TEFL Express review, submitted by Sue.

I made the mistake of trying to save money on a dirt cheap TEFL online course and I paid the price for it (a cheap, Groupon deal). I think I paid around 20 bucks for it. The course was an absolute joke. As was also how the certificate looked. No employer is going to take it seriously, and I feel inadequate to even start teaching because I didn’t learn very much with the very light on content materials aspect. So, money down the drain, and now I’m forced to choose another one to take. Be aware that I think they run their courses through different school names. One of them being TEFL Cambridge.

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39$ Groupon promotion TEFL Fullcircle review, submitted by Rosamund.

39$ Groupon promotion.

There were red flags for TEFL Full Circle when I saw it on Groupon for 39$.

After reading this, there should be signal fires because of the reality that you get what you pay for. Specifically, it leaves you without any feeling of preparedness to teach online or overseas.
I can’t promote TEFL Full Circle because I can’t stand behind a certificate program that has no lasting benefits for the teacher. But that’s not all. Here are more reasons why you should avoid this 39$ Groupon TEFL course.

The entire course is reading. It’s just chunks of text repeated over and over again. Plus, when you read through the material, it looks outdated with cheap stock photos of smiling kids.
Reading a wall of text doesn’t prepare you to teach in the classroom – without any interaction, you can’t measure your progress.
Instead, consider taking a reliable course like TEFL Online Pro, which gives you classroom teaching experience with their 140-Hour Hybrid course. You get constructive feedback from professional teachers on how to improve your lesson plans.
It doesn’t prepare you 100% for teaching in a classroom. That comes with time. At least, though, it gives you something to start with and see if you want to become a TEFL teacher.

You get what you pay for when it comes to job opportunities from TEFL Full Circle. They will take your money and run with it.
Meanwhile, other more reputable Online TEFL/TESOL course programs will stand by you every step of the way with lifetime job placement opportunities.
Because these companies not only care about your experience as a student, but they also care about your experience as a teacher. It’s about you increasing your opportunities for higher-paying jobs.
Take a TEFL course that will pay off in the long run. Not just the cheapest one you find at the spur of the moment.

It’s always recommended to take a 120-hour course because it’s the industry standard. Even though the TEFL Full Circle course says it’s 120 hours, it only takes about 12 hours to finish.
The first thing you’ll notice is that it’s unfinished with core content missing from modules. Plus, the whole course is riddled with grammar and spelling mistakes.
This is not the type of thing to inspire you with confidence while taking it. It’s also difficult to navigate and bookmark where you last left off.
The alternative? If you can sign up for an in-person course, I recommend 120-hour courses from TEFL Online Pro and OISE University of Toronto TEFL over TEFL Full Circle.

If you’re not challenging yourself, you’re not trying. The whole purpose of taking a course on anything is to challenge yourself.
It’s not about checking a box that you’re TEFL certified because some employers don’t even recognize TEFL Full Circle certification.
I don’t promote trash so this TEFL Full Circle review comes from my heart. Like all things in life, cheap items eventually end up costing you more.
If you need a legit TEFL certification program, then don’t pick this 39$ Groupon TEFL certification.
My advice is to avoid any of the dirt-cheap Online TEFL courses offered on Groupon.

Oh, and my last point is that Enjoy TEFL is owned by the same people who run TEFL Full Circle.

Both companies offer a subpar “international” TEFL certificate training program

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Bridge TEFL review, submitted by Greg.

Firstly, let me get the part I didn’t like about the course out of the way.

When I was emailing to gather more information about the course, the responses were generally very fast and detailed. After I paid and when I needed help from my online tutor, the responses were generally slow and felt automated. I know that it’s a big company and they can’t possibly channel all of their efforts into replying to existing customer questions, but this is an education facility and I did hope to receive much better feedback – especially when it came to my lesson plans. So if you are reading this Bridge TEFL, I would recommend improvement in this area.

And now, what I really liked about the course.

It is a very interesting course and really simplifies well the often very complicated subject matter – grammar being the obvious area where things become trickier. The format of the classes is really well-designed and the course has a serious feel to it. No TEFL mill feeling here. What I particularly valued was the intelligent progression of the course content structure; starting off light and simple and progressively becoming more difficult as you proceed. Each module signs off onto another module which feels organic and the logical next step – the result of this really smart system is that the impact of entering a difficult part of the course seems positive because you can see there is a method and the previous modules will have prepared you for it.

The Bridge TEFL course was good. It’s just a shame the feedback let them down a bit.

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TEFL Express review, submitted by S.W.

TEFL Express certification review. Considering I only paid £28 for a £500 TEFL course, I’d say it would be very difficult not to give this program a good review. But of course, you get what you pay for, and had I paid the full course price then I would definitely have felt ridiculously overcharged.

Regarding the course itself, their study system is complicated and not very intuitive. A couple of times all my work was wiped clear because of some button I clicked which logically should have submitted my work. The course content wasn’t intellectually demanding and I didn’t think that it really prepared me satisfactorily for teaching English, but the basics were covered and for the price, it was a cheap TEFL taster course.

The course and after-course support simply weren’t there. But again, what do you expect for such a cheap course?

I would recommend this course for someone who just needs the TEFL certificate and who is able to persevere with the online course materials.

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Premier TEFL review, submitted by Anonymous.

Choosing a TESOL course was a really exhausting affair: there are so many options! In the end, I narrowed my search down to Premier tefl, i-to-i tefl, and a TESOL course I saw advertised on Groupon. The Groupon TESOL was less than £100 and although at first I was tempted to go for it, after some more research I quickly realized that these super-cheap courses are probably not worth the piece of paper they’re written on. I’m not so rich that I can afford such a cheap course if you know what I mean. Premier tefl and i-to-i tefl seem to offer pretty much the same courses and their fees are very similar. I wonder, are they the same company? Anyways, I ended up flipping a coin and Premier tefl won the toss. I was very happy with what I paid for and I’m sure I would have been equally happy had the coin turned up Heads for i-to-i. The course structure followed a logical path and apart from a few extra costs I wasn’t fully made aware of at the start, I think this is a very good course and if you are considering Premier tefl and are reading this then there will be no big concerns if you sign up. I’m wanting to teach English in China, where a TESOL certificate is needed, so I’m glad I already have this under my belt.

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TEFL Express review, submitted by John.

In all fairness, tefl express should receive 2.5 stars but there wasn’t an option on here for me to do that. 3 stars it is then.

Also, I saw a link to this site when I was up late and flicking through Quora and I haven’t recently finished the course. I completed my tefl express 160-hour (premier plus) tefl course a few years down the road now so my impressions might not necessarily be valid for a tefl express course in 2019. Either way, I have a bit of time on my hands and wanted to share my impressions with anyone out there thinking of purchasing the course I took.

I noticed some other reviewers on this site have been categorizing their reviews into pros and cons so that is what I am also going to do in my tefl express review.

Pros

1. This first one might be a potential negative for some but for me, it worked out to be a major positive. Basically, you get 75 days to complete the course from the moment your study time is activated and I think that although for some people this might throw up some serious issues down the line, from my perspective it helped motivate me to get on with the course and force me to get it done within a reasonable time frame. I had a mate who had 6 months to complete his and well, he spent 6 months on his course; taking his time until the last fortnight when he studied like a fiend so he wouldn’t have to pay an extension fee. I found my enthusiasm decreased after I’d paid, logged in and when the reality of what I was undertaking reality hit me, so this condensed time period was the perfect way to set a fire under my butt and make sure I didn’t lose focus.
2. Despite what others have said in their reviews of the tefl express program, I thought the course was pretty extensive and from time to time I still refer back to my original course notes when I can’t find a similar reference point online.
3. I’m teaching English overseas (Nagoya, Japan) and although my general impressions of tefl express were negative, I have met a few teachers who also went through the program so schools should recognize the tefl express name when it comes to applying for tefl jobs.

Cons

1. The big no-no for me was discovering my course offered in a Groupon deal with a significant discount. If I’d purchased through Groupon, I would have saved near on a couple of hundred bucks. Because of this business model, I felt cheated and began questioning the validity and reputation of tefl express.
2. There were multiple times when I couldn’t log on or when there was a bug in the system. This left me extremely frustrated because I set aside certain study times for myself and not being able to always study when I wanted to heap more pressure on that limited course limit.
3. I would say that I came away with a slightly bitter taste in my mouth after finding out at the end that I was required to make an additional payment for a hard copy of my certificate. Guess I should have read the small print. It was only about 30 bucks, but I felt taken advantage of. My certificate though did arrive in a matter of days and does look professional. Well, these were my impressions. As I wrote, I can’t vouch for how the school is run now as I took my tefl express online certification a few years back. Hope it helps! John.

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