International TEFL Academy review, submitted by John.

ITA is a Solid Choice For TEFL.

I’m a bit older than your average English tutor. 61 years young this year to be exact. I thought it might be a good idea to travel and teach and to push myself. ITA was one of the programs which I found and I liked what they were offering. There is a steep learning curve to become familiarized with the program’s study LMS. This took a few days. I did become used to it quite quickly though. One of the standouts is the shared community space where you chat with other participating students in the program. I have quite the list of teaching experience and I didn’t find the course to be out of my reach. Given what I know now about teaching (again, long list) I can safely say that this is a grounded and comprehensive TEFL online course.

I’ve been applying for jobs in the Middle East. Last week I had a reply from a school based in Dubai. My TEFL certificate is recognized there and I’ve always wanted to visit Dubai anyway. Working and living there is a double bonus. I’m currently working with the International TEFL Academy staff to smooth the transition over.

It’s incredible to me the sheer amount of possibilities open to people of all ages to be able to earn a living by doing something that is enjoyable and life changing.

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International TEFL Academy review, submitted by Gary.

A lot of hot air and hype really. If you are looking for a TEFL course that feels like it’s run by a group of fraternity students then this is the right one for you. Yes, they are one of the larger organizations. Yes, their adverts are pasted all over the web. Yes, they try to put forward an image of being part of a cool, hipster TEFL crowd. The course though is at best mediocre, and I definitely felt misled regarding how much support would be offered to me at the end of the course. Because they are so huge, don’t expect more than an auto-reply when you ask for help with finding work. It ticked some of my boxes, but in other areas fell far short. I’m sure there are better options out there.

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International TEFL Academy ITA International TEFL Academy review, submitted by Deanna.

International TEFL Academy ITA experience was OK. Not great. Not terrible either.

Positives of the course were mainly because of the actual course. It’s a quality product and I didn’t find it difficult to navigate through. I read a review where someone said you might as well just buy a TEFL book instead of taking this course. I completely disagree with that statement. the course does read like a textbook in places but offers so much more in terms of how the content is presented. I learned a heap about presenting grammar and language via the medium of games and other activities. you can’t get this level of learning from a book. If I were grading it as a stand-alone course, I’d give it a maximum of 5 stars.

What I thought were negatives of the course have been shared by other International TEFL Academy ITA reviewers on Trusted TEFL Reviews. Student support wasn’t anywhere near the level promised. You do experience full-on support when you are being led to pay for the course but then it falls off a cliff. I was also nickel-and-dimed for course extensions and certification fees. When they also wanted payment for helping me develop my resume and for job placement services I just stopped contacting them and decided to go it alone.

The overall conclusion of my time spent on the International TEFL Academy ITA certification course is that I learned a lot about TEFL (big thumbs up) and I also learned that I should have chosen a TEFL program that offered more in the way of student support. I think ITA TEFL is too large an organization and it shows (big thumbs down).

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International Open Academy review, written by Ryan.

If you arrive at the decision to go cheap and low and take the TEFL course provided by International Open Academy, you won’t be the first and I’m certain you won’t be the last. It must be the cheapest TEFL course around and there are lots of people attracted to the super-low price tag. You will learn something on the course (the reason why I did give two stars and not one) but if you want to better prepare yourself for teaching, I would strongly recommend paying a bit more and taking a course with a better reputation, and a course that actually teaches you how to teach. Don’t misunderstand me, you can teach at some schools with this certification. But I’ve read some of the trips reports online about how people reached the end stage of their work visa process, only to discover that their International Open Academy certificate wasn’t accepted as a proof of teacher status document. As others have written in their reviews, you could complete the course in a couple of days if you pushed yourself. Still, though, I don’t think the course should be completely written off. The only circumstance when I would recommend taking it is if you want to get a general idea about how teaching works. The course is so cheap that you can sign up and quickly complete it, and then invest your money in a superior program. So to conclude, I wouldn’t recommend taking this course if you are serious about teaching English. But you could take it as a TEFL taster course, and then take a standard 120-hour TEFL course which will properly train you up and make you look (and feel) like you know what you are doing.

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International TEFL Academy review, submitted by Sam.

Haven’t taught for years so thought it was about time to get a proper qualification under my belt. I took the 120-hour course as a refresher and to get that all-important sheet of certificate paper. Even though I was/am familiar with TEFL, the course threw up a few surprises for me, which reinforced the wise decision I made to brush up on TEFL again. I did learn new teaching techniques and overall I was pleasantly surprised with the quality and feel of the course.

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International TEFL Academy review, submitted by Andrea.

Chose the bare bolts 170-Hour Online TEFL Class.

Didn’t need any of their upgrades and weren’t pushed to purchase either.

I really liked the course and it improved my confidence in the subject material.

It costs a bit more than some and a lot more than others, but they help you find work and came over as genuinely caring people who are in this business not only for the money but for the progression of education too.

The only thing I would change would be the Moodle system of learning. But this is a minor, if at all complaint.

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International TEFL Academy review, submitted by Janey.

International TEFL Academy certification program review.

170-hour online TEFL certification class.

The TEFL certificate is essential for teaching English and the International TEFL Academy helped me make my dream of working and traveling overseas come true. The online platform materials and texts were easy to read and navigate and my online instructor provided supportive feedback. You have a week time limit to complete each module, which was beneficial to me as it pushed me to work otherwise you automatically fail the course. I most definitely didn’t pay $1,399 only to fail simply because of procrastination. The practicum does involve some research on your part, but having taught hours listed on my certificate was worth the extra work and extra money this course fee is priced at. The course also helps you with the process of finding teaching work so you don’t need to stress about that. They provide an excellent teaching abroad book that I found hugely informative and which ultimately proved fruitful in directing me in finding work overseas.

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ITA Online TEFL Review.

ITA Online TEFL Review International TEFL Academy review, submitted by Jeff.

Excellent course and has very good general support. ITA also offers you the opportunity of taking your teaching practice course segment as a kind of placement abroad. I’m considering maybe taking mine in Prague, Czech Republic. Although the school which they partner with there (The Language House Prague) seems to be run by someone named Chris who I’ve seen making many derogatory comments online about Online TEFL courses in general. I guess these must have been written before they teamed up with ITA. ITA also has partners in other countries too, so it really provides you with a wide amount of choices.

Be warned though that this course isn’t for slouchers. It is INTENSE and they really make you work for your certificate. Courses begin at the start of each month and each course is assigned a course teacher, there to act as a kind of personal tutor.

Which would you rather study? An easy course that doesn’t really teach you anything? Or an intense course that fully trains you up for life as a teacher of English? I’d choose the latter.

My only concern was the course price, which is much higher than similar programs out there.

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International TEFL Academy review, submitted by M.J.

It’s been a few years now since I took ITA’s (International Tefl Academy) online Tefl certification course.

I remember the program experience with mixed emotions.

Most online Tefl courses which you sign up for get you started straight away and you get to study at your own pace. With ITA however, you need to join specific course dates as they use the Moodle learning platform. This isn’t really such a big issue if you have the free time, but I can imagine for some people with serious time commitments that this course would be too intrusive on their schedules. I definitely did find the course way over complicated and the Moodle platform difficult to work with. Moodle is an open source (free) platform, so I did question the extremely high course fees when using Moodle and not an LMS developed by ITA.

Despite the complexity and confusion, I found the course to be of high quality and I did learn a lot. I’ve experienced no issue since with using the course certificate in interviews either.

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