org. We sincerely appreciate your honesty and are truly sorry to hear about the issues you encountered throughout the course. We understand that these incidents have left you feeling nervous about applying for jobs with us and lacking confidence in your ability to write lesson plans. This is not the experience we aim to provide, and we genuinely want to make things right for you. We would like to hear more about your specific concerns and any suggestions you may have for improvement. Our goal is to address the issues you mentioned and ensure a smoother and more supportive experience for our future students. Please let us know how we can reach out to you directly to discuss this further. In the meantime, we have passed your feedback onto management to investigate. Thank you once again for sharing your thoughts with us. We value your feedback and will work hard to make the necessary improvements. Sincerely, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 11 months ago

“Needs more examples of full lessons and examples of teachers writing a lesson plan.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback regarding your experience with The TEFL Org. We truly appreciate your valuable input. We highly value your feedback and promise to work hard to rectify any shortcomings you have experienced. We remain dedicated to delivering a top-notch educational experience and your input assists us in achieving that goal. If you have any further concerns or suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

Posted 1 year ago

“This course is poorly designed for users from the US. The zoom virtual meeting were limited and during the middle of the night for US time zone. There were only a few options to chose from and none accommodated the US time. Also the zoom classes were hours long which was overwhelming given the amount of material needed to do and learn. Overall, the module assignments were graded by an online tutor who gives feedback yet you cannot ask or reply to them.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us regarding your experience with The TEFL Org. We certainly have our Zoom virtual meetings at all times throughout the day and night, so as to accommodate our students all over the world. These can be chosen by the student at any time throughout their online course. It is also not essential to have completed your full course before attending the Zoom sessions, but these sessions can also be attended after your online course expires if preferred - we always leave this choice up to the student. Regarding the module assignments, we appreciate your recognition of the feedback provided by our online tutors. However, you will have received an email from your tutor when you first signed up detailing their direct contact details. So you could certainly have reached out to them direct at any time. Thank you again for your feedback, and please feel free to reach out with any further comments or concerns.

Posted 1 year ago

“Overall, the course felt very disorganized and outdated. I appreciate the reasonable price, but if it were up to me I would revamp the course structure to make it more cohesive and effective. It also unfortunately reminded me of certain classes in high school/college in which I wasn't able to learn much or make the material my own because I had to learn what the specific teacher wanted and cater to them, telling them what they wanted to hear so I could pass the class but in a way that did not assist in my intellectual growth. It could also use some zhush to make it a little more interesting and eye-catching to help the prospective teachers stay engaged and therefore bring some of that magic into their own lessons to help their students.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience of our TEFL course! We truly appreciate that your feedback, as we will always look to improve our courses even further. Thanks again and all the best with your TEFL career!

Posted 1 year ago

“A dated, amateuristic and poor vaky for money offering. Very poor user interface making getting through the many tiny but insubstantial units an enormous annoyance and a waste of time being forced to scroll up and down to get to the button to move on. The quizzes often have technical difficulties making them impossible to complete, the classroom examples are outdated and amateurish, etc. Serious case of buyer's regret here.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Thank you for posting a review and we’re sorry to hear that your experience was not of the quality you expected. As you can see from our other reviews, this is certainly an unusual instance for us. We would love investigate your feedback further, so that we can deliver a better experience next time. Please reach out to us anytime at info@tefl.org. Again, thank you for your feedback.

Posted 1 year ago

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier, Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Next Day
On-time Delivery	95%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 91%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	6 - 12 Hours
Customer Service	4.5 out of 5

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