International Open Academy review, written by Nathan.

Waste of money and time.

I should have known that a certificate from a course so cheap wouldn’t be worth the paper it is printed on, but I still went ahead and enrolled – taken in by the juicy $19 price tag and the many promises which came with it. Hardly any of the promises materialized. If you choose this course, you can expect:

Sub-par course content littered with spelling and grammar errors, absolutely no feedback on your progress, quiz questions at the end of each module which will leave your intelligence feeling offended, a course certificate looking like something a preschooler could have designed, absolutely no help finding work.

I’m not sure whether the certificate is even going to be accepted in China, as I’ve seen other IOA TEFL reviews where people have complained about having problems with getting the certificate notarized.

I’m trying to think of a way I can spin a positive on taking this 120-hour course, but I honestly can’t think of one. Even if you just wanted to take the course as a TEFL taster, I still don’t think it’s worth it. The only positive spin I can think of is if you need to deduct $19 from your taxes and your accountant will accept this course as a write-off. In this case, you can spend $19.

With so many other programs offering the TEFL certification course, with many charging only a few hundred bucks, I’d recommend taking one of those instead. It will save you a headache and you will actually have a certificate that will mean something.

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IOA TEFL certification International Open Academy review, submitted by Jared.

IOA TEFL certification.

I purchased the course (with an 87% discount) and canceled it when I opened it and saw what it was I paid for. I knew it was a cheap TEFL course and wasn’t expecting too much but was genuinely shocked at the low-bar quality of the content. Every module was a chunk of poorly written text with a few multiple-choice questions at the bottom of the page. I would have learned more by purchasing a book on TEFL. Contacted IOA immediately to cancel. I got a copy-and-paste reply back after about a week, stating too much time had passed now between the time I purchased the course so a refund wasn’t going to be given. This is obviously a way of trying to cover their backs when students realize they signed up for some low-bar TEFL course and made me feel incredibly pi**ed. Even though it wasn’t that much money, I wanted it back. I didn’t start the course. In the end, I contacted my bank and they are trying to claw back the money on my behalf. I should have known going in that a really cheap course would be a mistake. My bad. I can’t imagine that a certificate from this company would be accepted by any reputable language school. Really. This course is a joke. It’s only now that I’m reading the other reviews on Trusted TEFL Reviews about this company and can clearly see I’m not the only one left feeling like this. My advice: avoid IOA TEFL.

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